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Montreal in Technology
nesto, the Montreal online mortgage broker, is raising $76 million in capital. The cash is coming from Michael Rowell and Michael Paulus, the entrepreneurs behind Insurance IQ. Portage Ventures, Diagram Ventures, Breyer Capital, Marc Alloul and others also participated in the round.
The Wall Street Journal
For those who want to know what the U.S. might look like in 20 years, a look at a handful of small and midsize cities offers clues. As mayors look to plug holes in their budgets, help people who lost their jobs or work to fix crumbling infrastructure, they are turning to ideas that would have been unthinkable a few decades ago. They are testing ambitious social programs including universal incomes and reparations, adding sensors to everything from sewers to streetlights, and testing self-driving…
The Wall Street Journal
For some residents, the gated community in the Arizona desert is their first go at suburban living. The 222 houses have tile roofs, garages and white-fenced backyards where residents host barbecues and their dogs play. But these aren’t forever homes, or even starters: They are one- and two-bedroom rentals, with rents starting at $1,420 a month.
The Wall Street Journal
What would cities do if they didn’t need so many parking spaces? Architects, urban planners and parking industry experts are now imagining a future in which parking garages are turned into commercial kitchens, fitness centers and transportation hubs where driverless taxis recharge between trips. Parking structures whose sloping floors make them hard to repurpose would be candidates for the wrecking ball, clearing the way for green spaces or new development….
Savills
NEW YORK (June 11, 2021) – In a strategic move as it continues expanding its North American business, global real estate advisory firm Savills has announced the acquisition of T3 Advisors (T3), which will rebrand as T3 Advisors, A Savills Company. T3, the leading real estate and workplace solutions advisor to many of the world’s most innovative companies, has become the consultant of choice for life sciences and technology firms seeking unbiased, holistic, and strategic advice on all aspects of …
Bloomberg
A group of landlords including Starwood Capital Group, Greystar, Cortland and real estate investment trusts such as Invitation Homes Inc. and Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. have backed RET Ventures to make early-stage bets on property-technology startups.
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Jeff Kok, CIO at Mill Creek Residential discusses unique ways Mill Creek identifies and measures the performance of technology solutions, and how he overcomes the inevitable challenges that come with innovation and technology adoption.
The Wall Street Journal
Companies from Google to WeWork want to help employers cut down on Zoom fatigue with a new approach to communications: holograms for the workplace. Alphabet Inc.’s Google in May revealed Project Starline, an effort to create a video-chat system with screens that give participants three-dimensional depth.
PlaceTech
JLL Technologies has released JLL Azara, a corporate real estate data and insights platform that harnesses the global agent’s market data to give users real-time analytics and advice on managing their assets.
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