Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Bloomberg
Almost two years have passed since Larry Fink, the chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., declared that a fundamental reshaping of global capitalism was underway and that his firm would help lead it by making it easier to invest in companies with favorable environmental and social practices. Lately, he’s been taking a victory lap.
Boston Properties
Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of Class A office properties in the United States, today announced that the Company was named to Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies 2022 list. BXP ranked first in its industry with an increased ranking of 31st overall out of the 500 companies included on this year’s list….
JLL
AI-powered platform to help JLL clients operate more sustainably with improved energy efficiency, air quality and tenant comfort.
Commercial Observer
Lev’s continued evolution in the digitization of commercial real estate has taken another big step forward, Commercial Observer has learned. The firm is joining forces with one of the world’s largest cloud-based property management companies to produce real-time commercial real estate financing quotes.
CREtech
Mark Furness and James Shannon of essensys, and Annie Rinker of Hines, discuss how the need for flex workspace is greater now than ever before. Although it’s widely accepted that the workplace is changing, the complexities that come with a flex work environment require unique solutions and technologies. Start your free 30-day trial to get full access videos like this.
British Land
British Land has made a strategic investment into Fifth Wall’s Climate Technology Fund, further cementing its position as an industry leader in sustainability. The fund seeks to invest in climate-focused technologies which directly impact the carbon footprint throughout the real estate lifecycle, from innovative materials to demolition, building operation and recycling.
The Real Deal
The chairman of the company that pulled off 2021’s largest proptech fundraise resigned Tuesday after authoring an anti-vax email that framed the pandemic as a Jewish plot to euthanize Americans and take over the world.
Crunchbase News
Venture funding in 2021 broke records across the board, Crunchbase data shows, with investment last year up more than 10x what it was a decade earlier.
VentureBeat
Miro, a visual collaboration and online whiteboarding platform used by companies like Dell, Cisco, and Deloitte, has raised $400 million in a series C round of funding at a whopping $17.5 billion valuation.
VentureBeat
My first experience in a virtual world was in 1991 as a PhD student working in a virtual reality lab at NASA. I was using a variety of early VR systems to model interocular distance (i.e. the distance between your eyes) and optimize depth perception in software. Despite being a true believer in the potential of virtual reality, I found the experience somewhat miserable. Not because of the low fidelity, as I knew that would steadily improve, but because it felt confining and claustrophobic to ha…
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