Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
TheRealDeal
Architects and designers hit a wall — literally — when it’s time to put finishing touches on a project. They must search and sample thousands of tile, paint and carpet options from hundreds of manufacturers. It’s fragmented, expensive and time-consuming.
Crunchbase
In five short months ending in April, the value of publicly traded cloud companies plummeted $1.1 trillion, losing just over 40 percent of their total value. That’s according to the State of the Cloud 2022 report from Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP). In November, the public cloud index was valued at $2.7 trillion; last month, it was $1.6 trillion.
Colliers
One of the main challenges when it comes to potential obsolescence for the London market is scale. The size of the market and sheer number of office buildings mean that simple solutions to ESG-related problems will be few and far between. To demonstrate the scale of the issue in basic terms, it’s worth examining BREEAM certification as it applies to the central London market.
New York Times
Start-up workers came into 2022 expecting another year of cash-gushing initial public offerings. Then the stock market tanked, Russia invaded Ukraine, inflation ballooned, and interest rates rose. Instead of going public, start-ups began cutting costs and laying off employees.
PlaceTech
Sebastian Schuon, founder of Alasco, joins Paul Unger, editor of PlaceTech, to talk about how Alasco is digitising processes to maximise ROI and integrate ESG. Alasco is a cloud-based financial and sustainability management platform that’s bringing the property sector up to speed. With industry frontrunners like Hines, SORAVIA and Garbe already using the software to manage over $30bn worth of projects – this video explains what you need to know.
Commercial Observer
In January, John Gilbert, Rudin Management’s chief technology officer and chief operating officer, retired from the company after 30 years. He’s not done, though. Gilbert, one of the pioneers of technology in real estate, remains executive chair of the Rudin-created proptech company Prescriptive Data. Its remit includes the artificial intelligence-powered building operating system Nantum OS, which he created.
The Wall Street Journal
Habi, a real-estate company that is trying to create a digital marketplace for home buyers and sellers in Latin America, has raised $200 million in a Series C funding round. The round was led by venture-capital firm Homebrew and SoftBank Latin America Fund. Though Habi won’t disclose its financials, the latest funding round has pushed its valuation above $1 billion, said Brynne McNulty Rojas, the company’s co-founder and chief executive.
I’ve been reading much commentary recently on how to measure, to value, the modern office. Especially post Covid, as we clearly head into a world of distributed working, where the HQ is no longer the be all and end all of our working lives.
Bisnow
Investment giant Nuveen Real Estate is planning to launch an impact investing sector targeting affordable and sustainable housing with supportive services for residents, according to the company.
UPFLEX
Upflex’s Christophe Garnier caught up with Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech — the largest global consulting, media and conference company devoted to technological innovation in real estate — about the real estate industry’s disproportionate impact on the climate crisis, and where he sees the biggest opportunities to turn the ship around.
Subscribe to CREtech to get our monthly newsletter curated by our editors and special event discounts and announcements.
or sign in if you're already a member
REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR EUROPE 2030: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE BUILT WORLD IN LONDON ON JULY 1, 2025