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CRETech May 02, 2019
On Monday, April 29, San Francisco workers from various industries–tech, investing, design, activism–gathered near Civic Center to work for the day. This is not unusual: Of any city in the U.S., San Francisco has the highest proportion of coworking spaces relative to its population, and i...
CRETech May 02, 2019
By turning to the public markets, office-space company WeWork Cos. could find a key to maintaining rapid growth: more cash. Nine-year-old WeWork, which on Monday said it filed confidentially for an initial public offering in December, has been a prodigious spender...
CRETech May 02, 2019
A push for more productivity and crushing construction costs have developers pursuing technology solutions at every point along the way to project delivery.
CRETech May 02, 2019
One of the leaders in bringing the internet to multifamily buildings is also bringing its digital issues into physical real estate. Latch, which claims that one in every 10 apartments under construction is being built with its technology, has come under fire for a data privacy policy that some see as overly broad and ripe for potential abuse, OneZero reports. The 160-page policy allows Latch...
CRETech May 02, 2019
The demands for office are changing both inside and out, particularly in Silicon Valley, which is still known for its sprawling corporate campuses. Once content to sit in a cubicle and work from 9 to 5, employees are now demanding space that adjusts to their needs, whether it is heads-down time at a desk or spending some time decompressing outdoors. And those making corporate office decisions ...
CRETech May 02, 2019
David Krauss had parlayed his Dallas condo into a successful Airbnb listing until one fateful weekend in 2014. Then, a couple of guests threw a party so loud it elicited more than a dozen noise complaints from neighbors, a police report and an angry letter from an attorney. His reputation in the building was so sullied he decided it was best to sell the unit – at a $30,000 loss.
CRETech May 02, 2019

Amenities can make or break a project for certain clients. Just ask architect Roger Heerema, principal at Wright Heerema Architects. As he envisioned the Shuman, a new building in the upscale Chicago suburb of Naperville being remade by developers at Franklin Partners, he wanted something that had undeniable curb appeal.

CRETech May 01, 2019
Built Technologies, a Nashville, TN-based construction lending company, completed a $31m Series B financing round. The round, brought total funding to $55m, was led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners, with participation from existing investors Index Ventures and Nyca Partners, as well as Regions Bank, Canap...
CRETech May 01, 2019

Westside Pavilion, a dying mall in Los Angeles, ticked all of the boxes for Hudson Pacific Properties.

The Los Angeles-based developer was looking for an urban site with big floor plates and exceptionally high ceilings to redevelop into what it called “state-of-the-art creative office space” for future tenants. The company al...

CRETech May 01, 2019
Cities across the U.S. have been working with businesses and investors to accelerate emissions-cutting policies that mobilize efforts for more sustainable urban environments. Increasing urbanisation and a growing understanding of the realities of climate risk, are driving the momentum, says Cynthia Curtis, SVP, Sustainability at JLL.