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GlobeSt
RealPage has partnered with Airbnb to launch an apartment home sharing app called Migo. Migo is designed to make it easier for residents and apartment owners to share their space on Airbnb and benefit from home sharing.
Bisnow
A New Jersey-based company has been contracted to install a robotic parking system in a 46-story condo building in Miami. It will be the largest and tallest automated guided vehicle, or AGV, parking system in the world, according to a May 26 announcement from Park Plus, which is taking over the job after a different parking provider allegedly installed a faulty system and the condo association sued….
Bisnow
Innovation isn’t always about solving a problem yourself. Sometimes the key is to recognize when someone else has an idea, or the spark of an idea, that will lead to a solution, and then provide critical support.
Equiem
Lincoln Property Company (LPC), one of the largest full-service real estate firms in the United States – owning and managing over 400 million square feet of office space – has made a strategic investment in global workplace experience technology leader, Equiem. Post-COVID, providing comprehensive digital experiences to occupiers in Class-A commercial buildings has become essential, with landlords placing a greater focus on tenant relationships, experience, communications and data. E…
Eden Workplace
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—June 8, 2021—Eden Workplace—the complete Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) suite for the modern hybrid office—today announced the highly-anticipated release of its newest product, Desk Booking, which was formerly in Beta with a number of active customers. A crucial tool for workplace re-entry, Desk Booking enables every team member to book a desk in your workspace for the day. Whether they are a new hire, an executive visiting on a business trip, or a remote employee worki…
Katerra
Houston, June 6, 2021 — Katerra, a technology-enabled construction company, announced today that the company and certain of its U.S. and Cayman Island entities have voluntarily filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, as the company takes steps to conduct a marketing and sale process to maximize value for its stakeholders.
TechCrunch
Facebook, Nextdoor and many others in tech have focused on the concepts of community and neighborhoods to build connections between people and in turn offer services relevant to them. Today, a startup called Venn, which is bringing a new approach to that concept — it’s focusing first on apartment dwellers and cutting deals with building landlords to supply social networking services to their tenants — is announcing $60 million in growth funding to expand its business to more cities….
Globe Newswire
BOSTON, June 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HqO, the end-to-end tenant experience operating system for office buildings, has partnered with global investment and asset management firm Slate Asset Management (Slate) to power Canada’s premier office spaces. The partnership will further enhance Slate’s ability to provide a world-class tenant experience inclusive of unique community and retail partnerships, flexible work collaboration, and digital building engagement in an easily accessible, modern wa…
The Wall Street Journal
Gabe Marans, an executive managing director at the real-estate company Savills, is back in his office on Park Avenue in New York City—but he’s not yet off Zoom. He and his in-person colleagues still use video calls to talk with clients. Mr. Marans says he looks better than ever on these calls, thanks to the ring light and Lume Cube, another portable lighting device, that he bought to improve his at-home video calls during the pandemic last spring….
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.
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