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CRETech May 15, 2018
Amazon has partnered with major homebuilder Lennar to create "Amazon Experience Centers," which are model homes containing built-in Alexa-controlled appliances. The goal is to persuade homeowners and homebuyers to embed Amazon services into their houses.
CRETech May 15, 2018
WeWork is gobbling up even more space in Chelsea. The $20 billion co-working company signed a 100,000-square-foot lease at Walter & Samuels’ 
CRETech May 15, 2018
An Australian company built a brick-laying robot it says can build a home in a fraction of the time it takes a normal construction crew. Fastbrick Robotics’ Hadrian X, which works off of a 3D model, can lay more than 1,000 bricks per hour, Business Insider reported.
CRETech May 15, 2018
As competition for employees and ideas increases, employers are looking to office design to give them an edge. That’s why companies like Amazon, Google and Samsung have asked us to create spaces that directly affect how their employees think and feel. Our research over the past four years has shown how design affects human biology and experience, allowing us to maximize comfort and productivity....
CRETech May 15, 2018
Coworking has proven to be more than just a fad, as WeWork turns into a global empire and regional operators expand their fields of influence, but it has lost the scrappy underdog feel that made it appeal to its first members.
CRETech May 15, 2018
Four months after Amazon opened its first futuristic convenience store in its hometown of Seattle, the company said on Monday that it will bring new Amazon Go locations to San Francisco and Chicago later this year.
CRETech May 15, 2018
A new entrant to the boutique hotel game, Life House, has completed $40M in funding to develop its brand. Of the funding, $10M in venture capital will fuel operations and the tech platform, while $30M in real estate capital will support the development of the first few properties in the U.S.
CRETech May 15, 2018

New York City officials have chosen to stop worrying and love the blockchain. Their counterparts at the state level, however, still haven't unchained their hearts.

The city's Economic Development Corp. announced today that it will open a Blockchain Center, where believers ...

CRETech May 14, 2018
In mid-2017, the giant landlord Brookfield Property Partners L.P . BPY -0.55% was in advanced talks to buy the Lord & Taylor depa...
CRETech May 14, 2018
The company introduced its platform at Jamestown’s Innovation and Design building in Boston. HqO’s mobile app offers tenants access to utilities, including visitor registration and parking.