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CRETech January 25, 2019
Aiming to be a serious player in the growing flexible office industry, a Southern California-based coworking company has its sights set on rivaling WeWork and Regus. As part of a broader strategy to expand its presence in the Western region, Santa Monica-based Cross Campus, a Lowe-backed boutique flexible office and coworking company, has acquired coworking firm DeskHub.
CRETech January 25, 2019
Fresh off a $15 million investment round, The Riveter is kicking off its nationwide expansion plans with a new location in Austin, Texas. The Seattle-based female-focused co-working space operator will open its...
CRETech January 25, 2019
Delft, The Netherlands, January 24, 2019 — GeoPhy, an AI-powered real estate valuation platform has raised USD $33 million from investors to boost its global expansion. Index Ventures, the London and San Francisco-based venture capital firm, led the Series B round. They were joined by existing investors Inkef Capital and Hearst Ventures. Co-founded by two former architects, Teun van de...
CRETech January 24, 2019
When it comes to innovative, pioneering leaders in commercial real estate, it’s hard to find someone more cutting edge than EQ Office President and CEO, and all-round rockstar, Lisa Picard. We recently had the pleasure of welcoming Lisa, into VTS HQ for a conversation with VTS Co-Founder and Se...
CRETech January 24, 2019
At CES 2019, we attended dozens of demos, dug through the data on the attending companies, and identified the trends shaping the future of everything from smart cities to consumer hardware to AI, in 2019 and beyond.
CRETech January 24, 2019
Discount brokerage Purplebricks is taking a more traditional approach in the U.S. The company is changing its business model to offer sellers varying listing fees, which are only charged if and when a home is sold, Inman reported. The modified approach, which launches Tuesday, aligns the Purplebricks more with traditional business models, in which agents are paid when a deal closes.
CRETech January 24, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO—Messaging startup Hustle projected the picture of Silicon Valley largess. The company spent millions of dollars raised from investors such as Alphabet Inc.
CRETech January 24, 2019
The We Company octopus has grown yet another tentacle, after it launched a no-membership-needed service that allows people to book desk space on demand. The firm, until recently known as WeWork, announced on Tuesday the launch of a combined retail and co-working venture called Made By We. Similar to its single dedicated retail spot at
CRETech January 24, 2019
SHENZHEN, China—Tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s new twin-tower headquarters in this southern megacity offers a glimpse into the future of office life, a future where China is pulling ahead in the race for innovative workspaces. Tencent—a company best known for developing WeChat , the social-networking mob...
CRETech January 24, 2019

In a refurbished Salvation Army building in downtown Lincoln, Neb., Bob Hinrichs runs a co-working space for about 150 people.

The workers are not allowed to bring in their dogs, and they don’t curl up in beanbag chairs. But they are encouraged to collaborate with one another and with the city’s wider business community.

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