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CRETech April 02, 2018
Many inventions, in hindsight, feel more like discoveries. Think of the bicycle, or the steam engine, or glass—all simple and useful enough to be widely copied once they were known.
Another such invention, 3-D printing, is now scaling up. All over the world, an impressive diversity of people and organizations, ranging from startups and hobby...
CRETech April 02, 2018
WeWork's first foray onto a college campus is coming just a few miles north of Washington, D.C. The co-working giant valued at $20B has signed a deal to operate a 300-desk location on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The building, a former service operation for the campus, will be repurposed and built by Chesapeake Realty Group, which is leasing it from the university. UMD ...
CRETECH April 02, 2018
We've said it before... PropTech is having a moment. Everywhere you look – Twitter, conferences & events, real estate trade and business press, and in the offices of landlords, brokers, property managers, leasing managers, etc. – everyone in commercial real estate is talking about proptech. Of recent note, these conversations have revolved around how proptech can vastly improve the tenant...
CRETECH April 02, 2018
While data security is important to all industries, it's gaining more traction in the $15-trillion commercial real estate industry, where the business of collecting and sharing data is especially paramount for investment firms, and also utilized in every aspect of the deal flow. The adoption of cloud platforms is changing the game. For the first line of defense against foreign attacks, user authen...
CRETech April 02, 2018
At a time when employers are struggling to find talent in the tight labor market, more than 60% of new office product slated to come online in 2018 and 2019 has been pre-leased. CBRE reports more than half of that new construction is concentrated within the top 10 markets in the country, and 80% of the supply under construction in Boston, Philadelphia and San Francisco has already been pre-lea...
CRETECH April 02, 2018
FUTURE: PropTech is well established as the leading & most well attended global event dedicated to the technology innovation & digital transformation occurring in the wider Real Estate sector. Join us on Wednesday 2nd May 2018, for our 4th annual conference as we bring together over 1,200+ delegates including the worlds leading real estate companies, agents, brokers, tech V.C’s, media &a...
CRETECH March 30, 2018
Each month, CPE Asks features insights from leading industry executives on a significant issue. Next month’s topic: reconstruction. How have your corporate management priorities changed over the past five to 10 years? Michael Thanasouras, Managing Director, SVN In managing our company since its inception just over 10 years ago, our approach has gone from reactive to proactive. Ten years ago, our...
CRETech March 30, 2018
International real estate data and advertising business CoStar Group plans to hire up to 60 real estate journalists to expand its property news offerings. The Washington Business Jou...
CRETech March 30, 2018
The benefits of smart buildings are many: From smart energy consumptionand cost-savings to smart fire extinguishers and smart lighting, ...
CRETECH March 30, 2018
Prior to the Great Recession I remember hearing that everyone should be investing in single-family homes because house prices never go down.  And for years this was so.  Houses prices had steadily increased in value for a number of years.  This belief that housing was a sure bet was stated as an inviolable truth.  Do you remember people saying that?  I do.  And of course, the recession hit, ...