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Bisnow Archives Magnum Real Estate Group's Ben Shaoul Two condominiums at an Upper East Side residential development are under contract to sell for bitcoin. It is the first bitcoin real estate transaction in the city's history, the New York Post reports. The units are at Magnum Real Estate Group’s development at 389 East 89th St. One of the under-contract units is a 624 SF studio priced at $875K...

Physical retail is far from dead. As e-commerce players continue to expand their brick-and-mortar presence, including Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods Market and the opening of cashierless grocery concept Amazon Go, it is boosting competition and the need for existing retailers to seek an advantage from data. Pixabay Fraught with historic bankruptcy levels and store closures, the distressed ret...

A former NYC commercial broker, Michael Mandel founded Compstak to fix the inefficiencies of data sharing in the CRE industry. Michael is a regular speaker on the future of commercial real estate, real estate technology, and data transparency. He graduat...

The following is the introduction to Inman's book titled “Leadership: How Real Estate Leaders Can Act Decisively to Change the Industry,” a compilation of articles and Q&As published throughout our first-ever Leadership Week. A limited edition of the book will be given to the nearly 200 attendees coming to Inman's Disconnect in The Desert event on March 26-28 for the opportunity to discuss...

Time is a funny thing.  Without the assistance of a clock, you may feel like you spent the best years of your life waiting at the DMV.  Or, you turn around to get your baby a bottle and next thing you know they’re graduating high school.  Because time can fluctuate in such a drastic manner, it’s critical to learn how to manage it.   As commercial real estate professionals, it’s safe to a...

I remember hearing complaints about the iPhone not being able to extensively customize Settings. Conversely, Samsung’s Galaxy allowed for much more customizing and advanced features. Are Samsung’s programmers that much smarter than Apple’s? I doubt it. It’s my opinion (I don’t have proof) the reason for the lack of advanced features in the iPhone is Apple made a strategic decision to kee...

The Real Estate Board of New York is planning a property technology contest open to global innovators, marking the first worldwide initiative by the 122-year-old organization, Commercial Observer has learned. It will be the organization’s second real estate technology contest, following its “hackathon” event last year (which ended with the winners competing in a “gauntlet challenge” last...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/-- Blockchain Capital, the premier venture capital firm focused exclusively on the blockchain technology sector and crypto ecosystem, today announced the closing of Blockchain Capital IV, LP a $150 million fund. This is the firm's largest fund raised to date and brings assets under management to $250 million. The fund was oversubscribed at its hard cap wit...

Skyline AI, an Israeli startup that uses machine learning to help real estate investors identify promising properties, announced today that it has raised $3 million in seed funding from Sequoia Capital. The round will be used to build its tech platform and hire experts in data science and machine learning. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Skyline AI predicts future property values an...

Google is working on blockchain-related technology to support its cloud business and head off competition from emerging startups that use the heavily-hyped technology to operate online in new ways, according to people familiar with the situation.