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CRETech June 26, 2018
Chicago-based Forum Analytics, a CBRE subsidiary, has rolled out a data product it calls ShopoGraphics, the thrust of which is to help retailers identify solid markets for growth and maximum return on investment. The technology employs machine learning, and Forum Analytics said it is a marked improvement over traditional, demographic-based segmentation systems. Those systems create distinct ty...
CRETech June 26, 2018
EQ Office President and CEO Lisa Picard was in the hot seat during her fireside chat with Convene co-founder and CEO Ryan Simonetti during Bisnow’s Midwest Office Development and Leasing Summit at the Loews Chicago Hotel Thursday. The Picard-Simonetti chat dovetailed with the news of EQ Office’s rebranding from Equity Office and its plans to partner with flex space operators to make mo...
CRETech June 26, 2018
Since inception, MetaProp has been dedicated to one thing: connecting talented PropTech founders with the knowledge, network and resources that they need to grow their businesses and meaningfully impact the real estate industry. Four years ago, my partners, Aaron,
CRETech June 26, 2018
As the Luxury Multimaily Market Peaks, Apartment Owners and Managers Turning to Social Amenities to Engage Residents at Their Properties The new must-have amenity for luxury apartment projects? Time. During this economic growth cycle apartment developers have engaged in a virtual arms race of amenities. Most were physical goodies they could tout in property tours - features like furnished gu...
CRETech June 25, 2018
VC firm's second vehicle has already picked up $100M from 19 investors. UPDATED: Thursday, June 21 at 7:06 p.m. Fifth Wall Ventures, the venture capital firm that has invested in Industrious and Open Door, is on track to raise another $400 million for its second real estate technology fund. The Los Angeles-based firm has already pooled $100 million from 19 unnamed investors,...
CRETech June 25, 2018
Investment startup also discussed partnership with SL Green Fresh off a partnership deal with Goldman Sachs, the Kushner-backed real estate investment startup Cadre could soon turn to Google and Facebook employees in its hunt for customers. “There’s also a really exciting opportunity in the technology space itself with companies like Google and Facebook,” Cadre’s CEO Ryan Williams sa...
CRETech June 25, 2018
New Office Further Accelerates Nationwide Presence NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadre, a technology-enabled real estate investment platform, today announced it is opening a Chicago office. The new office will be the New York City-based startup’s third location. The expansion, following the opening of a Toronto, Canada office in Decem...
CRETech June 25, 2018
The commercial real estate data sector is rapidly and fundamentally changing before our eyes. Startups like VTS, Reonomy and CompStak are launching new services, charting nationwide expansions, landing venture capital investments and securing institutional partnerships. As they widen their product offerings and user bases, these companies are beginning to resemble young versions of the indust...
CRETech June 25, 2018

Urban Innovation Fund, an early advocate of navigating bureaucracy, closes a $22.5 million fund

CRETech June 25, 2018
For every real estate deal Knotel does, company founder Amol Sarva estimates 2% of its value is taken up just verifying information. “Let’s just say we are looking at a property in [the] Financial District,” said Sarva, whose flexible office company now has around 50 locations in New York City, with more to be announced. “[We want to figure out] — ‘how big is it, what’s the flo...