Monthly Archives: February 2013

YET ANOTHER COOL SITE TO CHECK OUT – RetailMLS.com

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Seems every day I am discovering another innovative new website for the real estate industry. And, as I mentioned in an earlier post, while the residential market saw most of the innovation over the past few years, it’s clearly the commercial sectors … Continue reading →

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Another disruptive site for the commercial real estate industry

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Add CompStak to the list of new, innovative sites that are shaking up the real estate industry. The site uses a very unique approach to compiling data on leases in the commercial real estate industry. With a crowd sourced approach, CompStak relies on those … Continue reading →

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Data, data and more data

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

http://www.42floors.com http://www.retailmls.com http://www.viewthespace.com What do they all of these sites have in common? All are incredibly focused on data. In the larger tech community, big data is all people are talking about these days. I would characterize the type of data in real estate as … Continue reading →

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Technology and real estate… at the tipping point or tip toeing at the bottom?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

Several items caught my attention this past week. All revolving around mobile, the web and real estate: http://www.inmotionrealestate.com/news/mobile-usage-in-commercial-real-estate-drastically-increases-61-in-2012/ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/realestate/making-web-sites-completely-addictive.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Mack-Cali announced that they have launched a new mobile site, which will serve all smartphone users. Check out Mack-Cali’s mobile site at www.mack-cali.com http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/31/yc-alum-42floors-raises-12-3m-led-by-nea-to-take-its-office-rental-search-engine-us-wide-and-beyond/ Maybe … Continue reading →

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