Google Goes to the Market...Chelsea Market That Is
Your Future Home hosts Baker Machado and Hope King discuss the latest news in real estate, interior design and home buying!
Google's parent company Alphabet is close to purchasing the New York City Chelsea Market building for over $2 billion. According to a report from The Real Deal, the tech giant will acquire the 1.2 million square foot office and retail property from Jamestown in about two months.
Plus, in an effort to attract more tenants, some commercial real estate developers are turning to wood as their go-to material for building. Over the past decade more architects, engineers, and developers have explored the use of engineered timber products because of its appeal in creating a warm environment by connecting employees to nature.
Yair Nechmad, Nayax CEO, joins Cheddar Reveals to discuss the future of cashless payments, and how cashless payments give retailers a competitive edge and allow merchants to scale business.
Bentley aims to become end-to-end carbon neutral by 2030. The luxury car brand has outlined steps to achieve this goal, including switching its entire model range to plug-in hybrid or battery electric vehicles by 2026 and become fully electric by 2030. Christophe Georges, president & CEO of Bentley Americas, joined Cheddar to discuss this new pledge and what consumers can expect from future models.
ORIGYN Foundation, an NFT authentication start-up based in Switzerland, has secured $20 million in funding from investors like Paris Hilton, Bill Ackman, and Polychain Capital, among others. The non-profit, now valued at $300 million, uses AI technology to verify non-fungible tokens across art, collectibles, digital media and luxury goods. Daniel Haudenschild, CEO of ORIGYN Entreprise, discusses how the money will help put power back into the hands of artists, creators, and collectors.
Michael S. Weinstein, chair of the white collar criminal defense practice at Cole Schotz, joined "Wake Up With Cheddar" to break down the defense's strategy to put Elizabeth Holmes on the stand in the former Theranos CEO's criminal fraud trial. "She's humanizing herself, and she's certainly coming off as they would want her to," he said. "I think what really is going to be interesting and really where the rubber meets the road is when the cross-examination commences, and they're able to pick apart her story and contrast what she's currently saying to what she previously said on multiple occasions in the last five to seven years."
Jill and Carlo are a bit delayed today on account of Carlo's internet not working. Better late than never, they discuss what we know about the suspect in the Christmas parade crash, closing arguments in the Arbery killing trial, and more.
