Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Crowdfund Insider
The team at Properti, a technology-driven real estate firm focused on modernizing residential properties in Europe, reveals that it remains focused on expanding its operations. During March 2021, Properti reports that it was able to launch more than 212 new listings (real estate) – which is notably the strongest month ever for the platform.
Fast Company
Through a year of pandemic shutdowns and protests, Americans have rediscovered their public spaces. Homebound city dwellers sought havens in parks, plazas, and reclaimed streets. Many of these places also became stages for protests against police violence and systemic racism in the U.S. …
Forbes
You know the drill. Disruption engenders change and, as a result of the current and ongoing market shock driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, change that was already underway has accelerated. Real estate companies have been embracing proptech like never before. However, this change has by no means been uniform across the board. I had a chat with Connell McGill (CEO) and Comly Wilson (director of marketing) at real estate SaaS platform Enertiv, that serves large owner-operators as diverse as AvalonBa…
Bisnow
Employers are starting to plan their return to the office after the coronavirus pandemic-enforced year of remote work. But landlords are increasingly accepting that the use of the office may be fundamentally altered, and they may need to be flexible to meet demand. …
CREtech
New York, NY (April 6, 2021) — CREtech, the largest media company devoted to covering the real estate technology sector, announced that they are assembling a “Future Leadership Board” of undergrad or graduate college students in real estate programs. Future Leadership Board members will get access to quarterly meetings with CREtech CEO, Michael Beckerman, and other industry thought leaders as well as insider access to CREtech, CREtech Climate and CREtech+ happenings….
Wall Street Journal
Big companies are making plans to stick with city-center office buildings, but they are cutting back on space and driving down rent prices for years to come, according to an analysis of U.S. office leasing trends prepared for The Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street Journal
Google the phrase “Shaquille O’Neal investor,” and you will be inundated with a list of activities that, much like his physique, is strikingly large. The latest area of interest: advising blank-check companies.
The Real Deal
Though Compass priced its stock at $18 — more conservative than the $23 to $26 per share it initially targeted — it closed at $20.15 on its first day of trading. The IPO raised $450 million for the company, minus $22.5 million in underwriting fees, according to the company’s final prospectus filed Friday.
AXIOS
Founders have two options after being forced out of their company by what they view as unscrupulous investors. One is to keep a stiff upper lip. The other is to lash out.
Fast Company
President Joe Biden has just proposed one of the most significant investments in affordable housing in the nation’s history. Inside the far-reaching $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan just announced by the Biden administration is $213 billion to support affordable housing. The plan’s overview calls for the funding to “produce, preserve, and retrofit more than 2 million affordable and sustainable places to live.” …
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