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CRETech November 16, 2018
MIAMI (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co (F.N) Chief Executive Jim Hackett told Reuters the company was open to investment by automakers and others in its autonomous vehicle business, but cautioned that expanding partnerships with German automaker Volkswagen AG (...
CRETech November 16, 2018
Boston Properties is betting big on sustainability. The company, which owns and manages 20 million square feet of projects that have LEED Gold and LEED Platinum certification, is looking to raise $1 billion in a public offering to fund its green projects across the country.
CRETech November 16, 2018
Coworking is moving from the likes of WeWork into the mainstream of global corporate culture, according to a new report by Knight Frank. The company queried 120 global companies, finding that space-as-a-service is rapidly becoming a new normal, as exemplified by the growth of coworking space.
CRETech November 16, 2018
We may not have to wait much longer to jump in a taxi without a human driver. According to Bloomberg, Waymo is about to unveil the world’s first driverless ride-hailing service as soon as next month. Waymo has yet to officially announce a new name for the project.
CRETech November 16, 2018
Knotel co-founder Amol Sarva is no stranger to bold statements, nor is he shy about his competition with WeWork. In an interview with Commercial Observer, Sarva said flexible workspace provider Knotel "will be bigger than [WeWork] in the next 15 months," citing his company's rapid growth, and the fact that Knotel already has a third of WeWork's footprint in New York, spread among more pro...
CRETech November 16, 2018
Sales on Singles Day – like Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but bigger – in China soared to a record US$30.8 billion, topping last year’s total by 27 percent. However, year-on-year, this marked the slowest growth in the 10-year history, a confident s...
CRETech November 15, 2018
WeWork, the co-working office company, has expanded rapidly over its eight-year life span, thanks in part to huge investments from SoftBank of Japan. On Tuesday, it secured another big cash infusion from its largest investor.
CRETech November 15, 2018

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CRETech November 15, 2018

Real estate titans have long scoffed at WeWork, which in eight short years has managed to attain a $20 billion valuation by selling short-term leases for shared office space with a mixture of stylish design and free-flowing alcohol.

Derided by some as a real estate company masquerading as a technology company, it has been called ...