42Floors and the evolution of the commercial real estate market - The Washington Post
[{"id": "c47dezo", "text": "You would need a ton of money to break the current hold on the market from Loopnet/Costar both of which I have subscribed to in the past as a lender.  Based on that, I think that the chances of success are small even with the kind of funding they will need, and looks as if they are still lacking.\n\nFunniest line of the article \u201cBrokers don\u2019t need to go away, but the data needs to be liberated,\u201d  to think that brokers will share data unless there was something in it for them.... seems strange. How transparent can the market be when the concessions made on each lease are a closely guarded secret. How will your non-anchor tenant will feel when he finds out the office next door is paying 20% less.\n\nTransparency benefits tenants that price leases once every couple of years not the landlords that are in the business.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]