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The Future of Brick and Mortar

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Storefront real estate's saving grace? And when we do, what happens to the real estate footprint that ATMs and bank locations take up? Pretty much anywhere you buy items that aren't food, you could probably get them cheaper on the web, with a wider selection. Left and right, small retailers are closing their doors.

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How VCs, Accelerators, and Coworking Spaces Put Communities in Buildings vs. Buildings in Communities

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Back in the late 90's, a lot of money and real estate brokering went into trying to make it so, however. In fact, it is "well-known internationally as the original home of New York's technology community.". I'll bet you didn't know that--mostly because it never was.

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Bill DeBlasio's Uber targeting is in danger of making NYC a tech joke

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While smaller startups benefit from the coworking company's great facilities, larger companies looking to expand are fighting with the multi-billion dollar real estate behemoth for already expensive larger commercial space. Has Via, the new bus service come under fire? What about WeWork?

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10 Things Real Estate Gets Wrong About Coworking

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We hear it all the time… coworking is easy. Coworking is just desks in a room. Coworking is distracting. The post 10 Things Real Estate Gets Wrong About Coworking appeared first on GCUC Community. The list goes on.

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Coworking Megatrend Predictions for 2020

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by Liz Elam, founder of GCUC, the Global Coworking Unconference Conference. As founder of GCUC, the world’s largest coworking conference series, I travel the world learning about coworking. At the end of each year, I look ahead to where the coworking world is going and share my predictions for the coming year.

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How to Fill a Building Full of Tech and Startup People

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There are plenty of one-off coworking spaces that people like and enjoy because of a convenient locale that people are willing to come work at. What coworking does is that it solves an interface problem. That's just as bad of an idea as me thinking I'm going to start developing real estate. It was a mess.

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The Real Problem with Diversity in Coworking and Flex Real Estate: It’s Not the Events, It’s Who’s Doing the Hiring

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The Real Problem with Diversity in Coworking and Flex Real Estate: It’s Not the Events, It’s Who’s Doing the Hiring Diversity and inclusion have become buzzwords in the coworking, flex space, and broader real estate industries. We see countless events, panels, and initiatives aimed.