Connected Solutions: How PropTech Will Drive Commercial Real Estate Leasing

Commercial real estate is seeing the benefits of including tech into many processes, but there’s one place that it has some catching up to do: listings. While many owners now post their available space over the internet, according to Turner Levison, senior account executive with Yardi, the process is often fragmented, requires duplicative data entry and potentially misses out on the true efficiency and bottom line benefits of online listings. “Owners can create a central repository for proper…

Staying Ahead of Customer Needs, Part 3

Jeremy Neuer of CBRE discusses key mistakes technology companies are making, and how the market is driving innovation and new technology at an unprecedented pace.

Why Technology Will Enable Brokers, not Replace Them

Technology has been upending the way various sectors do business. While some adaptation can be attributed to the pandemic, most of the changes were underway before COVID-19 made it necessary. Net lease leads the discussion in the commercial real estate sector. That’s according to Camille Renshaw, CEO & co-founder at B+E who, along with president and co-founder Scott Scurich, sought to create a net lease brokerage firm that blends the strengths of both real estate and technology sectors….

PropTech: The Next Frontier in Commercial Real Estate

We believe the nascent PropTech industry presents significant opportunities for emerging companies integrating technology within various facets of real estate, as PropTech will soon be embedded throughout all facets of the industry. REITs that partner with and invest in these platforms stand to benefit. The property industry has notoriously been slow to embrace technology – only 10% of global real estate CEOs are concerned about the impact of technology on their industry, vs. 38% in all …

US PROPTECH CONFERENCE: 2021 REPORT

Technology and innovation has become table stakes at nearly every real estate conference and event. Since 2010, the global proptech industry has continued to grow. Along the way, the need for dedicated and curated proptech events. These event organizers, content creators, and promoters have become the de facto “educators” in organized real estate, curating content and education needed for the greater real estate industry. In Q4 2021, the Center for Real Estate Technology (CRETI), wanted to be…

Newest unicorn is property-services startup Lessen

A historic year for proptech fundraising has produced another unicorn. Lessen, a real estate management platform that connects property owners and operators to electricians, cleaners and other service providers, raised $170 million in a Series B round, pushing its total funding so far to $214 million — nearly quadruple its previous fundraising — and valuing the two-and-a-half year-old company at more than $1 billion….

Registration Open for CREtech San Diego

Join us in San Diego on March 22nd and 23rd 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 capitals, thought-leaders, and more all under one massive roof. Experience the largest trade show, most strategic networking opportunities, and world-class content covering every industry food group including office, multifam…

The Pandemic Takes Another Shot at the Office Asset Class

Even before the emergence of the Omicron variant, it was clear that the office recovery had started to falter in the face of the ongoing recovery.

SPECIAL REPORT: New Analysis Shows Uneven Progress Toward Diversity At CRE’s Biggest Firms

In 2021, commercial real estate achieved slow but meaningful progress toward greater diversity, equity and inclusion within its ranks.

Still, the vast majority of real estate executives remain White men — and according to a new Bisnow analysis, many companies have struggled or failed to implement plans to address their firms’ lack of diversity.

Ghost Kitchens Are Proving to Be a Messy Business, as Reef Global Shows

A few seconds after a cook turned on a stove in a tiny mobile kitchen in a Houston parking lot in April, a fireball erupted from the propane burners, flaring out into the center of the trailer owned by Reef Global Inc.