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The growth of Airbnb — and likewise other platforms like Booking.com, VRBO and HomeAway for listing and renting short-term accommodation in private homes — has spawned an ecosystem of other businesses and services, from those who make money renting their homes, to cleaning companies that make properties “Airbnb-ready,” to those who help design listings that will get more clicks. Airbnb has...

While building a co-living company to house young professionals in a community-focused setting, Common CEO Brad Hargreaves realized that as a young parent in New York City, there wasn’t anybody trying to do the same for people like him. While talking with Tishman Speyer Director of Acquisitions Jeffrey Mandel about possible development deals between Common and the development giant, Hargreav...

The shopping mall in lower Manhattan’s Brookfield Place has found a tenant to take over the shuttered Saks Fifth Avenue women’s store -- and ...

Building Ventures is pleased to announce that Heather Widman has joined the firm as a Principal. Adding Heather to the team will help Building Ventures fulfill our mission to identify, mentor and help build some of the most impactful startups across the Construction and Real Estate technology landscape.

Once, there was a single VR headset. Today there are quite a few, and within months, there will certainly be too many in the marketplace for most people to count. Consumers are about to enter the most confusing time in VR’s history. There are already four tiers of decidedly different devices to choose from, and throughout the spring, there will be new entries in every category, at every pric...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walmart Inc. Chief Technology Officer Jeremy King is leaving the company, according to an internal company memo, even as the retailer races to transform its e-commerce business and close the gap with rival Amazon.com Inc. King, who joined the company in 2011, led a revamp of Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce technology platform by making it faster, more competitive and customer...

“Hey, Agent X, schedule an open house.” Realogy has debuted a new set of technology tools for agents, including a voice-activated artificial intelligence assistant called “Agent X” that will run through Amazon’s Alexa platform, and a “Social Ad Engine” designed in collaboration with Facebook, according to reporting from Inman. “We’re going to shape the future of the real es...

Mobile mapping and localization technology rapidly transforms the real world into 3D digital twins

PITTSBURGH, PA, March 21, 2019 –