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| Real Estate Services |  | | | | By Sebastian Obando, Staff Writer | | Day one of the 2019 CRETech New York conference taking place in Brooklyn this week kicked off with over 2,000 real estate professionals discussing the future adoption of proptech in the industry. Some of the topics discussed showed the blurred lines between proptech and fundamental shifts in how commercial real estate is being used with the adaption of concepts such as co-living and modular construction. Here are the main takeaways from the first day of the event. FULL ARTICLE |
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| Real Estate Services | | | | By Sebastian Obando, Staff Writer | | Day two of the CRETech New York conference wrapped up on Thursday, as speakers discussed the potential of proptech to disrupt the industry. Here are five main takeaways from the second day of the event. FULL ARTICLE |
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| Multifamily | | | | By Bendix Anderson, Contributing Writer | | FULL ARTICLE |
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| Retail | | | | By Liz Wolf, Contributing Writer | | With the continued barrage of retail bankruptcies, stores closures, repositionings and rightsizings of store fleets—and the fact that many experts say the U.S. is over-retailed—it probably comes as no surprise that retail construction levels remain well below pre-recession levels. FULL ARTICLE |
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| Real Estate Services | | | | By Sebastian Obando, Staff Writer | | NREI recently talked with Dharmesh Ajmera, partner and proptech expert at Deloitte, Jake Fingert, partner at Camber Creek, a venture capital firm focused on investing in real estate tech companies, and Felicite Moorman, CEO and Co-founder of Stratis IoT, smart apartment IoT platform, on their views on the evolution of the proptech space, and how commercial real estate players can decide which proptech products are ultimately worth investing their time and money in. FULL ARTICLE |
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| Finance & Investment | | | | By John Egan, Contributing Writer | | Jon Needell questions whether investing in “cookie cutter” REITs is the right move. Needell, president and chief investment officer of Kairos Investment Management Co. LLC (KIMC), a real estate investment firm based in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., goes so far as to warn that turning to publicly-traded REITs as a hedge is “dangerous.” These days, portfolio diversification via REIT investments “is not what it’s cracked up to be,” Needell says. FULL ARTICLE |
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| Multifamily | | | | By NREI Staff | | Weighing 22 metrics, covering diverse metrics in the realms of "digital," "principles," "leisure," and "business," on-demand housing platform Nestpick recently generated the list of the best cities for Generation Z. FULL ARTICLE |
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| Multifamily | | | | By Cindy Wick | | The multifamily market has certainly evolved over the last several years. This is why today, it is extremely important for property managers to ensure their properties are catering to the latest demands of millennial renters, one of the largest rental cohorts in the United States. FULL ARTICLE |
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| Finance & Investment | | | | Bloomberg | | Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida left the door open to a third straight interest-rate cut, saying the outlook for U.S. growth is favorable but the central bank will “act as appropriate” to sustain the expansion amid risks. FULL ARTICLE |
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