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  • Connect with NEW Real Estate Tech Companies and Investors at RELEVATION 2021

    CRETECH

      Leading PropTech Players Will Convene at RELEVATION 2021 to Unlock New Investments Opportunities   New York, NY (June 1, 2021) — CREtech (cretech.com), the  world’s leading community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, will be joining RELEVATION 2021 on June 23 and 24th.  Earlier this year, CREtech announced their investment in RELEVATION, the leading European digital fundraising event in the real estate sector. The event, wh…

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  • Microsoft just revealed the future of work. There’s one big problem

    ZDNet

    You’d think, perhaps, that allowing employees to choose whether to work at home or not would be a simple, freeing affair. Yet, in this new hybrid model of work-life, Redmond sees little that’s simple.

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  • Universal PropTech Receives Approximately $550,000 Award for Building Automation System For Toronto Film Studios

    Yahoo Finance

    Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – June 1, 2021) – Universal PropTech Inc. (TSXV: UPI) (OTCQB: UPIPF) (FSE: 8LH) (“UPI” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that on May 6, 2021, the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, VCI Controls Inc. (“VCI”), received a Purchase Order for approximately $550,000 from a mechanical contractor to install a building automation solution for a Toronto film studios. VCI will provide product, install and commission the BAS (Building Automation System) over the cour…

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  • Freight forwarder Sennder raises $80M at a $1B+ valuation

    TechCrunch

    Freight forwarding — the process of organising how and where items will be shipped around the world, and specifically the technology that underpins that work — continues to be a huge area of the logistics market, not least because of the huge boom in e-commerce in the last year, and because of the COVID-19-mandated need to simply be more efficient in how things are being moved around. Today, one of the bigger players in that space is announcing more funding to capitalize on the opportunity….

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  • 6 Startups That Have Revolutionized the App Game

    TECHPLUTO

    There is no doubt in our minds that startups are leading from the front when it comes to developing apps for smartphone users. A projection shows that 7 billion people will be using smartphones in 2021, and since people cannot live without them, apps are what keep people hooked on their phones. Whether you need groceries, electronics, clothing, or food from your favorite restaurant, there is an app for it….

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  • Law Firms Lead the Way in Dropping WFH Strategies

    GlobeSt

    Law firms are among the first office-using tenants to reduce or eliminate their WFH strategies, according to a new report from Colliers. While the national occupancy rate currently stands at 25%, nearly 70% of law firms surveyed by the commercial real estate giant report being at least 25% occupied. By the end of 2021, Colliers experts predict that two-thirds of all law firms will be more than 50% occupied.

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  • Office Landlords Face ‘Existential Crisis’ As Companies Consider Hybrid Model As Talent Retention Tool

    Bisnow

    This summer is looking very different to 2020, as reopening plans take place and coronavirus cases slide. But when it comes to the return to the office, uncertainty still looms across most markets.

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  • Industrious buys Breather’s listings platform

    The Real Deal

    Industrious announced Friday that it bought Beather’s intellectual property, technology and data assets. It has a listings platform that includes some 700 on-demand workspaces. The purchase price was $3 million, according to Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail.

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  • Blockchain startup Propy plans first-ever auction of a real apartment as a collectible NFT

    TechCrunch

    We previously wrote about Propy using blockchain technology to smooth real-world real estate sales by introducing the concept of smart contracts. Propy was the first blockchain startup to make that work. Now the company is pushing the boundaries again, by auctioning a real apartment as an NFT. Although one might want to brush this aside as a stunt, the event is designed to make the point that it could well be done legally. And, by golly, they are going to try….

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  • Office Tenants Want Flexible Space. They Don’t Think Landlords Can Deliver

    GlobeSt

    The pandemic has significantly changed the way that people work, and undoubtedly, the workplace will have to change—but landlords are not pivoting as fast as they need to. Or, at least that is the results of a recent survey from essensys and compiled by Verdantix. The report shows that only 13% of occupiers believe that commercial real estate owners are prepared to meet new tenant needs.

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