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CRE Tech For more than a century, parking garages have existed virtually unchanged: boring, often unsightly, yet largely ignored by the public; tolerated by users, and a steady if unspectacular investment vehicle for owners and operators. Now, however, as technology is rapidly mounting its disruptive assault across the real estate value chain, even the dowdy parking garage is undergoing a radical makeover, as innovators and entrepreneurs employ web-based end-to-end parking connectivity to produce the parking facilities of the 21st Century.
Bisnow Two words best describe experts’ projections for this year’s office investment environment: cautious optimism. That is according to JLL’s U.S. Investment Outlook Report, in which the firm predicts a strong year for office investment activity in 2017, despite a few economic factors that could cause some headwinds.
Globe St. Many in CRE have been slow to adopt new technology, but prospective tenants increasingly expect the transparency and data that high tech tools can provide, says Truss’ Bobby Goodman.
Bizjournals The NAIOP Research Foundation expects strong absorption in the country's industrial real estate market in 2017. The research paper the commercial real estate association released on Monday forecasts an average of 63.8 million square feet in absorption per quarter in 2017.
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SIOR Happenings

Avison Young Adds Peter Greenhalgh as EVP
Commercial Property Executive – March 10, 2017
Avison Young announced that Peter Greenhalgh has joined the commercial real estate firm’s Philadelphia headquarters as an executive vice president. The industry veteran will lead the office’s industrial efforts and will continue to work with both landlords and tenants in the Philadelphia area on distribution, manufacturing, refrigeration, telecom and flex properties.

Coming Clean: The New Brownfield Landscape
Commercial Property Executive – March 10, 2017
Three industrial veterans share insights into giving contaminated sites a second life.

Creating an Effective CRE Email Marketing Campaign Every listing broker is looking to find an effective way to promote their listings and keep in contact with the pool of tenants and buyers in their market. In addition to internet marketing sites such as Loopnet and CoStar, the most common approach today for most brokers is through email and social media. This article will review the steps for an effective email marketing campaign.
Using Data & Technology to Keep an Edge Recent technological advancements have changed the real estate brokerage industry. Using technology to sort through and analyze data is important to keep a competitive edge.
   
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