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CRETech January 28, 2019
If the average U.S. apartment did the Facebook 10-year challenge, it would reveal itself to be 52 SF skinnier. Renters all over the country are choosing smaller units with bigger rents, all in the name of proximity to bars, restaurants and cafés, according to a recent study by RentCafé using data by Yardi Matrix. The average size of an apartment built in 2018 in the U.S. was 941 SF — 5...
CRETech January 28, 2019
Singapore’s Orchard Road has been synonymous with shopping for decades. But lately shoppers are swapping sales for sweat sessions in gyms that are becoming an increasingly prevalent part of the landscape. Fitness First, Virgin Active and Anytime Fitness are expanding rapidly across the island and taking up space in malls. Mega-gym PURE Fitness just took 28,000 square feet of ...
CRETech January 28, 2019
Industrious has signed a partnership agreement with Coretrust Capital Partnersto take 22,275 square feet of formerly vacant space—the entire 13th floor—at the 48-story Citigroup Center at 444 South Flower Street, according to a relea...
CRETech January 28, 2019
In a little less than six months, a team of more than 200 people has transformed The We Company’s HQ in New York. At a party celebrating the completion of the massive undertaking last week, the NYHQ project team officially handed over the keys to the corporate real estate team. But this is just the first step of planning the workplace of the future. “We talk a lot around here about how t...
CRETech January 28, 2019
Who’s afraid of “Big Brother?” Apparently, not the British public. In the UK, the number of surveillance cameras mounted in the country range from 2 million to 5 million. Londoners are practically under surveillance at every turn, making it one of the most monitored cities in the world. If that seems excessive, for locals, it’s not—it’s welcomed and embraced. In fact, a recent YouGo...
CRETech January 25, 2019
CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2019—Moderne Ventures, a venture investment fund, announced today the eight new companies accepted into its 2019 Moderne Passport Program, an intensive 7-month industry immersion program where companies receive strategic guidance, participate in over 100 one-on-one mentor meetings with senior executiv...
CRETech January 25, 2019
The so-called gig economy shows no signs of slowing — in fact, the opposite is likely true. According to a recent Gallup poll, roughly 57 million people in the U.S. — 29 percent of the country’s workers — have an “alternative work arrangement” as their primary jobs. And by 2020, some firms are forecasting that over
CRETech January 25, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — In October, the Chinese province of Guangdong — the manufacturing center on the southern coast that drives 12 percent of the country’s economy — stopped publishing a monthly report on the h...

CRETech January 25, 2019
GarageHop, a Seattle startup that helps people find parking spaces in residential buildings, has been acquired by Toronto-based WhereiPark. Founded in 2016, GarageHop charged customers a monthly fee in exchange for access to open parking spaces at various garages in Seattle. It primarily focused on adding parking c...
CRETech January 25, 2019
Knotel, the flexible office startup that aims to rival WeWork, is nearing a deal to lease the iconic Flatiron building. Amol Sarva’s company is preparing to sign a long-term lease for the 22-story building, which it plans to open as one of its flexible-office locations either later this year or in 2020, the Financial Times reported. The building’s landlord, GFP Real Estate, denied that a...