Linkage: Drone aircraft use by REALTORS® and Tony Hsieh’s new project
Goodbye home office, hello coworking via Globe and Mail.
Multifamily sector is thriving via StarTrib. This article is about 2 years behind, tell us something we don’t already know about the local apartment market scene. The urban markets have been going strong during this time period, now the suburbs are starting to catch up with hardly any new product to come to market within the past 20 years.
Airbnb: 5 million nights booked, opening 6 international offices in Q1 2012 via Techcrunch. This company is on fire and disrupting the hotel industries bottom line. By the way, we still haven’t seen this type of startup come into commercial real estate, still waiting.
LAPD cracks down on drone aircraft use by real estate agents via LA Times. This is actually kind of funny. Going above and beyond but I think I’m good with using Google Earth for photos.
Worldhaus: IdeaLab invents super cheap house that could shelter 1.5 billion of the world’s poor via Business Insider.
Azerbaijan takes on Burj with plan for the world’s tallest tower via Arabian Business.
The case for saving ugly buildings via The Atlantic Cities. Although hideous, they are part of architectural heritage.
If not a casino, what’s plan b for Minneapolis’ Block E via StarTrib. The odds of a casino in Block E retail entertainment complex seem to be fading.
Inside the offices of the Ebay, Youtube and Google of China via Fast Company. We’ve seen the cool tech spaces of the these tech giants, now here’s a look into the equivalent abroad.
Tony Hsieh new $350 million startup via CNN Money. Urban planning is the next startup for the Zappo’s founder and CEO. This idea is ambitious and extremely cool. I’ve mentioned before that the Twin Cities should look to this for some ideas.
flickr photo cred: Rachel James
