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  • PropTech1 Ventures wins JLL Spark as latest investor

    Proptech 1

    PropTech1 Ventures, the European venture capital fund for the untapped innovation potential of the real estate industry, welcomes U.S.-based proptech investor JLL Spark Global Ventures as a new limited partner. JLL Spark is the strategic investment arm of JLL, a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. A final closing of PropTech1 Fund I is planned by the end of 2021 at the latest.

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  • PropTech SPAC Jaguar Global Growth I files for a $200 million IPO

    Renaissance Capital

    Jaguar Global Growth I, a blank check company formed by Jaguar Growth Partners and Hennessy Capital Group, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $200 million in an initial public offering. The Miami, FL-based company plans to raise $200 million by offering 20 million units at $10. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of a warrant, exercisable at $11.50. At the proposed deal size, Jaguar Global Growth I would command a market value of $250 million.

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  • Applying Spatial Intelligence to CRE Operations

    GlobeSt

    Counting crowds has become an important tool in retail: that is, watching where people go in a store to better understand how they look at products and make purchase decisions. It’s a lesson that commercial real estate should learn, argues George Shaw, CEO of Pathr, a software vendor that provides tools to study the movement of people in buildings without collecting identifying information, to better preserve privacy. Originally designed for the retail industry, Pathr is expanding to other in…

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  • $4m partnership aims to accelerate net-zero efforts in Singapore

    Smart Cities World

    The Energy Market Authority and Envision will help develop the capabilities of local energy companies focusing on renewable energy, urban energy efficiency and low-carbon solutions.

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  • This is What Hybrid Work Looks Like in Action

    GlobeSt

    Ernst & Young has launched its inaugural EY Future Workplace Index, which tracks executive sentiment and behavioral data around the workplace of the future. The survey – one of the first of its kind and a barometer for the redefinition of the workplace – reveals the future of work is hybrid, meaning historically office-based workforces will work from the office and remote locations at any given time, and, for many, the traditional role of the office will become obsolete.

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  • Lennar, Icon teaming up on 3D-printed development

    TheRealDeal

    Homebuilding giant Lennar and Texas construction startup Icon are teaming up to build 100 3D-printed homes in a massive vote of confidence for the technology amid a nationwide home shortage. Icon’s proprietary Vulcan technology allows the company to create homes up to 3,000 square feet it says outlasts traditional building methods and materials. The Wall Street Journal first reported the project, noting that while Icon is printing the wall system, Lennar can construct the home’s framing and d…

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  • Philadelphia startup YieldEasy to launch real estate marketplace for small multifamily properties

    Bizjournals

    Another Drexel University alumnus is launching a tech-based startup in Philadelphia. Multifamily real estate investment platform YieldEasy, co-founded by Drexel grad Jeff Gopshtein, will open its brokerage next month. YieldEasy is an online brokerage focused on small multifamily properties ranging from duplexes to 20-unit buildings….

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  • Creating New Pathways in Tenant Communication, Part 2

    CREtech

    Ross Rudd, Director of Technology and Innovation at Bridge Investment Group addresses the widest problem in implementing technology solutions- adoption.  In this episode Ross divulges how Bridge Investment Group has tackled technology adoption.

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  • 3-D Printed Houses Are Sprouting Near Austin as Demand for Homes Grows

    Wall Street Journal

    A major home builder is teaming with a Texas startup to create a community of 100 3-D printed homes near Austin, gearing up for what would be by far the biggest development of this type of housing in the U.S. Lennar Corp. and construction-technology firm Icon are poised to start building next year at a site in the Austin metro area, the companies said. While Icon and others have built 3-D printed housing before, this effort will test the technology’s ability to churn out homes and generate bu…

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  • Proptech firm Goodlord acquires fintech app acasa

    Business Leader

    Goodlord, a lettings technology and services platform, has acquired the fintech app acasa. This acquisition forms part of Goodlord’s push to broaden the range of services it offers to letting agents and their landlords and tenants. acasa is a fintech platform which allows tenants to manage household bills and split costs between housemates easily. The acquisition, which is for an undisclosed sum, will see Goodlord incorporate the tech into their existing offering.

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