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CRETech March 14, 2019
Investors are showing a growing appetite for co-living start-ups, though multifamily sector experts doubt the co-living trend will disrupt the housing sector. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been invested in co-living start-ups in the last 18 months, according to Jeffrey Pang, CEO of Homeshare, a co-living marketplace. In major U.S. cities, where housing costs are high, such as San Francis...
CRETech March 14, 2019
Coldwell Banker Commercial named Daniel Spiegel as its managing director on Monday. In his new role, Spiegel will oversee the strategy implementation and daily operations of the Coldwell Banker Commercial brand, the company explained in a press release. Spiegel comes to Coldwell Banker from global commercial real estate services company Colliers International
CRETech March 14, 2019
Five months after the co-working firm Bond Collective signed a 42,000-square-foot lease in a Brooklyn office building, the property’s owners flipped it for a hefty profit. “Hey, we can essentially do the same thing,” Bond Collective founder Shlomo Silber recalled thinking after learning of the sale.
Four years later, the firm is co-managing its own real-estate fu...
CRETech March 13, 2019
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CRETech March 13, 2019
As part of its effort to be all things to all office users, Convene is bringing a new kind of amenity to flexible offices. A new partnership with healthcare startup Eden will place clinics within Convene's flexible office footprint. The clinics can serve as primary care contacts for Convene members and other office tenants in the building, and can use virtual healthcare technology to consult w...
CRETech March 13, 2019
AUSTIN, Texas—A Texas startup says it will be able to use a 3-D printer to churn out a concrete house within days by year-end, a technology that has the potential to help solve housing shortages but faces regulatory and technical hurdles. “It’s no longer a science project,” said Jason Ballard, co-founder and chief executive of the construction-technology company, Icon.
CRETech March 13, 2019
SAN JOSE—In the past, office developers created differentiators with grand lobbies, fitness centers, outdoor gathering spaces and smart elevators. However, these features can gobble up as much as 12% of the rentable area and add to the maintenance expense of the building, G...
CRETech March 13, 2019
The fastest-growing co-living company is coming to one of Philadelphia's hottest development spots. Quarters, the co-living subsidiary of German firm Medici Living Group, announced on Monday that the second project in its latest expansion phase, and first outside of New York and Chicago, is coming to 1150 North American St. on the northwest edge of Northern Liberties.
CRETech March 13, 2019

Sam Altman will step down as president of the storied startup incubator Y Combinator, according to a company blog post on Friday.

Altman will remain in a chairman role at YC, but his day-to-day duties will be relinquished to other other partners.

According to the post, the transition will help...

CRETech March 13, 2019
There are very few female venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and even fewer who are mothers. Patricia Nakache is a rare venture capitalist who embraces motherhood in this male-dominated space. The former consultant and journalist joined