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CRETech February 14, 2019
BOSTON—The effect of technology on commercial real estate brokerage will be one of re-intermediation, not disintermediation, asserts Kevin Maggiacomo, CEO and president of SVN International Corp. (SVN). High-tech innovation is having a profound and positive effect on the roles and goals of expert CRE brokers, making them more efficient and effective in the proce...
CRETech February 14, 2019

Last time I checked, London was awash with co-working spaces, shared office spaces, spaces of every shape, size and color. If there’s one sector that always makes money during a boom, it’s the sector that makes the spades and pick-axes for the gold-rush. And that’s exactly what’s happened to London’s tech scene: a property boom.

In the last year at least we...
CRETech February 14, 2019
Stafford, TX February 13, 2019– RealNex, a commercial real estate technology company, announced today it has been selected to provide its MP Exchange Commercial Property Listing System service to the Commercial Brokers Association (CBA). The new services, hosted on the CBA website www.cbassn.org, will showcase the commercial real estate listings and profiles of CBA members. The RealNex Marke...
CRETech February 14, 2019
JLL CEO Christian Ulbrich credited his firm’s growing focus on co-working and real estate technology investments for $4.9 billion in reported revenue in the fourth quarter, a 13 percent increase year over year. The boost was driven in part by a 25 percent year-over-year increase in global leasing revenue for...
CRETech February 13, 2019

In many areas of the country, older buildings and neighborhoods are falling to ruin. What if you could invest in these areas and not only rejuvenate the neighborhood, but increase available housing at the same time?

As a real estate developer, you can, by creating co-living buildings. Over the past few years, companies like WeWork have changed the way we imagine...
CRETech February 13, 2019
You’ve heard about coworking’s enormous success in a multitude of U.S. markets. But will co-living follow in its footsteps? The answer is hazy—while some U.S. markets might not see this trend take off in the near future, in other markets, early adoption is more likely. Co-living is certainly gaining traction in Europe. In December 2018, Medici Living, a co-living company based in Berlin,
CRETech February 13, 2019
The arduous apartment-hunt: it’s often a minefield of disorganized, outdated, or otherwise unhelpful information. Prospective renters are subject to manually sifting through an abundance of marketing materials and difficult-to-find information, typically experiencing the frustration of online listings that lack key insights, or only offer very straightforward facts.
CRETech February 13, 2019
Deep reinforcement learning — an algorithmic training technique that drives agents to achieve goals through the use of rewards — has shown great promise in the vision-based navigation domain. Researchers at the University of Colorado recently demonstrated a system that helps robots figu...
CRETech February 13, 2019
WeWork is rolling out a relaunch of its member app, which is designed to be a connected, consciously engineered platform that makes people happier and more productive at work. In updates over the course of several months, the app will be available on iOS and Android. Members use the app for reserving desks, booking conference rooms, and registering guests. A team of engineers, designers, and re...
CRETech February 13, 2019
The We Company has finally closed on its purchase of Lord & Taylor’s Fifth Avenue flagship. WeWork Property Advisors, an investment vehicle managed by the We Company and private equity firm Rhône Group, announced it would