Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Placetech
Dominic Grace, former head of London Residential Development at Savills, has joined Austrian startup Propster months after it launched its UK business. Grace, who worked at Savills for 37 years, was appointed special adviser to guide the company amid its UK expansion.
CREtech
Don Weinreich, Partner at Ennead Architects, discusses the three criteria he has when looking at technology solutions for his company, and how he quantifies the value of a strong company culture.
LiquidSpace
On August 18, 2021 the General Services Administration (GSA) announced that LiquidSpace has been awarded a contract to provide Flexible Coworking Services (FCS) in support of the GSA’s Total Workplace Program. The program seeks to enable client agencies to focus on their mission by providing effective coworking solutions aligned with their operations. This is the culmination of an 18 month evaluation process by the GSA to create a streamlined procurement program to help federal agencie…
Crunchbase News
Everything blockchain comes in waves and cycles, and the nonfungible token craze is absolutely no exception. The hype wave of the first half of 2021 as many celebrities raced to cash in on the mania ultimately fizzled out. Still, the NFT obituaries that started circulating the crypto press were premature, just like the frequent talk of Bitcoin’s imminent demise.
PR Newswire
The number of real estate technology startups has increased 300% over the past decade, seizing the opportunity to address the industry’s biggest challenges through technology. Data released today by JLL (NYSE: JLL) suggests that opportunity continues to abound in the sector’s startup landscape, with over US$9.7 billion of funding activity in the first half of 2021, the most active first half on record. Additionally, the market shows signs of maturation as funding begins to shift toward establish…
Axios
WeWork’s OnDemand product that lets anyone book office space for an hour at a time is going international, expanding from the U.S. to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Singapore and Australia. The big picture: The pandemic has given rise to a remote and hybrid work revolution, but that doesn’t always mean working from home. WeWork is betting that “third workplaces” — like its offices around the world — will become hotspots for teleworkers. The backdrop: The rise of telework initially seemed dis…
Smart Building Certification
Smart Building Certification is proud to award Art-Invest Real Estate, the real estate developer of Hammerbrooklyn. Digital Pavillon, a Platinum Smart Building Certification. The 7,300 sq meter innovation hub and office building, which was delivered to community space Factory in mid 2021, is the first building in Germany to achieve the certification. “What Art-Invest Real Estate has created with their Hammerbrooklyn. Digital Pavillon is an outstanding building, setting new standards for susta…
Smart Cities World
The new imagery and associated lidar data provides a full 3D digital representation of the environment and can be viewed simultaneously alongside other geospatial data.
Bloomberg
Bungalow, an online marketplace for residential real estate, has more than tripled its valuation to over $600 million after raising $75 million in equity funding.
TechCrunch
London based Plentific, which operates a marketplace SaaS platform targeting the property management space, has closed a $100 million Series C. The funding round is led by new investors Highland Europe and Brookfield Technology Partners — the VC arm of the eponymous real estate giant — along with Mubadala Investment Company and RXR Digital Ventures, as well as existing investors A/O PropTech and Target Global….
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