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CRETech April 25, 2019
SVN International Corporation has partnered with Imbrex, the blockchain-powered multiple listing service, making it the first commercial brokerage to store its data on the blockchain. Blockchain is a digital data storage platform and transaction ledger that uses encryption and a decentralized network of servers to store the information. Proponents call it a more secure marketplace that removes ...
CRETech April 25, 2019
Upscale co-living might sound like an oxymoron, but Ollie has tested the concept in Long Island City and Manhattan, and is bringing it to Coral Gables, where it is filling space in an ambitious new mixed-use, transit-oriented development project. The company touts an “all-inclusive living experience” that combines furnished micro-studios and shared suites with "extraordinary lifestyle-rele...
CRETech April 25, 2019
Airbnb is looking to book a place in the streaming media business. The company best known for its controversial marketplace of on-demand accommodations is now plotting a foray into becoming a production studio, according to a report in Reuters. Tons of companies in ...
CRETech April 25, 2019
I recently interviewed Ryan Simonetti co-founder and CEO of Convene. What I loved about the Convene model is that it displays the core element to transformation – taking one industry model and transplanting it into a related but different industry … in this case incorporating hotel concierge services into commercial real estate.
CRETech April 25, 2019
DALLAS – More and more, it’s exploiting the data at your fingertips that determine whether you’ll be part of the CRE elite or an also-ran. This, at any rate, is how Perry Levine, industry principal for RealPage, sized up the situation in a recent interview with GlobeSt.com.
CRETech April 25, 2019
Leasing activity by coworking and flexible workspace operators, which has been growing at a frenetic pace, is accelerating at an even faster clip. In our January 2019 U.S. Flexible Workspace & Coworking report, we noted that coworking inventory across the 19 markets we surveyed increased by almost 50% in the 18-month period ending in Q2 2018 to a total of 27.2 million square feet.
CRETech April 25, 2019
Flexible-office startup Knotel is in talks for a roughly $200 million Series C funding round, according to sources. The Kuwait Investment Authority is said to be one of the main investors in discussions for the round, sources said. Though the final figure is in flux, the round is expected to be around $2...
CRETech April 24, 2019
In January, Adam Neumann went on CNBC to quiet concerns that his company, WeWork, was in trouble. News had just broken that SoftBank Group, WeWork’s primary investor, had walked back a $16 billion deal, and Neumann, with celebrity pal Ashton Kutcher in tow, wanted to reassure the world that demand for his office-space-as-a-service company was still high. In fact, he said, it was increasing.
CRETech April 24, 2019
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder of SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 0.39% , made a huge personal bet on bitcoin just as price...
CRETech April 24, 2019

Developers and landlords have for decades sought green certification to help them attain a level of sustainability that can make their buildings more efficient, and cheaper, to maintain in the long run.

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