Nine Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (July 21, 2021) New real estate start-ups are betting on flexible apartment leases, reports The Wall Street Journal. Business leaders in the Hudson Valley and Southern Tier are looking to reinventing vacant IBM campuses to drive an economic rebound, according to The New York Times. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry. A Renewal for IMB Campuses Once Home to Punch Cards and Circuit Boards“Wistfully recalling times gone by has been a pastime in the Southern Tier and Hudson Valley areas of New York State since IBM began slashing operations and shuttering factories in the 1980s. Indeed, the entire region was once sort of an extended company town for the tech giant, which started there and spurred much of its housing and retail growth. When Big Blue left, economic pain ensued. But the large campuses that remain hold keys to an economic rebound, in places like East Fishkill, Ulster and Endicott, say business leaders working to reinvent them.” (