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Google just nonchalantly rebranded its smart home arm

CRETech May 10, 2019

At Google’s annual I/O conference today, the company dropped a surprising bit of branding news: The Nest name will now be applied to Google’s Home devices. Rick Osterloh, senior vice president who oversees hardware at Google, explained onstage that the Google Home Hub is now renamed the Nest Hub.

“Over the past year, we’ve brought the Nest and Google teams toge...

PropTech: The Future of Real Estate

CRETech May 10, 2019

By Pete Flint, Managing Partner, NFX & Founder, Trulia

Mint House raises $15M to give business travelers a better hotel

CRETech May 10, 2019

Hotels are convenient but rarely homey. Short-term rentals through Airbnb or HomeAway are often comfy but can be a pain to book and check-in. Business travelers often have to pick the best of two lousy options.

Airbnb-backed startup plans first city location at 70 Pine

CRETech May 10, 2019

An Airbnb-backed hospitality startup plans to launch its first hotel suites in New York in the fall at 70 Pine St. in the Financial District.

The company, Lyri...

WeWork is going to manage office space at RXR’s 75 Rock

CRETech May 10, 2019

WeWork is partnering with RXR to manage 90,000 square feet at 75 Rockefeller Plaza in a revenue-sharing agreement, the first such deal the co-working giant has reached in New York. The $47 billion flexible office space company — whose parent the We Company last month

CREtech CEO Michael Beckerman Joins MIT World Estate Forum To Moderate Panel on New Multifamily Models

CRETech May 10, 2019

Global Real Estate Conference To Be Held On May 21 at MIT

New York, NY (May 10, 2019)— CREtech(cretech.com), the largest event, data and content platform in the commercial real estate tech industry, announced that its CEO, Michae...

Century-old Adams & Company bringing next generation service to modern tenants

CRETech May 09, 2019

Last spring, Adams & Company introduced Equiem to its 22-building portfolio and witnessed what principal David Levy believes may have been the biggest change in the company’s 100 year history. “It’s been wildly successful,” said Levy of the Australian tech platform that has helped workers feel at home in the legacy buildings they occupy. “The tenant portal enables every employe...

Bird wants you to buy a scooter for $1,300

CRETech May 09, 2019

Would you buy a scooter? Bird thinks so. The company is launching a new scooter that anyone can buy. The Bird One comes in black, white, and rose and is available on the company’s website for a whopping $1,300. It has a one-year warrantee and can be serviced through Bird’s centers. ...

CrediFi CEO: CRE Lenders Are Making Fewer Loans, But Loan Sizes Are Growing

CRETech May 09, 2019

CrediFi, a commercial real estate data/analytics firm that tracks lenders across the U.S., has recently released data that showed some slowdown in new loan originations across virtually every product type in 2018. The number of loan originations on retail properties went down by almost 10 percent year-over-year, while the number of hospitality property loans went down by more than 15 percent. Stat...

Minta Kay & Salil Gandhi – 10 Biggest Forces Driving The PropTech Movement

CRETech May 09, 2019

Welcome to the kickoff episode of the Goodwin Proptech Series, where Minta Kay & Salil Gandhi, co-chairs of Goodwin’s PropTech practice, discuss how the coming technology wave will impact real estate.