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brandonlin October 25, 2021
Leading industry tech figure Gary Barker has joined co-living HMO platform COHO as a non-executive director, adding to his recently-announced role as a board director at Guild parent company epropservices. COHO, which is seeking to disrupt the HMO sector with its bespoke property management platform for smaller portfolio landlords and agents, has been courting Barker and his tech skills and tra...
brandonlin October 07, 2021
Opendoor is trying to outgrow its competition in the iBuying wars, amassing billions in new borrowing capacity to purchase more homes. The company recently arranged an amended mezzanine debt facility with a $3 billion limit, Bloomberg reported, that combined with other transactions, has increased its borrowing capacity to $9 billion.
brandonlin October 07, 2021

Success in the rapidly expanding field of construction technology appears to hinge on dreaming big. Just not too big.

For Social Construct, a San Francisco-based startup attempting to revolutionize how multifamily buildings are planned and built, success would also depend on dr...

brandonlin October 07, 2021

Boston has expanded its sustainability regulations targeting commercial properties, with a new law requiring buildings 20K SF or larger to eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

Boston acting Mayor Kim Janey sig...

brandonlin October 07, 2021
Cosan (B3:CSAN3; NYSE:CSAN), one of Brazil's largest business groups with investments in energy and logistics, takes another important step toward its goal of contributing to initiatives that promote the decarbonization of the global economy. Today, the company announced its investment in Fifth Wall’s Climate Tech Fund.
brandonlin October 07, 2021
Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management will expand the reach of its real estate program to include Northwestern undergraduate students beginning in fall 2022. In collaboration with Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Kellogg will create new courses and professional deve...
brandonlin October 07, 2021
Travis Putnam of Navitas Capital addresses the technology that is laying the foundation for the next wave of innovation in the built world and why he can’t see himself in any other career outside of investing.
brandonlin October 07, 2021
After Hunter Connell's California hometown of Santa Rosa was partially incinerated in a 2017 wildfire, she vowed to find a way to predict - and ideally prevent - similar climate change-linked disasters.
brandonlin October 07, 2021
Months after buying Knotel, Newmark has acquired a majority stake in Paris-based serviced office provider Deskeo in a deal CEO Barry Gosin called a “testament” to Newmark’s bullishness on the future of flexible offices.
brandonlin October 07, 2021
Years after the airline, hotel and retail industries began using loyalty programs to attract and keep customers, major U.S. commercial real estate landlords are now catching up to the idea of adopting their own version as a tenant amenity. Blackstone Group, AvalonBay Communities, Equity Residential, The Moinian Group and Starwood Capital Group have joined firms including Wells Fargo and Masterc...