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CRETECH November 05, 2017
As technology improves, the rate at which people can switch between tasks has grown faster and more efficient. Now, people expect these transitions to be as seamless in their physical world as they are in the digital — like when switching between apps on a smartphone. A study conducted by architecture firm Gensler found that people tend to fall into one of five “modes” when they are in a spa...
CRETECH November 05, 2017
A recent study has uncovered a correlation between a market's tech innovation and high levels of inequality between the wealthy and the poor in cities across the country. The trend, called "innovation intensity," is most prominent in cities like San Francisco where peopled filed double the number of patents in 2010 that they did in 1990. Prior to this point, the city had been largel...
CRETECH November 04, 2017
Cooper For years, Pam Cooper fielded donation and sponsorship requests at her carpet cleaning business in Carmel. She donated gift certificates to silent auctions and sponsored her kid’s soccer team. “I did all of those things knowing I was just being a good community member,” Cooper said. “I was probably not going to get any business out of it.” At the same time, she helped her children...
CRETECH November 03, 2017
The lease by Lyft shows the ride-sharing company plans to keep growing in Seattle, where it opened its first development office outside of San Francisco two years ago.
CRETECH November 03, 2017
San Francisco Bay Area-based SmartZip, a predictive analytics marketing platform for real estate professionals founded in 2008, has reportedly laid off around 50 of its approximate 150 staff members this week including senior leaders Peter Grace, formerly executive vice president of sales, and Joan Dailey, formerly vice president of corporate marketing, according to sources close to the company. G...
CRETECH November 03, 2017
Reonomy helps service providers, investors, developers, brokers and lenders get an inside view of an owner’s portfolio. Here’s how to use a quick address search in Reonomy, and in turn discover the properties a person owns. Owner Portfolio helps find: What is this owner’s ideal location, property type, investment size, etc.? What has this owner purchased recently? What has he/she held onto t...
CRETECH November 03, 2017
Reonomy is a great tool for sourcing potential buyers in a couple of ways. By comparable properties and ownership portfolio. You can find, understand, and correctly target potential commercial buyers as well as build your own mailer list. How to Find Buyers for Commercial Properties Reonomy
CRETECH November 03, 2017
Startup office provider Knotel has teamed up with yet another coworking firm after agreeing to a “strategic partnership” with Galvanize that will see the two firms refer their office-using clientele to one another. Knotel, which provides short-term and rolling lease agreements to small-to-midsized tenants who effectively sublease office space from the company, said that it will send “smaller...
CRETECH November 03, 2017
Checking In on The Wilshire; Cleaning Up Buffalo Bayou Debris; Tech Lessons from Harvey by Meredith Deliso No Comments Tweet Median Houston Home Sales Price Up 7.6% to $233,900 Year-Over-Year in Third Quarter, Finds NAR [Houston Chronicle] Pelican Builders Says 11 Sales Have Already Closed in Almost-Complete 96-Unit Wilshire Condo Tower on Former Westcreek Apartments Site [Houston Chronicle] Self...
CRETECH November 03, 2017
In its quest to sustainably serve the needs of urban farmers, NexLoop found inspiration for its water management system in the natural world. Seeking to create a system that is self-sufficient and adaptable to local needs, the NexLoop team observed the ability of cribellate orb weaver spiders to craft webs that capture water from fog in the air. The team then incorporated this design into their sy...