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  • Big Landlord in Talks to Put Warehouses for Amazon in Malls

    Wall Street Journal

    The largest mall owner in the U.S. has been in talks with Amazon.com Inc., the company many retailers denounce as the mall industry’s biggest disrupter, to take over space left by ailing department stores. Simon Property Group Inc. has been exploring with Amazon the possibility of turning some of the property owner’s anchor department stores into Amazon distribution hubs, according to people familiar with the matter. Amazon typically uses these warehouses to store everything from books and sweat…

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  • NYSE Owner Agrees to Buy Mortgage-Software Firm Ellie Mae

    Wall Street Journal

    Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, said it would acquire mortgage-software firm Ellie Mae, a landmark bet by the exchange giant on the digitization of the U.S. mortgage industry. The deal between Atlanta-based ICE and private-equity firm Thoma Bravo is valued at about $11 billion, including $9.25 billion in newly issued debt and $1.75 billion in stock. It is expected to close in the third or fourth quarter of 2020, pending regulatory approval.  

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  • Cybersecurity Chiefs Attain New Visibility

    Wall Street Journal

    Corporate cybersecurity leaders are gaining prominence within companies as they grapple with rising security threats during the coronavirus pandemic. Companies have faced an onslaught of attempted cyberattacks since the start of the pandemic as employees receive huge volumes of phishing and scam emails and hackers aim ransomware at health-care providers….

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  • WealthPark Raises $8.5M for Property Management Software

    Commercial Observer

    Japanese startup WealthPark has raised $8.5 million to further develop its property management software and expand into wealth management, Commercial Observer has learned.  The startup wants to put more investment tools in the hands of property managers to help them leverage their position relative to landlords, WealthPark CFO Jumpei Shirasaki said.

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  • WATCH NOW: In Case You Missed It, View Pocket Building’s FULL Tech Demo from Reimagining Real Estate

    PocketBuildings

    PocketBuildings enables building owners and tenants to bundle, curate and share their virtual tours, building plans and rich media. Never struggle with locating or sharing your building content again.

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  • Zillow Reports Wider Losses in Q2 After iBuying Reboot

    The Real Deal

    Overall, Zillow’s net loss widened to $84.4 million during the second quarter, compared to $71.9 million a year ago. The losses are tied to its expensive bet on iBuying, which Barton has described as its “moonshot” opportunity.

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  • MetaProp Set out to raise $100M for Proptech Investing. It’s been slow going

    The Real Deal

    It’s been slow going. Fifteen months ago, MetaProp, one of the early venture-capital players in proptech, set itself an ambitious goal: raise $100 million to back the next generation of startups. … The new fund, dubbed MetaProp Growth Select I, has a target raise of $200 million, regulatory filings show.

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  • WATCH NOW: In Case You Missed It, View iRestify’s FULL Tech Demo from Reimagining Real Estate

    iRestify

    iRestify is leading the digital transformation of facilities management. Our enterprise-level cleaning and facilities management platform was designed to streamline property management operations. With iRestify, property managers can schedule and manage their cleaning and maintenance services remotely, from any device. The platform features include: an interactive checklist, remote quality controls, real-time updates, and instant communication with our service expert teams. Additionally, propert…

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  • Analytics company secures funding to help transportation make the data-driven shift

    Smart Cities World

    StreetLight Data said the $15m in funding would help it to transform transportation analytics with big data to meet the challenges of the pandemic era.

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  • Life-and-career path platform OwnTrail raises $250K, builds ‘work from garage’ office space

    GeekWire

    Seattle-based OwnTrail launched in February, just before COVID-19 turned the world upside down — but the startup is weathering the pandemic largely unscathed. “We’re about helping women make it through hard things,” said co-founder and CEO Rebekah Bastian. The platform allows women to plot their career and life paths, calling out milestones in their careers, personal relationships and health, while sharing the routes pursued by other women to provide insights and lessons from their journeys. The…

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