Tech disrupts the €2tn construction market

Technology innovators and entrepreneurs across Europe are increasingly eyeing the construction industry.

It helps that construction is a mega market of almost €2tn on the continent alone. But founders, and their investors, aren’t attracted only by market size. They’re betting on the impact of digital transformation in an industry that has been, so far, a sleeping giant.

Lindsay Baker named CEO of International Living Future Institute

Climate leader brings a focus on social justice and scaling impact to the world’s most ambitious, advanced, and holistic non-profit organization for buildings   August 3, 2021 (SEATTLE)—Today the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) Board of Directors named Lindsay Baker as CEO, choosing a climate leader with deep experience in technology, real estate, and sustainability.   Ms. Baker is an environmentalist by background, a building scientist by training, and she’s been at g…

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

Heated saltwater swimming pools. Craft beer and cocktail bars. Pilates and wine tasting. There’s a lot more to today’s senior housing communities than the drab and dreary independent living and 55-plus properties of the past. Fortified by a lifetime of housing experiences and bolstered by decades of income and retirement savings, baby boomers remain renters of choice, and, as they consider senior living options, they’re revealing themselves as discerning rental customers with a housing budget to…

Digital twins predicted to bring major cost-savings for urban planners

ABI Research reckons digital twins will become the ultimate tool for city governments to design, plan and manage their connected infrastructure and achieve cost-savings of $280bn by 2030.

5. 1 robostore thing: Trying out Amazon’s palm scanner

Amazon’s biometric palm reader is making its way into the company’s Whole Foods and cashierless Go stores — and Axios editor-in-chief Nick Johnston, lover of all things automated, had to try it out on a visit to a Go store in New York, Bryan writes.

NOW LIVE: Redefining ROI, Part 2

Mark Zikra, SVP of Technology & Innovation at CA Ventures, reveals his company’s process to research and implement CCTV and access controls across their asset portfolio.

Invitation Homes eyes expansion with PulteGroup partnership

The nation’s largest single-family rental player is expanding. Invitation Homes will buy 7,500 new homes over the next five years from PulteGroup, the third-largest homebuilder in the U.S., in a bid to capture explosive demand from renters seeking more space.

Western Drought Has Developers Planning Ahead, And Low-Hanging Low-Flow Fruit Is Already Picked

In 2015, during California’s last years-long drought, then-Gov. Jerry Brown mandated that Californians cut back water use by 25%. The effort more or less worked, resulting in residents reducing their water use by 24.5%, but it had lasting effects. Water use today is 16% lower than it was in 2013….

Physical stores go hybrid with micro-fulfillment centers

Retail stores of all sizes are turning part of their real estate footprint into logistics and fulfillment centers as they try to blend in-store shopping with e-commerce offerings.

Join Blackstone and CBRE in the “Roof to Socket” Revolution with Altus Power

Solar power is no longer an environmentalist’s fantasy but can be an investor’s dream. It is cheap, reliable, and often generated just feet away from the end user. Imagine a business at the forefront of the solar revolution backed by two of the world’s most powerful real estate players – The Blackstone Group, Inc. and CBRE Group, Inc. – to drive growth forward.