Smaller Is Big in New E-Commerce Warehouses

A robot army is doing training drills in a narrow warehouse by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Behind loading-dock doors covered in graffiti, the chunky metal machines navigate a 23-foot-tall structure stacked with blue plastic bins, sliding up, down and across metal racks as they select bins and move them to the warehouse floor.

Mubadala Leads $700m Funding Round for US Tech Start-up

Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s strategic investment arm, led a $700 million funding round for start-up Reef Technology as it continues to pivot its portfolio to the technology sector.

The Disconnect Between PropTech Teams and End Users in Commercial Real Estate

The CRE technology benchmarking survey focused on “back-of-house” operations. There were a range of insights, but one theme stood out. That is, the lens through which CTOs and “PropTech” teams are evaluating technology does not necessarily match conditions on the ground for end users….

Logical Buildings Partnered with UDR to Win the NAA 2020 Technology Innovation Award

Partnering with Logical Buildings, UDR (UDR:NYSE) deployed Logical Buildings’ SmartKit AI smart building and sustainability platform at their iconic View 34 property in NYC to utilize the award winning technology to provide real-time building energy consumption via a simplified mobile application and dashboard.

Opendoor Names GoDaddy’s Andrew Low Ah Kee President

Opendoor is shaking up its C-suite — again — ahead of its closely-watched IPO. On the heels of naming its first chief investment officer, the iBuyer tapped GoDaddy executive Andrew Low Ah Kee as president, co-founder and CEO Eric Wu said in a blog post.

Building a Green Real Estate Portfolio

Offices Probably Won’t Shrink Much After The Pandemic, But Density Will

People are starting to slowly trickle back to Houston’s office buildings, but for many companies, the question of how much space they will need in the future is still under discussion.

Zillow Profit Reaches $40 Million in Third Quarter 2020

Zillow profits soar to $40M during third quarter. Zillow’s profits soared during the third quarter as iBuying deals dried up. The Seattle-based real estate giant reported $40 million in profits, compared to a loss of $64.6 million during the third quarter of 2019.

The New Digital Office Experience

Catch up our recent webinar, presented by HqO exploring how reimagining tenant engagement strategies and identifying ways to provide value both within the four walls of the office building and beyond can be a key to retention.

Newmark reports Q3 earnings down 25%

Newmark reported earnings of $152.1 million in the third quarter, down 25 percent from the same time last year. The brokerage said it experienced a drop in sales and leasing commissions due to Covid-related challenges