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CRETech July 05, 2018
Do-it-yourself home improvement retailer Home Depot has started installing online order pickup lockers at many of its locations, joining other retailers in the movement to do so. The orange lockers are near the front of Home Depot stores and will allow customers who have ordered online to unlock their designated lockers without having to seek assistance from an employee, USA Today reports. ...
CRETech July 05, 2018
TORONTO & PARIS – Altus Group Limited (“Altus Group” or “the Company”) (TSX: AIF), a leading provider of commercial real estate services, software and data solutions to the global commercial real estate industry, announced today that it has acquired Taliance Group (“Taliance”) for €20.0 million (approximately C...
CRETech July 03, 2018
In car-reliant Los Angeles, researchers have long bemoaned arbitrary parking guidelines. The solution could be in a more market-based approach, according to a new book of research edited by University of California, Los Angeles professor Donald Shoup. In his tome, Parking and the City, Shoup lauds the success of LA Express Park, a plan launched in 2012 to bring dynamic pric...
CRETech July 03, 2018
Technology is having a profound impact on nearly every industry, including the multifamily market, where developers and operators are experimenting with what technology can bring to their properties. “There have been lots of conversations about Airbnb, autonomous cars, disruptive technology, the Internet of Things [and] delivery drones,” said Gables Residential President and CEO Sue Ansel, ...
CRETech July 03, 2018
A new coworking app is set to launch in Philadelphia with the goal of reducing the industry's cost and dependence on office buildings. WEach Seats, the brainchild of husband-and-wife duo Matthew Weaver and Sarina Chernock, offers daytime space in restaurants that would otherwise be closed until dinner to users at prices far below memberships at standard coworking spaces like WeWork and 1776. Th...
CRETech July 03, 2018

Home security is expected to be a $47.5 billion business by 2020. Top-of-the-line systems can include alarms, cameras, dogs, guards and even secret passagewa...

CRETech July 03, 2018
As more prospective home buyers turn to the Internet for their shopping needs, the world of digital listings is heating up, with some brokerages racing against third-parties to dominate the web search space. One such website, realtor.com, has set its sights squarely on New York’s unique housing market by launching a custom feature for the five boroughs. The site’s new feature will includ...
CRETech July 03, 2018
In what could evolve into a challenge to the likes of UPS and FedEx, Amazon is wading deeper into last-mile delivery by rolling out Delivery Service Partners. The program, unveiled by the retailer on Wednesday, will support entrepreneurs in running local delivery networks of up to 40 vans to carry Amazon packages. Although the delivery workers won't be Amazon employees, they will have acces...
CRETech July 03, 2018

A regulatory crackdown has failed to derail initial coin offerings, a controversial fundraising method.

Investors have continued to pour money into cryptocurrency startups this year through a controversial fundraising method despite a regulatory crackdown that threatened to stifle the nascent market. Initial coin offerings raised $11.8 billion this year through May, mor...
CRETech July 03, 2018
Christopher W. Perry III has been appointed by the FUEL Enterprises board and executive team to the position of CEO. FUEL Enterprises, the leading commercial real estate technology firm focusing on valuation, forecasting and data, is pleased to announce the promotion of Christopher W. Perry III to CEO. Perry is one of the original founders of FUEL Enterprises and previously served as M...