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CRETech January 15, 2019
While remaining flexible and evaluating the effectiveness of emergency preparedness plans can be tricky, technology is here to lend a hand – both on the planning and recovery sides. From increasingly accurate weather apps to geographic information system (GIS) mapping that can quickly and easily show which facilities might be affected by an oncoming weather event and to what degree of severity, ...
CRETech January 15, 2019
The 2018 DNA of #CRE survey is now open! Once again, Buildout is partnering with theBrokerList to gather useful data about what the most successful brokers and marketers all across the country do every day. ...
CRETech January 15, 2019
The future of AR/VR could be bright, but only if it moves beyond where it is today. 2018 was the first of what look like two transitional years, with a potential shakeout in 2019 before an inflection point in late 2020. Let’s look at where we are today, where we’re heading tomorrow and some of the changes needed to get us there. (Note: There were earlier generations of AR/VR, but this dis...
CRETech January 15, 2019

NEW YORK CITY — A year ago, in January 2018, Walmart expanded its Scan & Go program to 125 stores, calling it a new way to shop with just your phone or a handheld device, and no interacting with cashiers.

By April, that program had all but wrapped up. At the time, a...

CRETech January 15, 2019
The investment firm Vanguard Group has purchased a more than 10 percent stake in Redfin. Recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission show that Vanguard now owns 9,444,137 Redfin shares, which equates to a 10.54 percent stake in the company, according to Inman. The investm...
CRETech January 15, 2019
In August 2016, D.C.-based nonprofit Search for Common Ground was in about 12,000 square feet at 1601 Connecticut Avenue NW and wanted to reduce its office costs and square footage. Cove—a coworking company with hot desks—offered to instead create a private “hub” for the nonprofit at one of its existing coworking locations.
CRETech January 15, 2019
"Experiential" is usually associated with retail space these days, but property giant JLL believes it has applications in the office sector as well. Toward that end, JLL has created a program it calls JLL Curae Approach. "Curae" roughly means “I care for” in Latin. As the program rolls out, the company says, landlords will be able to use it to provide tenants a variety of programming,...
CRETech January 14, 2019
Compass is continuing its national expansion with two more locations. This time, in Denver and Boulder. The brokerage is launching in the Colorado markets with a team of agents who have sold more than $400 million worth of property in the past year, Compass said in a statement. The move adds to Compass’ existing footprint in Colorado, which includes Aspen and Telluride.
CRETech January 14, 2019
More than a decade ago, BD Hotels co-founder Richard Born read that anyone in business who wasn’t thinking about how technology could radically change what they do would be left on the dustheap of history. The developer of some of Manhattan's most popular hotels says it was a statement in Thomas L. Friedman's book "The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century" that he took...
CRETech January 14, 2019
Year after year, the number of purchases and amount of money spent online continues to soar. In fact, Cyber Monday 2018 surpassed projections and was the biggest online shopping day in U.S. history, according to Adobe Analytics. So what does this mean for apartment communities? The National Multifamily Housing Council and Kingsley Associates 2018 Package Delivery Survey sheds some light on h...