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Many California universities are working quickly to provide more affordable and convenient on-campus housing options for existing and future students to temper the rising cost of living in the state. The University of California system is actively working to meet its goal of building 14,000 beds by 2020. 
Many universities are struggling with a lack of apartment supply in their local cities. Davis is grappling with apartment vacancy of 0.2% for the last three years and it has become a challenge to get more inventory into the market for students,…
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RealtyShares Partners With Airbnb To Provide Financing Sources To Multifamily Building Owners
RealtyShares has become the first financing resource featured on Airbnb's Multifamily Properties Toolkit. The website provides owners, operators and developers of multifamily buildings with resources to support long-term tenants wishing to rent their space to travelers. Airbnb allows landlords to…
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New Female-Driven Co-Working Startups Attract Women EntrepreneursCo-working spaces designed specifically with women in mind are catching fire amid a national movement that aims to tackle issues like sexual harassment, gender-pay gaps and a lack of female leadership. 
Riveter in Seattle, Radiant in San Francisco, the Hivery in Marin County, California, and The Wing in New York are all betting on women's need for this type of workspace, which offers similar amenities to those offered at typical co-working spaces. Features like…
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Meet The $3B Tech Startup Shaking Up Construction And Development“Construction has to be the only industry that gets worse every year — costs go up and it gets less efficient.” The company was founded in 2015, but in January this year it raised $865M in a Series D funding round where the investors included tech giant SoftBank, giving it that $3B valuation. |
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Beyond The Bio: 16 Questions With VTS Chief Financial Officer Michelle McCombThis series profiles men and women in commercial real estate who have profoundly transformed our neighborhoods and reshaped our cities, businesses and lifestyles. Leasing and asset management platform VTS, previously known as View The Space, hired Michelle McComb last April as chief financial officer to help scale the business following its $300M merger with competitor Hightower in November 2016. McComb has overseen the financial and operational performance of several high-profile companies, including Datto, Bloomberg's Financial Products division, UBS Investment Bank and Lucent Technologies. |
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