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  • Dean Hopkins, COO, Oxford Properties Group to Deliver a Solo Keynote Stage Presentation at Upcoming CREtech Austin Conference

    CRETECH

    CREtech (cretech.com), the leading global conference and research company devoted to innovation in the Built World, will be showcasing the leading-edge commercial estate development companies at its first event in 2020. CREtech has announced that Dean Hopkins, COO of Oxford Properties Group, will take the stage in Austin, Texas on April 22nd and 23rd. In a session titled “The Need for Standardization in CRETech”, Dean will shed light on Oxford’s innovation strategies and share his views on futur…

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  • Inside the $1,000 underground ‘sleeping pods’ that a developer wants to build in San Francisco’s super crowded housing market

    BUSINESSINSIDER

    A developer is proposing a housing project to the city of San Francisco that’s a bit outside of the box. The Kansas-based developer Chris Elsey of Elsey Partners, who runs the company with his twin brother, has plans to build two apartment buildings in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood, which will include 88 50-square-foot underground “sleeping pods” that are essentially bunk beds. The plans need to be approved by the San Francisco Planning Department before the developers can move forward to…

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  • After WeWork, Real-Estate Startups Rethink Pursuit of Fast Growth

    WSJ

    Real-estate startups are retreating from a growth-at-all-costs model, casting aside an approach that has worked for many internet companies but has sputtered in the concrete world of office buildings and lodging properties. Startup companies often prioritize growth to establish dominance in an industry before competitors can get a foothold. But in industries like co-working and hospitality, the costs of leasing or renovating space can make pursuing rapid growth expensive and inefficient.

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  • Procore’s Plans for Construction Tech in 2020

    GLOBEST

    In July of last year, Procore, a construction technology software company, acquired Honest Buildings, a project management software start-up. Now, the two companies are fully integrated and are poised for growth in 2020.

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  • The Federal Government Is Looking To Lease Coworking Space Nationwide

    BISNOW

    Careers in federal government are known for job security and generous pensions, but also for layers of bureaucracy and cold, gray, impersonal buildings. The bureaucracy is unlikely to change, but soon, government workers around the country could be organizing hurricane relief, investigating regulatory infractions or rubber-stamping Social Security payments while natural light flows around them and kombucha pours freely from tapped kegs.

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  • Will co-working outlive WeWork?

    THEREALDEAL

    WeWork’s valuation has collapsed, and now the company is selling off acquisitions. Knotel is grappling with nearly 1 million square feet of vacancies. WeWork and other co-working companies are slashing their workforces. With headlines like that, you might think the whole sector is in trouble. But flexible office space isn’t going anywhere — and will likely continue expanding.

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  • Goldman Sachs will no longer do IPOs for companies with all-male boards

    NYPOST

    Boards packed with bros don’t get IPOs. That’s the new policy at Goldman Sachs, whose chief executive David Solomon said the Wall Street giant won’t take any company public unless it has at least one “diverse” board member. In a Thursday interview with CNBC, Solomon said the new initiative will particularly focus on getting more women on corporate boards. The requirement will ratchet up to two diverse board members in 2021, he added. “I look back at IPOs over the last four years and the performa…

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  • Keith Tice, VP of Corporate Development at Accruent to Speak on Mergers & Acquisitions Panel at Upcoming CREtech Austin Conference

    CRETECH

    CREtech (cretech.com), the leading global conference and research company devoted to innovation in the Built World, will be showcasing a panel of the most active companies in the real estate tech M&A space at its first event in 2020. To be held in Austin, Texas on April 22nd and 23rd, the panel will feature Keith Tice, VP of Corporate Development at Accruent, one of the leaders in the sector. Keith Tice is the Vice President of Corporate Development at Accruent, the world’s leading provider …

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  • Los Angeles-based CREXi raises $30 million for its online real estate marketplace

    TECHCRUNCH

    Los Angeles is one of the most desirable locations for commercial real estate in the United States, so it’s little wonder that there’s something of a boom in investments in technology companies servicing the market coming from the region. It’s one of the reasons that CREXi, the commercial real estate marketplace, was able to establish a strong presence for its digital marketplace and toolkit for buyers, sellers and investors.

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  • PropTech Today: Mortgage brokers vs robo advisers – who will win?

    ESTATEAGENT

    “Give me 100 leads and I will make five-times more good appointments than any AI you put me up against,” stated the comment left beneath last week’s rather contentious column about the future of the negotiator. The commentator may have been correct that he would personally excel in that particular scenario. However, sadly he missed the point.

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