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CRETech August 21, 2018

Cryptocurrency trading platform SFOX has announced the closure of a $22.7 million Series A funding round with participation from Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk, according to an August 16

CRETech August 21, 2018
The team at inVia Robotics didn’t start out looking to build a business that would create a new kind of model for selling robotics to the masses, but that may be exactly what they’ve done. After their graduation from the University of Southern California’s robotics program, Lior Elazary, Dan Parks and Randolph Voorhies were casting around for i...
CRETech August 21, 2018
Not all cashierless stores are going to be near the nation's tech hubs like Amazon Go. In Indiana, for instance, convenience store chain Ricker's is rolling out what it calls "frictionless checkout technology" in its 56 locations. The system is facilitated by an app called Skip that allows customers to scan items as they shop, and then pay by way of a linked credit card as they exit, without th...
CRETech August 20, 2018
Google will soon take control of 14,000 square feet of retail space in the Chicago meatpacking district, which the company is expected to turn into its first-ever standalone retail store, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
CRETech August 20, 2018
From buildings filled with sensors tracking employees, to software that monitors reams of leasing documents, new technologies are rapidly being incorporated across the commercial real estate industry.
CRETech August 20, 2018
Uber isn’t expanding the global footprint of its ride-hail service at breakneck speed anymore. It also isn’t close to being profitable yet. That’s in large part because the company, under CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, is spending a lot of its money building out its next chapter, which goes far beyond ordering car rides with your phone.
CRETech August 20, 2018
Instead of displacing American workers, robots may soon make many of their jobs more efficient. Intelligent machines increasingly scooting across America’s warehouse floors show just how. Companies use automated transporters to move packages without a human forklift driver. A few years ago, their adoption would have mean...
CRETech August 20, 2018
A few weeks ago, the LeasePilot team moved our operations to Boston Properties’ FLEX space on the 29th floor of the Prudential Tower in Boston. As real estate people, we’re thrilled with the Flex concept and see it as an important new direction for the future of office leasing. In short, FLEX strikes a balance between the high-touch, all-in...
CRETech August 20, 2018
For years, WeWork has brought in the majority of venture and private equity dollars invested in coworking startups. But that’s changing as an emerging new category of workplace alternatives are attracting attention from both the venture community and some of commercial real estate’s biggest players.
CRETech August 20, 2018
WeWork has closed a lease transaction at the Brill Building in Midtown, finalizing a deal that has been on and off for the past two years. The company signed a lease for over 75,000-square feet in the property, The Real Deal has learned. The 15-year lease is for floors five, six, seven, 10 and 11.