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In the last week of October, commercial real estate brokers all over the country received a package via snail mail from CoStar Group. Inside was the informational equivalent of a dirty bomb — the latest salvo in the data giant’s legal battle against its main rival, Missouri-based Xceligent. When brokers opened the UPS envelope, they found a brochure with a carefully ass...

Zillow Group Inc., the housing search website that’s taken a hit to its stock price as it pursues an ambitious plan to buy homes and originate mortgages, is bringing back its first chief executive officer to lead the transformation.

Chief Executive Officer Spencer Rascoff is handing the reins to Executive Chairman Rich Barton, 51, who co-founded the company in 2005...

It’s not just offices that are adapting to new, flexible ways of working and an increasingly mobile workforce. Growing numbers of hotels are also looking to get involved in the flexible space boom, transforming underused spaces in communal areas or outdated business centers into modern, vibrant coworking spaces. The Virgin hotel in Chicago has a monthly membership model for its coworking s...

Osram, an international lighting and technology company, has introduced a digital tunable white (TW) system based on Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI-2). DALI-2 is designed for human-centric lighting applications and is suited in educational, commercial office and health-care settings. The firm’s TW system mimics the natural daylight cycle by reproducing the hues and brightness of...

In the past 10 years, the commercial real estate industry has been experiencing a rise in global capital flows leading to increased competition for commercial real estate assets and driving up asset prices. CRE investment firms are now under intense pressure to maintain their competitive position in the market. But out-of-date tools and overly complex transaction management practices st...

PropTech had a big year in 2018, with investment in the sector just shy of $20B, a 38% increase on 2017, according to Venture Scanner. What is getting investors in the sector excited right now, and where is the sector headed? Bisnow asked three of the world’s biggest PropTech investors what they are looking for from startups and their key trends for 2019. All three will be speaking at the FUT...

No company in the world may be having a bigger impact on real estate right now than SoftBank. The Japanese telecoms giant has made a series of massive bets on companies that are disrupting the sector, via its tech-focused $100B Vision Fund, and using its own balance sheet. The aim of its founder, Masayoshi Son, is to invest in companies and technologies that will change the world, and property ...