Amid Flurry Of SPACs, Prop Tech VC Firm Fifth Wall Turns To Wall Street For New Partner

Amid a flurry of special purpose acquisition companies—both its own and for its portfolio companies—venture capital firm Fifth Wall has turned to Wall Street for its newest partner. Jeremy Fox has joined Fifth Wall from Credit Suisse, where he served as a managing director leading its real estate, gaming and lodging investment banking group. Fox previously spent 19 years at Deutsche Bank before switching firms in 2019.

WiredScore launches SmartScore, new international certification for smart buildings.

70 buildings sign up to SmartScore certification from 44 landlords across 7 countries, including Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, Hines, Carttera, The John Buck Company, Columbia Property Trust.

‘Home Depot architecture’: How one developer is turning farm storage into sleek apartments

On a half-vacant block a few miles outside of downtown Detroit sits an unabashed oddity. Nearly 200 feet long and 23 feet high, it’s a gleaming half-cylinder of metal surrounded by trees. Built out of a military-style Quonset hut and plopped into the dwindling remnants of a residential neighborhood, this alienlike arched steel structure may be the world’s most unexpected new apartment building. …

Sonder will merge with SPAC to go public

Sonder confirmed Friday that it will go public by merging with a SPAC backed by billionaires Alec Gores and Dean Metropoulos. The company scored a valuation of $2.2 billion in the deal and expects to reap $650 million in the offering, Reuters reported. …

Boston’s Coworking Demand Shifts From Downtown To Suburbs

Boston’s suburban coworking operators are enjoying a healthy appetite for their space as the coronavirus pandemic has brought forth a reckoning on downtown office needs.

New tools allow Arc projects to understand physical risks

Arc uses real-world data to score, benchmark, and communicate about the performance of spaces, buildings, and places. Until now, these performance metrics focused on energy, water, waste, transportation, and human experience — factors prioritized in LEED v4.1 for Operations and Maintenance.

WATCH NOW: The Importance of Human Centered Change, Part 1

Kristen Magni, Managing Partner of hyrUP, stresses the importance of a structured change management and adoption strategy for companies, and reveals what techniques she uses to ensure success.

How data powers the future of building maintenance & optimization technology

The best property operations teams work together as a holistic unit. They are constantly optimizing for efficiency, driven by shared goals and a joint vision. The irony is, even the best teams are bogged down by software that are unsuited for such a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Google’s Plan for the Future of Work: Privacy Robots and Balloon Walls

In 2003, five years after its founding, the company moved into a sprawling campus called the Googleplex. The airy, open offices and whimsical common spaces set a standard for what an innovative workplace was supposed to look like. Over the years, the amenities piled up. The food was free, and so were buses to and from work: Getting to the office, and staying there all day, was easy.

Big data and ML specialist to help solve challenges in transition to green energy