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CRETech June 29, 2018
Siemens Building Technologies Division has inked a deal to acquire Building Robotics Inc., an Oakland-based company whose app Comfy gives office workers greater control of their personal environment, especially temperature and lighting. The deal is the third recent acquisition of smart building tech startups by the German tech conglomerate Siemens AG, Forbes reports. Last month, the company bo...
CRETech June 29, 2018
It’s not always easy for consumers to get a mortgage quickly, but money is abundant for companies that want to step into the homebuying process. The most active real estate broker in the Pacific Northwest this year is a former Microsoft Corp. program manager who used to work on Bing. Tushar Garg isn’t the typical salesman walking would-be buyers through carefully staged houses. He’s co-fo...
CRETech June 29, 2018
Starcity recently secured funding from crowdfunding platform EquityMultiple for its latest co-living location in San Francisco, signaling a shift in investor appetites for co-living, a concept many investors have shied away from. The company has raised more than $20M in venture financing within the last 18 months from the likes of Bullpen Capital, NEA, Social Capital and Y Combinator, and has ...
CRETech June 29, 2018
NEW YORK, June 21, 2018 – ATYPICAL, a leader in real estate sales marketing and strategy and CREtech, the leading commercial real estate platform, have announced a joint venture to deliver content marketing, sales marketing, and strategy services specific for commercial real estate technology businesses. Working together, the two platforms have built a complete end-to-end sales marketing platfor...
CRETech June 29, 2018
WeWork only has to sneeze to grab the headlines — it is one of the most talked-about companies in global real estate today. But it makes up only a very small proportion of the London and U.K. flexible office market. In fact, according to a new report, big names like IWG, WeWork and The Office Group make up a far smaller part of this growing market than you might imagine, as is the case in other...
CRETech June 29, 2018
In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Tyler Forte from Felix Homes. He’s a brand new addition to the Geek Estate Mastermind. Without further ado… What do you do? I’m the CEO and Co-Founder of Felix Homes. We’re based in New York City and will be launching in...
CRETech June 28, 2018
New York real estate firm RXR Realty has launched a fund dedicated to property-technology investing as tenants demand more high-tech services from their landlords. RXR has begun speaking with existing investors about the so-called proptech fund, Chief Executive Officer Scott Rechler sai...
CRETech June 28, 2018

Self-driving cars could mean better public transit, more green space and less congestion. But also: more urban sprawl and greater inequality.

As the arrival of driverless cars gets closer, cities are scrambling to get ready. And for good reason: The driverless car promises to reshape the urban landscape as we know it. Little wonder, then, that the potential changes are ...
CRETech June 28, 2018

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that made blockchain a household word, has come and gone from news headlines. But companies using the decentralized networking technology are taking root and grabbing up city office space.

Consensys, the firm that developed the cryptocurrency Et...

CRETech June 28, 2018

Lennar Corp. Executive Chairman Stuart Miller said the homebuilder’s investment in tech startup Opendoor would mesh nicely with the company’s strategy of getting more involv...