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CRETech December 31, 2018
More than seven years ago, a research outfit called the Startup Genome Project set out to determine the top reasons why funded startups fail. Are they crushed by larger rivals? Doomed by incompetent founders? Hounded to collapse by regulators? After a data crunch covering 3,200 startups, researchers
CRETech December 31, 2018
WeWork’s North Virginia expansion continues with a new 83,000 square foot lease in Rosslyn, North Virginia. The co-working giant will occupy four floors at developer JBG Smith’s new CEB Tower, according to Washington’s Top News. The new lease is part of a burgeoning empire WeWork is building in the area, which will also house one of Amazon’s
CRETech December 31, 2018
Online privacy gets a lot of attention, especially as online sales grow each year, but privacy — and its potential loss at the hands of data-collecting devices — is a rising concern in a brick-and-mortar retail context as well. Consumer data is now one of the most valuable assets for nearly all retail companies — not just digital ones, Axios reports. Most large businesses operate simul...
CRETech December 31, 2018
Aiming to enhance the tenant experiences at its properties around the globe, Hines is rolling out a new digital application partnership with Paris-based Workwell that will connect the spaces, services and people inside its buildings with a single mobile app. “The market is crowded with option...
CRETech December 31, 2018
For the third year in a row, CB Insights partnered with The New York Times to provide an algorithmically-driven view into the question of who are the top VCs. Not swayed by narrative or a storied history in venture capital, the NYT-CBI rankings provide a current view into the best venture capitalists in the world at an individual and firm level. The rankings were based on CB Insights data which...
CRETech December 31, 2018
December 2018: Venture Capital Investments in Real Estate Tech / PropTech. Download report today.
CRETech December 28, 2018
I recently attended the CRE Tech NY Venture Conference, billed as “CRE’s hottest event”, and it did not disappoint. My biggest takeaway was that Leasera is right where we (you) want it to be — our company has a critical and disruptive, forward-thinking approach to real estate technology and it will empower renters and property owners alike which makes for a highly differentiated busine...
CRETech December 28, 2018
Online shopping numbers continue to surge each year, and they are never higher than during the holiday shopping season. In fact, Cyber Monday sales this year skyrocketed to a record $7.9 billion, a 19.3% increase, according to data from Adobe Analytics, and Amazon reported it was their biggest shopping day ever. When talking about the effects of the growing number of online orders, many focus o...
CRETech December 28, 2018
With Google’s recently announced $1 billion Manhattan expansion, the tech giants’ race for a greater New York presence is in full-swing and shaping up to be a major boon for the city’s tech industry and residential market. According to a statement from the search engine leader, Google plans to expand its offices in the West Village in order to accommodate an additional 7,000 employees, do...
CRETech December 28, 2018
It's been a long year. When the calendar page turned to 2018, Theranos still existed. Uberwas still the most valuable VC-backed company in the world. There were a lot fewer unicorns.