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CRETech February 19, 2019
Travis Kalanick is looking to broaden his new real estate venture around the globe. Kalanick, the former Uber CEO who is now head of Los Angeles-based City Storage Systems, has been working to expand operations into Asia and Europe, according to a report by the Financial Times, which cited people with knowledge of Kalanick’s plans. City Storage is also the parent company of CloudKitchens, whi...
CRETech February 19, 2019

“What the hell does Zillow mean?”

It was 2015, and the bull-headed media mogul Rupert Murdoch was speaking at a gathering of 4,000 real estate agents in Midtown Manhattan. “We know what ‘realtor’ means,” he said.

Murdoch had made a career out of big-game hunting, and this time his target was Zillow. Ever since buying StreetEasy in 201...

CRETech February 19, 2019
Many businesses across the UK are moving beyond merely placing recycling bins in kitchens and putting up notices asking people to print fewer documents as part of their green thinking in the workplace initiatives. As companies pay greater attention to their own environmental footprint, they’re taking a closer interest in how their interior design and internal business practices can better sup...
CRETech February 19, 2019
It was an important year of innovation in Arizona Walmart stores, as the company made good on its promise to make shopping easier for Arizona customers, saving them time and money through the rollout and expansion of several in-store innovations. The company also supported its more than 34,000 Arizona associates through increased training, new handheld apps, robotics and other technology designed ...
CRETech February 18, 2019
This is a moment in retail when virtually everything needs a makeover: Supply chains must be sped up, stores need to be more experiential, and marketing has to become more personalized, all to suit an increasingly digital world. So it only makes sense that the old rules of mall leasing need updating, too. One place where that’s happening is at Tysons Corner Center, a mall in the Washington su...
CRETech February 18, 2019

The housing market is predicted to cool this year, but the market for startups selling houses? It seems to be heating up.

CRETech February 18, 2019
Some real estate companies are dedicated to a specific asset type. While there is some inherent risk in tying fortunes to a specific market segment, it does make things much simpler from a technology adoption perspective. When all the buildings in a portfolio are similar, companies can deploy and scale a tech stack that neatly fits their requirements and capabilities. In many large portfolios h...
CRETech February 18, 2019
The dozens of companies vying for a foothold in the $11.2 billion drone industry — and by extension the $400 million same-day delivery market — have all made more noise than Elroy Air, ...
CRETech February 18, 2019

When we talk about entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, the words “venture capital” are never far behind. But the reality, Indie.vc founder Bryce Roberts says, is that VC funding isn’t right for most entrepreneurs.

“In the same regards that VCs want to fund billion-dollar, monopoly-style businesses, they have themselves a monopoly on the language we use ab...

CRETech February 18, 2019
Knotel Inc., a New York-based flexible office space provider and rival of WeWork Companies Inc, is making its way to L.A. The company has signed its first L.A. lease in Santa Monica. Knotel signed a lease for 12,338 square feet at 429 Santa Monica Blvd. Terms of the lease were not disclosed. Knotel already has U.S. locations in New York and San Francisco. Cresa’s Ray Howden represented ...