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CRETech February 28, 2019
DALLAS–It’s hardly news anymore that the commercial real estate industry is behind the eight ball when it comes to hiring and retention. What is news to many is that technology can play a major role in winning the war for talent. That’s Perry Levine’s take on the industry’s human resource crunch. Levine, industry principal for Dallas- based RealPage, ...
CRETech February 27, 2019
WASHINGTON (February 19, 2019) — Second Century Ventures, the National Association of Realtors®' strategic investment arm, has launched REach® Commercial, its first commercial real estate technology accelerator. Applications for the 2019 REach® Commercial class will be accepted through March 31, 2019, at narreach.com/apply...
CRETech February 27, 2019
“I’m currently reading Subscribed by Tien Tzuo,” says New York-born Maureen Waters President of Ten-X Commercial.  She believes the subscription economy will be part of the 10 year-old global proptech platform’s future. Ten-X man...
CRETech February 27, 2019
Two years ago, I started investing in multi-family real estate in my free time. As I invested in properties, I discovered that every deal required piles of paperwork, arbitrarily large transaction costs, and unexpected delays. Since my expertise is in tech investing, I decided to investigate whether tech-enabled solutions could solve the pain points that I experienced first-hand when dabbling in r...
CRETech February 27, 2019
Advances in AI applications are already causing revolutionary changes in the commercial real estate field, and we’ll continue to see a shift in the way real estate professionals do business in the years to come. With PropTech start-ups increasingly offering technologically innovative products and business strategies for the real estate market, Insta...
CRETech February 27, 2019
Long past its start as a trendy, niche form of office space for small users, coworking is now infiltrating seemingly every other asset class in commercial real estate. Flexible work and office spaces are becoming a popular way for hotels to revitalize and even monetize their lobbies, according to a new report from JLL. The ways in which hotels integrate the service vary wildly, from free d...
CRETech February 27, 2019
Given our background as both real estate and venture capital investors, the topic of real estate tokenization is almost unavoidable. As one of the hottest (and most controversial) trends in PropTech today, we are constantly asked for our thoughts and viewpoints on the space. We conducted a “deep dive” and were excited to meet with talented and ambitious entrepreneurs going after a massive mark...
CRETech February 26, 2019
We launched People in Places last December to explore how businesses with physical locations are leveraging new technologies, tactics, and perspectives to improve visitor experiences. We’ve been fortunate enough to sit down with thought-leaders across industries to discuss everything from using AI to create personalized v...
CRETech February 26, 2019
Alphabet Inc.'s smart city subsidiary released details of its most high-profile project yet, and they have raised eyebrows. Sidewalk Labs, part of Google's parent company, was awarded development rights for a 12-acre parcel on Toronto's Eastern Waterfront in 2017 and publicized its plans on Feb. 19 after the Toronto Star leaked the details a week prior, Fast Company reports. The project, t...
CRETech February 26, 2019
The brains behind a conceptual, planned community in Colorado is imagining a city where cars aren’t allowed, bikes are free and 50,000 people live within a square mile. Blogger Pete Adeney and Amsterdam-based property development agency, B4place, say that if their conceptual “Cyclocroft” community between Longmont and Boulder were to be built, they would start from scratch to avoid “ant...