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Microsoft aims to train and certify 15,000 workers on AI skills by 2022

CRETech May 20, 2019

Microsoft is investing in certification and training for a range of AI-related skills in partnership with education provider General Assembly, the companies

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Industrious Partners With Seritage Growth Properties to Open Five Locations

CRETech May 20, 2019
National retail and mixed-use developer Seritage Growth Properties is partnering with Industrious to bring premium flexible work spaces to five locations in the Seritage portfolio, with the first location set to open at the The Collection at UTC
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Equinox Gyms to Add Co-Working to the Workout

CRETech May 20, 2019
Equinox is teaming with co-working operator Industrious to offer furnished office space near the fitness company’s upscale gyms, the latest sign that the office, fitness and hospitality industries are starting to converge. The first workspace in the partnership is slated to open later this year in a 72-story skyscraper in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, said Industrious’s co-founder and chief e...
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Yves Béhar and New Story Explain How They’re Building Homes in the World’s First 3D-Printed Community

CRETech May 20, 2019
The revolutionary designer teamed up with New Story to combat homelessness with 3D printed homes built on-site, in a mere 24 hours. Yves Béhar doesn't cry over spilled milk. While sitting at a coffee table explaining his forthcoming project—a revolutionary mission to build 3D-printed homes for the homeless—Béhar's hands swung to and fro, the Swiss designer's hurried movements matching his...
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Climate adaptation isn’t surrender. It’s survival.

CRETech May 20, 2019
Molly Wood, host of “Marketplace Tech,” is an ongoing contributor to Wired’s Ideas section. Her latest 
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The Hotelification of multifamily: Greystar partners with Hello Alfred

CRETech May 17, 2019
One of the country’s largest residential landlords will partner on building management services with Hello Alfred, a startup that uses technology to determine residents needs. Greystar, the South Carolina-based landlord with more than 450,000 units in the United States, plans to roll out the platform across its entire portfolio, which will provide its multifamily residents with services like ...
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New York real estate’s tough talk is like “fresh air” for proptech entrepreneurs

CRETech May 17, 2019
The title of the canceled sitcom “Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23,” was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the show’s antihero protagonist. In the world of venture capital, the “treacherous B” has a different meaning.
“The series B round is known as the treacherous B,”
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Technology Creating New Ways To Invest, Manage And Work In Buildings

CRETech May 17, 2019
Technology is changing not only how buildings are bought and run, but also how people are interacting within them. Several platforms are making it possible to bring technology on board that streamlines employee days, makes buildings safer and more secure or gathers and reports data in new ways for those managing the building.
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Boutique iBuyers Want to Sell Million-Dollar Homes With the Click of a Button

CRETech May 17, 2019
Matt and Diane Murphy listed their home in the Denver suburbs for $635,000 last August. They thought the five-bedroom, 3,735-square-foot home, with its wooden floors and a deck overlooking a long ridge at the fringe of the Rocky Mountains, would sell quickly. But after almost three months, they hadn’t had a single offer.
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Lime Ads Evoke a Mission Beyond Renting Out Scooters

CRETech May 17, 2019
The scooter-rental startup Lime has started a campaign meant to associate its brand with a higher purpose as its fledgling niche continues to encounter controversy. One video in the campaign follows a woman who became a “juicer,” the company’s term for the independent contractors who roam cities recharging and repositioning its scooters, after a car accident kept her from returning to mor...
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