CHICAGO—Chicago has become one of the nation's top tech hubs, but some question whether the local commercial real estate industry puts this great resource of analytic power to use.
“There is a big disconnect between the entrepreneurial tech community and the real estate industry,” Anthony Katsivalis, marketing director at Transwestern, tells GlobeSt.com. In some ways, the two live in different worlds. “We in the industry always have problems that need to be solved, but frequently we try to do it internally.”
Transwestern plans to build bridges between the two groups this weekend, when it hosts “CREforge,” a first-of-its-kind “hackathon” for the industry. The three-day brainstorming session will pair four companies with dozens of developers and programmers who will come up with solutions for each business.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
