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Ask anyone who runs a fulfillment/warehouse robotics company what companies’ top motivation is for embracing automation and they’ll probably cite labor shortages or shipping speeds. The looming truth of the matter boils down to one word: Amazon. And while it’s true that smaller businesses are feeling the worst crunch, no one is immune to the online retailer’s dominance. Not even Walmart.
A crowdfunding platform called School of Whales launched June 25, aiming to let people with limited funds begin investing in commercial real estate, but it was no easy task for the platform's principals.
The founders who made School of Whales a reality, allowing people to invest in CRE with as little as $500, worked for two years to build out the platform and comply with financial regulations, ...
Compass is getting into the digital mortgage origination business.
Three months after its initial public offering, the brokerage on Tuesday launched OriginPoint, a partnership with nonbank lending giant
The flexible office software provider has raised about £30m in net proceeds through a primary share placing – with an open offer for an additional £2m underway.
Transaction to generate gross proceeds of approximately $678 million to the company, including a $275 million fully-committed common stock PIPE, anchored by CBRE Group, Inc. and existing investors, Altus Power management and Blackstone Credit, as well as new investors, including ValueAct Capital, Liberty Mutual Investments and other leading institutional investors
There are emerging hubs all over the U.S. and Canada pulling tech talent away from the superstar cities — but the tech centers are holding onto their dominance, according to a new analysis from the commercial real estate firm CBRE.
This report, Governing Smart Cities, provides a benchmark for cities looking to establish policies for ethical and responsible governance of their smart city programmes. It explores current practices relating to five foundational policies: ICT accessibility, privacy impact assessment, cyber accountability, digital infrastructure and open data. The findings are based on surveys and interviews with ...
From the moment U.S. coronavirus cases emerged in the Seattle area and then devastated New York City last spring, sweeping predictions about the future of city life followed. Density was done for. An exodus to the suburbs and small towns would ensue. Transit would become obsolete. The appeal of a yard and a home office would trump demand for bustling urban spaces. And Zoom would replace the in-per...
Consider all the uses that most drivers usually associate with a parking garage:
1. Parking.
That’s about it.
Consider also, however, if one could deploy a smartphone or another device not only to find the garage on a maps app but also to ensure that on this ...
Butlr Closes $7.9M Seed Funding for Breakthrough People-Sensing Platform Using Body Heat to Provide Actionable Spatial Insights for the Built Environment
Hyperplane Leads Round with Founder Collective, Union Labs, 500 Startups, SOSV, E14 Fund, Tectonic Ventures, Scott Belsky, Chad Laurans and Sunny Vu