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Commercial Observer
In their ongoing efforts to return workers to offices as COVID-19 wanes, companies and other organizations are pushing landlords and owners to improve indoor air quality (IAQ), with both sides engaging a wide range of proptech startups and more established companies to meet the demand.
Wall Street Journal
Robotics orders by North American companies are on track for their biggest year, according to an industry group. Total robotics sales for the first nine months of the year were $1.48 billion, topping a previous record of $1.47 billion set over the same period in 2017, according to the Association for Advancing Automation, or A3. Sales rose from $1.09 billion in the first nine months of last year.
New Jersey Business Magazine
Industrious, a provider of workspaces, has partnered with BentallGreenOak, a global real estate investment manager, to operate a new flexible workplace at Newport Tower, on Jersey City’s picturesque waterfront. The new flexible workplace will span 43,000 square feet on the tower’s third floor, and builds upon Industrious’ strong regional network of flexible workspace with over 340,000 square feet across Brooklyn, Manhattan and New Jersey.
UKGBC
As global leaders convene at COP26 to discuss the role of the built environment in addressing climate change, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has launched a Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap for the UK Built Environment (The Roadmap) detailing the necessary actions government and industry must take to achieve net zero across the sector. The built environment is directly responsible for 25% of the total UK carbon footprint, and therefore has a critical role to play in the national transiti…
Freight Waves
Retail is in the midst of a metamorphosis. The role of the physical store is changing as consumers explore options other than in-store shopping –– according to the National Retail Federation, more than half of retailers currently offer or plan to offer a ship-from-store option, and another two-thirds currently offer or plan to offer buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS). And then there’s e-commerce, which now accounts for about 15% of all retail sales….
New York Times
Work life for many is in a mushy middle ground, and what’s at stake isn’t just who is getting talked over in meetings. It’s whether flexibility is sustainable, even with all the benefits it confers.
CREtech
Jeremy Neuer of CBRE reveals the three essential criteria he has for adopting any new technology.
LA Mag
If you followed any of the scary reports from the COP26 international climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland — attended by President Biden, climate envoy John Kerry, Speaker Pelosi (with AOC in tow), a number of other US Congresspeople and Senators, British PM Boris Johnson, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg — you know that efforts to curtail greenhouse gases that cause climate change are being stepped up all over the world. Scientists, expert and advocates are all ringing the alar…
The Clean Fight
Our second cohort of nine companies is focused on high impact, easy-to-adopt solutions tackling the deep decarbonization of non-luxury buildings through electrification, advanced efficiency, demand flexibility and resilience. By focusing on mass market buildings, these companies are staged to generate equitable climate impacts, while providing health, comfort, and savings benefits to the frontline and underserved communities most impacted by the climate crisis.
Crunchbase News
Proptech startup Place raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Goldman Sachs, the company said Wednesday.
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