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  • $1.1T In U.S. Office Properties At Risk Of Complete Obsolescence

    Bisnow

    Office occupancy continues to rise week-over-week, but at less than 40% of pre-pandemic levels in 10 of the country’s largest markets, office owners aren’t sleeping soundly just yet. And a new study might have them catching even fewer winks. As much as 70% of U.S. office buildings face a loss in value in the near future, including roughly 30% of the nation’s inventory, or about $1.1T worth at current valuations, facing complete obsolescence, according to a new study by real estate consult…

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  • Future City: Better.com’s troubles worsen

    The Real Deal

    Digital mortgage lender Better.com cut roughly 3000 employees, or about a third of its staff, citing lower demand for its services in a rising interest rate environment.

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  • RealNex Navigator adopted by KW Commercial to provide Market Leading Technology Tool Set to their Agents

    RealNex

    RealNex, a commercial real estate technology company, announced today it has been selected to provide its RealNex Navigator solution to the rapidly growing KW Commercial (KWC) organization. KWC has more than 2,400 agents operating out of 790 affiliate offices across North America and in 24 countries throughout the world. KWC intends to leverage the RealNex technology foundation to support the growth of their commercial footprint globally, the success of affiliates and the productivity of agents….

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  • The SPAC Craze Came And Went. The Leftovers Are In For A ‘Bloodbath’

    Bisnow

    Months into the pandemic, special-purpose acquisition companies exploded in popularity before fizzling out in the spring of 2021. But the repercussions of that brief boom are yet to come. …

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  • Real-World Investing in Virtual Real Estate, Part 2

    CREtech

    Daniel Fetner, General Partner at Alpaca Ventures, takes us through Alpaca’s latest field studies focusing on virtual real estate and Propco/Opco structures.

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  • Road Trip Shares Top Innovations Solving Housing’s Biggest Issues

    Forbes

    On July 4, 2020, the Cooper family started a journey they will never forget. The couple, Dave and Jennifer, had already dedicated themselves to housing and the progress and evolution of better construction techniques, but decided to level up during Covid by buying a motorhome to tour the country to find the most compelling case studies and bring them to the rest of the world.

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  • CREtech London Early Bird Sale EXTENDED

    CREtech

    Join us in London on 27th – 28th April for two days of the most exciting in-person event in the world of real estate technology and innovation. No other event brings together so many landlords, asset managers, brokerages, construction companies, tech startups, venture capitalists, thought-leaders, and more all under one massive roof.

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  • AI tool seeks to improve data quality from smart cities

    Smart Cities World

    Ayyeka’s AI Data Curator is designed to detect, report, and automatically fix Internet of Things sensor data for better decision-making and compliance.

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  • Technology Key in Warehouse Retrofits

    GlobeSt

    Dodge is currently forecasting $53 billion of construction starts in the US warehouse/distribution center market in 2022, up 1,400% since 2010 and representing over one-third, or 36%, of the entire US commercial construction sector this year. Driven by strong consumer demand in the economy and the explosion of e-commerce retailing, these facilities are deploying sophisticated technologies to optimize performance and respond to changing demands.

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  • SoftBank Funnels Millions Into Fast-Growing Single-Family Rental Investment Platform

    Bisnow

    Roofstock, a single-family rental online investment platform, has raised $240M in a Series E round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 as investors continue piling into the single-family rental market. The Oakland company is now valued at $1.94B, three times its previous valuation of $600M, according to The Real Deal. Roofstock most recently raised $50M in a January 2020 Series D round and almost tripled its revenue in 2021, facilitating $2.5B in single-family rental deals, The Real Deal repo…

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