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CoStar Group is expanding its European footprint with its acquisition of a UK-based commercial real estate online marketplace. The publicly-traded commercial real estate data giant announced Friday that it had acquired startup Realla for an undisclosed sum.

WeWork opened the first location of its new retail concept in New York City this summer, and now it is planning an ambitious, nationwide expansion. The coworking provider plans to open 500 WeMrkt stores in the next couple of years, WeWork Chief Brand Officer Julie Rice told Digiday.

Cadre, the online real estate investment platform that was given $250M to invest by Goldman Sachs, is continuing its attempts to shake up traditional real estate with two new investment offerings. Desired end result: a massive increase in liquidity for the entire real estate sector.

San Francisco-based Rentlytics provides owners and operators with normalized data across multiple third-party systems, resolving system incompatibility, data accuracy issues and time-to-analysis delays. The deal will add approximately 200,000 new units of real time data to RealPage’s data analytics platform.

A European private equity firm is working toward setting up the first blockchain real estate fund. Peakside Capital has teamed up with blockchain specialist Brickblock to launch a fund that will be "tokenized" — meaning investors will receive virtual tokens accessible and tradable via a blockchain, rather than traditional limited partner units.

Traditional banking products, including checking, credit, and savings accounts, are under threat from a new crop of digital-first startups. Many of these startups are launching products without a bank charter and targeting a very specific customer base. What these startups share is the goal of creating customer-centric banking products that target underserved individuals and businesses.

Almost every aspect of our personal lives has been transformed by technology, from the way we transact and communicate to how we hail a ride, answer the doorbell or turn on the lights. But the commercial real estate industry, well-known for its resistance to change, innovation and new technology, lags far behind. That’s about to change.

The deal brewing between SoftBank and WeWork tells us more than any move prior about the way they view the finance and real estate industries they are challenging.

SoftBank’s Vision Fund sees the opportunity to spend more money than it ever has before and in a way that is ...

An investor meeting can sometimes make or break a young startup. That’s why entrepreneurs should do everything they can to prepare for those valuable moments and avoid making crucial mistakes that could cost them a chance at a big check.

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

In 2012, when the Rabsky Group developed 225 North 9th Street, a luxury rental in Williamsburg, it installed built-in iPod docks in all 34 apartments.

But a few months later, that idea didn’t seem quite as cutting-edge.