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  • Cities Need Office Workers. Do Office Workers Still Need Cities?

    Bisnow

    As the end of summer brings the potential for a more significant return to the office by workers, big cities like New York and London are facing one of the greatest ever challenges to their economic model — hybrid work. The idea that workers might only come to the office two or three days a week presents a major problem for the businesses in city centers that rely on them, business owners told Bisnow in the fifth and concluding episode of Office Politics: The Battle For The Future Of Work, a …

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  • Embracing Flexibility in the Office and Workforce, Part 2

    CREtech

    Mikki Ward, VP of Real Estate Technology for EQ Office, speaks the importance of approaching office space through a lens of flexibility and humanity.

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  • California’s Plan to Make New Buildings Greener Will Also Raise Costs

    New York Times

    A recent building code change for new construction could reduce emissions by requiring use of solar panels and batteries, raising prices in an already expensive state.

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  • How 2020’s Apartment Marketing Technology Revolution is Powering 2021

    GlobeSt

    3-D virtual tours, chat bots, omni-channel marketing technology and interactive sight maps came into their own in 2020 and are being applied even more in 2021. Morgan Porter, digital marketing director at Birchstone Residential, Dallas-Fort Worth, commented on their capabilities and value when it comes to improving the resident journey in a blog published this week at multifamilyinsiders.com….

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  • Leading Real Estate Technology Conference, CREtech, Announces Keynote Speakers for Flagship Event in New York

    CREtech

    New York, NY (August 30, 2021) — CREtech, the world’s leading community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced keynote speakers for their flagship conference, CREtech New York, this fall. The 2021 CREtech New York conference will be held at Pier 36 on October 13th and 14th attracting the most innovative real estate executives from around the world. Attracting 1000+ real estate professionals, the two-day conference will feature unmatched net…

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  • Sugar raises $2.5M in seed funding to connect apartment residents

    TechCrunch

    Sugar, a startup that aims to turn apartment buildings into “interactive communities,” has closed on $2.5 million in seed funding. A slew of investors participated in the financing, including MetaProp, Agya Ventures, Concrete Rose, Debut Capital, The Community Fund, Consonance Capital, Lightspeed Scout Fund and Jason Calacanis’ LAUNCH syndicate. Also participating were angel investors such as SquareFoot CEO Jonathan Wasserstrum, Ben Zises, Diran Otegbade, Oleksiy Ignatyev and Zillow board membe…

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  • CRE Tech Funding Breaks Record, Migrates to Established Players

    GlobeSt

    Real estate technology funding is reaching new highs, while at the same time migrating to established players, asserts a new report from JLL. However, the company cautioned the industry shows signs of maturation and a range of issues are slowing progress, including a fragmented technology landscape, lack of industry standards, privacy and security needs.

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  • Australian city uses artificial intelligence-powered sensors to promote sustainable travel

    Smart Cities World

    The City of Port Phillip in Victoria is installing traffic sensors to collect bike-rider, pedestrian and vehicle data in real-time to help inform its active travel plans.

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  • A16Z leads investment in Firemaps, a marketplace for home hardening against wildfires

    TechCrunch

    Wildfires are burning in countries all around the world. California is dealing with some of the worst wildfires in its history (a superlative that I use essentially every year now) with the Caldor fire and others blazing in the state’s north. Meanwhile, Greece and other Mediterranean nations have been fighting fires for weeks to bring a number of massive blazes under control….

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  • REGISTER NOW: The CREtech Climate Symposium brought to you by Moody’s Analytics

    CREtech

    Visit the main stage of CREtech New York from 1:00 PM ET to 3:00 PM ET on October 14 to attend the CREtech Climate Symposium, brought to you by Moody’s Analytics. The main stage takeover will feature sessions aimed to raise awareness and drive measurable investment in climate tech, sustainability and ESG in the Built World, all while you enjoy quality networking with industry climate leaders.

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