How Independent Coworking Spaces Can Compete With The Likes Of WeWork
In 2011, Felena Hanson founded the coworking space Hera Hub in San Diego. Not only was the company pioneering in the sense that it offered coworking space — that was a spanking-new concept in those days — it also provided coworking space specifically for female entrepreneurs.
Hera Hub's female-focused space put it in direct contrast to the "bro" culture at many big-box coworking spaces, Hanson says.
Since 2016, the company has grown through a licensing model. Besides three locations in greater San Diego, it has locations in…
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Ranking QOZs: How State And Local Officials Can Make Their Opportunity Zones More Attractive To Developers
It goes without saying that not all opportunity zones are created equal or present the same investment opportunities.
As the Qualified Opportunity Zone tax program gains national attention from investors looking to deploy billions in capital gains into those areas, sources tell Bisnow the designated areas stand to benefit greatly from opportunity zone-friendly policies enacted at the federal, state and municipal level to further lure investment where it is most needed.
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Harvard's California Land Buys May Be Driven By Water
Harvard University has been buying up California vineyards in a move that appears to be driven less by the future value of the land than by the water that lies beneath it.
Within the past six years, Harvard Management Co., the university's endowment manager, has been purchasing Central California agricultural properties through Brodiaea Inc. and other business entities, the Wall Street Journal reports.
As climate change creates more severe drought events in California,…
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GreenOak, Bentall Kennedy To Merge In $940M Deal
The holidays are hitting the home stretch, but merger season never ends: A Toronto real estate firm and a New York private equity investment firm are joining forces to create a $1B global investment platform.
Bentall Kennedy and GreenOak Real Estate plan to merge next year, forming Bentall GreenOak, an investment firm worth an estimated $940M with $47B in assets under management. Bentall Kennedy CEO Gary Whitelaw will be CEO of Bentall GreenOak, while GreenOak co-founders Sonny Kalsi and John Carraffiel will serve as president and senior managing partner of the U.K. and Europe, respectively.
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