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CRETECH October 10, 2017
In the past 20 years, we’ve seen major industries disrupted or vanish completely due to tech innovation: Netflix said goodbye to the video rental industry, Amazon put brick-and-mortar bookstores under, Apple made buying CDs obsolete — the list goes on and on … InmanInman
CRETECH October 10, 2017
What is a truly global perspective? How well do you understand your customers? Are you tethered to your desk? Do you even know why? What tools do you need to build and grow your business? Are you people and property centric? Are you sure? All of this and so much more! The Evolution of REX. Prototypes, Seed Rounds, and Beta. Long has been the refrain that “Real Estate is a relationship business...
CRETECH October 10, 2017
In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Yifan Zhang, the co-founder and CEO of Loftium. I met her at the Future of Home Buying panel during Seattle Startup Week event last week. Loftium is a company I'm following closely, given their focus on providing down payment assistance in an innovative way (see my Kiva for real estate idea & thoughts on Point) a...
CRETECH October 10, 2017
In the past 20 years, we’ve seen major industries disrupted or vanish completely due to tech innovation: Netflix said goodbye to the video rental industry, Amazon put brick-and-mortar bookstores under, Apple made buying CDs obsolete-- the list goes on and on. It's easy to look for similar analogies in real estate. But the reality is a little more complex. Buying a home, for the vast majorit...
CRETECH October 10, 2017
Michael, Andy, Jeremy, Lewis, Brad, Max Yes, I am so ashamed to admit it, but I was a CRE Tech virgin. I had not had the chance to attend a CRE // Tech event until now! Now that I live in Las Vegas, it was a no-brainer for me to jump in the car with my amazing husband and go on a neat mini road trip to Los Angeles. I knew that there were so many people I wanted to meet in real life (#IRL) and I wa...
CRETECH October 10, 2017
Fairfax County and Loudoun County are teaming up to pitch a site near Dulles International Airport for Amazon's HQ2. Officials from both counties have agreed to join forces and propose the 26-acre Center for Innovative Technology campus in Herndon, the Washington Business Journal reports. The campus straddles the line between the counties and sits next to the future Innovation Center Silver L...
CRETECH October 10, 2017
Dropbox has just signed the largest office lease in San Francisco so far this year. The tech company inked a 15-year lease with Kilroy Realty Corp. for the entire 736K SF of office at The Exchange on 16th in San Francisco. This mega-lease follows close behind Facebook’s lease at 181 Fremont for the entire 436K SF of office. The Exchange on 16th, a four-building complex, is under construction in ...
CRETECH October 10, 2017
Don’t be an asshole. While I typically like to write about commercial real estate tech in this blog, sometimes I just like to write about my experiences and observations in business. My new journey running several startups in the CRE tech space has really taught me a lot about myself, running a business and more specifically, my observations about the tech sector in general. This particular blog...
CRETECH October 09, 2017
New data indicates that 60% of home sellers want their home marketed online with more clients asking for promotion on everyday websites than even Zillow or Realtor.com. Answering “the digital question” can make or break a listing presentation for affiliates today, and they are turning to their brokers for answers, but brokers can't be expected to become digital marketing experts overnight...
CRETECH October 09, 2017
Mission Park, an R&D office park in Santa Clara, recently signed a big lease for auto tech company Future Mobility Corp., bringing the site to fully leased, just as property owner Washington Holdings digs in on the property's next phase.