Amazon In Ajax? Toronto's Amazon HQ2 Bid Proposes Many Regional Sites
Toronto's bid for Amazon's new headquarters takes the approach that more is better — offering up not one, but 10 regional sites for Amazon's consideration.
“Part of what we wanted to stress was the vitality of the region,” said Toby Lennox, CEO at Global Toronto, which prepared Toronto's bid to become one of 20 finalists for Amazon's HQ2.
“It was our advantage to show the entire region.…
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Toronto's Place On Amazon HQ2 Shortlist Means 'It's Team Canada Now'
Toronto Mayor John Tory was sounding a bit like a hockey coach in touting Toronto's inclusion on the shortlist for Amazon's new headquarters.
“We're in the playoffs now. But we're still a long way from the prize,” Tory said at…
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Colliers Launches Real Estate Tech Accelerator With Techstars
Colliers has teamed up with Techstars to launch a program to mentor startups developing industry-disrupting technologies in the real estate industry.
The Colliers Proptech Accelerator powered by Techstars will be an intensive 13-week program hosted at Colliers' global headquarters in…
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Toronto Tops Vancouver With Most Expensive One-Bedroom Rent
Toronto snuck by Vancouver last month to become the most expensive place to rent a one-bedroom dwelling in Canada, according to the PadMapper Canadian Rent Report.
The report found renting one bedroom in Toronto averaged $2,020, up 2.5% from the previous month, and…
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Meet Christine Battist, Avison Young's New Chief Financial Officer
Christine Battist's résumé over the past 25 years includes running two REITs, spearheading an IPO and spinning a Fortune 500 company off from its primary shareholder. Now, Battist has landed at Avison Young as its chief financial officer, the latest move for a company on a near decade-long growth pattern.
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A Robot Invasion Will Soon Be Coming To A Hotel Near You
The one-foot-tall, six-pound robot vacuuming the floors of the JW Marriott is not exactly Rosie, the snarky blue female robot housekeeper that served “The Jetsons,” but Maidbot's Rosie robot could be cleaning the floors of hotel rooms in the near future.
Forget a toothbrush, toiletries or just want a bottled soda or a towel delivered to your room?
Savioke's Relay delivery robot — think a simple-looking R2-D2 — could fetch you anything that can fit inside its three-foot-tall body in three minutes. And it will not even ask for a tip.
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10 Markets That Will Be Flooded With New Apartment Supply In 2018
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8 Things You Need To Know About The Real Estate Retreat Redefining Dealmaking
Once a year, a carefully curated group of commercial real estate's best and brightest converge to build bonds, share experiences and explore conversations beyond the industry.
Welcome to Escape.
What began as an answer to the lack of networking platforms…
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