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Bizjournals
CoStar Group Inc. CEO Andy Florance netted nearly $20.5 million from selling stock in his D.C.-based commercial real estate data company across a two-day period last week, according to a federal filing.
CREtech
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Openpath
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The New York Times
Even as the coronavirus pandemic appears to recede in New York, corporations have been reluctant to call their workers back to their skyscrapers and are showing even more hesitation about committing to the city long term.
Bloomberg
Uber Technologies Inc., one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies, is pledging to eliminate all emissions from every trip booked on its platform globally by 2040.
Bisnow
Will Lucas is on job No. 1 in the commercial real estate industry. After spending several years in the finance world, the serial entrepreneur founded Mint House, which describes itself as an Airbnb-style startup for business travelers, in 2017. The company provides contactless, aparthotel accommodations with the high-end amenities and finishes that business travelers prefer in urban locations throughout the U.S.
PlaceTech.
Startup Bright Spaces has signed an agreement with Skanska Romania to implement its interactive 3D showcasing platform for Equilibrium, a project owned by the developer in Bucharest. The platform will go live in October. Bright Spaces caught the eye of Skanska Romania during its participation in a hackathon organised by Skanska with the support of Proptech Romania, in November 2019. During that competition, Bright Spaces won first place in leasing solutions and third place overall….
HqO
New Partnership Brings Building Impact’s Virtual Food Drive to HqO Clients Across Major Markets BOSTON – September 9, 2020 – HqO, the tenant experience platform for commercial office buildings, is partnering with Building Impact to roll out their annual food drive to HqO clients in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, San Francisco, San Jose, and Washington, D.C., as part of a new digital programming initiative. Building Impact is slated to o…
Wall Street Journal
After two decades of assembling a site and four years of construction, SL Green Realty Corp. is preparing to cut the ribbon next week on One Vanderbilt, the $3 billion office tower soaring above Grand Central Terminal. The timing, coming in the middle of a pandemic, couldn’t be much worse. Office-leasing activity in Manhattan has nosedived. Vacant space is climbing. The work-from-home culture spawned by Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, has raised big questions about the futur…
CREtech
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