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LONDON — Property is coming round to Charles Armstrong’s way of thinking. A very well-known property developer is waiting to meet him after our interview to talk about the possibility of working with the Trampery, his shared workspace social enterprise. Armstrong is increasingly a man in demand.
The Trampery was set up in 2009, a tiny coworking facility in Shoreditch, London, when the wor...
Fifth Wall Ventures co-founder Brendan Wallace is an advocate for new technologies and not just in his professional life as the managing partner of a venture capital firm focused on real estate technology.
Wallace, 37, typically zips the four blocks from his house to Fifth Wall’s Venice headquarters on a Lime scooter, one of the ride-share vehicles that have become almost ubiquitous in Los An...
In late 2016, the VC and PE industry was shocked by SoftBank’s announcement of its $100 Bn Vision Fund. The idea behind the fund was to invest in late-stage technology companies. Riding on its impressive 44% Internal Rate of Return over its 18 years of existence, SoftBank was able to close $93 Bn in commitments within just seven months.
NEW YORK CITY—A recent report from Cushman & Wakefield revealed that Manhattan office leasing activity soared to the highest level in four years in the third quarter of this year, with 9.6 million square feet of space transacted. Reflective of the buoyancy of the local employment market which increased by 53,000 jobs last year, the stats indicate that 2018 is a...
Goldman Sachs forecast a $100 billion market opportunity emerging for drones from 2016 through 2020. We are more than halfway through that window, and real estate is one of the industries feeling the greatest reverberations from drones' arrival. Drones are able to collect data in unprecedented ways, complete tasks like physical inspections too risky for humans and are impacting the marketing of re...
Autonomous vehicles or AV’s may be the next wave to wash over the retail industry and the state of Florida — with more than 11,000 shopping centers or more than its share with almost 10 percent of the US total — may be at the forefront.
As the coworking in retail centers trend gains momentum across the country, flexible meeting and workspace provider Convene has entered a strategic partnership with New York-based tech-driven convenience store chain New Stand to bring retail into the coworking space.
By Richard Sarkis, Co-founder & CEO at Reonomy
Data is Warming Up the Commercial Real Estate Cold Call
Due to a heavier reliance on data for prospecting and outreach across the industry, commercial real estate cold calling is not quite as “cold” as it used to be.
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Starry and world-renowned real estate firm Related Companies partner to provide cutting-edge, new choice in broadband internet service to Related’s portfolio of diverse residential properties including significant portfolio of affordable housing;
Starry expands its footprint outside of Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, DC with launch of service in New York City this fall.
It’s been a year of milestones for coworking behemoth WeWork. It announced a $3B injection from Japan’s SoftBank Group, which would value the company at $45B, making it second only to Uber as the most valuable startup in the country.
In September, it became the biggest private tenant in Manhattan, with more than 5M SF under its control in the borough. Across the city, WeWork has more th...