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One of the issues time-pressured travelers face is not knowing where their bus or train actually is while they are waiting, despite what the timetable may say. Many cities already make public transport data available to developers, meaning you can access myriad third-party apps to see where your bus or train is in relation to its scheduled arrival. Moving forward, however, Google Maps itself will ...
With companies like WeWork, Knotel and Spaces gobbling up real estate to feed their voracious expansion plans, co-working and flexible-space tenants have tripled their share of Manhattan’s office-leasing activity over the past year.
Co-working tenants inked 12 percent of the nearly 25 million square feet worth of leases signed in Manhattan through the first three quarters of the year, accordi...
Blockchain technology holds the potential to change how builders hire and pay subcontractors and suppliers, but the how of the technology is less important than why it is needed in the industry, says the founder of BuilderChain, a company setting out to drive some of that change.
New York, NY (September 21, 2018) — CREtech (cretech.com), the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate industry, announced that it will host its first Chicago event on October 18 at J...
The e-commerce giant’s love affair with brick-and-mortar continues with a new store concept, Amazon 4-Star.
The store, which opened its doors Thursday in Soho, is similar to Amazon Books, but with a range of products besides books stocked on its shelves–all of which must have a rating of at least 4 stars by Amazon customers, Forbes reported.
The Japanese dealmaker says he’ll raise a new $100 billion fund every few years. Silicon Valley’s disruptors are struggling to keep up.
Two years ago, Masayoshi Son, chief executive officer of SoftBank, sat in a Gulfstream jet high above the Arabian Gulf, en route to meet with potential investors in a new fund that would invest in technology startups. He was going through his presentation w...
The multi-billion-dollar home-sharing industry, which is transforming short-term rental markets around the globe, could soon be redefined by new competitors.
One of Airbnb’s biggest rivals, Xiaozhu, is in talks with investors for more than $200 million to take on the pioneering American home-sharing giant, Bloomb...
Eric Eckardt is not a typical real estate executive, but then again, his employer, Purplebricks, is hardly a traditional real estate company.
The U.K.-based outfit is a web-based brokerage that prides itself on mobility and flexibility. Its business model is to cover more territory with fewer people; it’s a global, digital platform built on local expertise.
In that sense, Eckardt seems the i...
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- EasyKnock, the first institutionalized residential sale leaseback platform in the world, announced today that it has closed $3.5 million seed financing in addition to new debt financing of $100 million that will be used to increase real estate closings through its platform. Seed investors include Montage Ventures, Crestar Partners and Bl...