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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...
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.