Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Wall Street Journal
Alphabet Inc.’s Google announced a series of moves to offer employees more workplace flexibility, allowing a fifth of its staff to work from home permanently and another fifth of workers to shift to a different geographic location.
CREtech Climate
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The Guardian
A Dutch couple have become Europe’s first tenants of a fully 3D printed house in a development that its backers believe will open up a world of choice in the shape and style of the homes of the future.
Estates Gazette
Imagine if you could automate your business processes using standardised information that you, your employees, and supply chain can trust. Imagine having data to alert you that a tenant is going to vacate your premises before they know it. Imagine a reduced-risk business that is delivering on yield, satisfaction and ESG. Pipedreams? Maybe not.
GlobeSt
Only in San Francisco. At least for now. 20Mission, a 41-room co-living space owned by early Bitcoin millionaire Jered Kenna, is offering a cross between marketing zing and a new type of real estate asset.
Wall Street Journal
The billionaire investor, who first tried his hand at the unconventional reverse-merger IPO process in 2015, has watched the market for SPACs reach a fever pitch over the last two years. As the market swelled, he became a serial SPAC backer. He has methodically created 13 special-purpose acquisition companies, more than any other single investor, according to data provider SPACInsider….
Crunchbase
If you’ve been keeping tabs on the public markets the past few weeks, you’ve probably noticed that the number of SPACs forming and filing for initial public offerings has slowed down dramatically.
Bisnow
Factories and manufacturing buildings used to be common in the centre of cities. But as urban centres grew in the wake of the industrial revolution, other uses that commanded higher rents and prices — offices, residential, retail — pushed factories out….
The Real Deal
April was also the 11th consecutive month Manhattan’s availability has climbed, eclipsing the 16.1 percent record set in March. It also stands in contrast to April 2020, when the figure stood at 10.3 percent, according to the report.
Security Informed
As technology develops at an ever-faster rate, the possibilities for where and how new innovations can be used are endless. The property sector is one such area where new technology, such as smarter video surveillance, is being used to improve the quality of life for families and communities by increasing security as well as implementing changes based on new insights.
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