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Lauren July 16, 2020
Openpath, a security startup specializing in modern mobile access control for the built world, today announced it’s closed a Series C funding round of $36M, led by Greycroft, with participation from Okta Ventures, Lincoln Properties, Allegion and Sentre, including follow-on from existing investors.
Lauren July 16, 2020
That’s how I would best describe my own internal wiring. I am constantly curious.  Always trying to improve.  Continuing to seek out what is new, interesting and leading-edge. I am obsessed with change and transformation. Does it lead to a lot of failures?  Sure. Is it risky?  Absolutely.  But it is also what drives t...
Lauren July 15, 2020
Tech was the first industry to send its workers home when COVID-19 first hit the U.S., and it has been among the most cautious in bringing workers back. Even still, many companies are realizing that their reopening plans from as recently as a few weeks ago are now too optimistic.
Lauren July 15, 2020

Parking lots, of all places, are turning into bigger sources of revenue for some mall owners during the coronavirus pandemic. Brookfield Properties has signed a deal with entertainment company Kilburn Live to turn the parking lots at a number of its malls in the U.S. into drive-in t...

Lauren July 15, 2020
Amazon is expanding its real-world footprint with another unconventional physical product: a shopping cart. While it certainly looks like an aesthetic upgrade to your standard grocery store cart, the Dash Cart, as it’s called, is in fact a smart version of the tried-and-true food transport vehicle.
Lauren July 15, 2020

As technology costs have declined, more developers are creating buildings that can benefit the Earth by tackling pollution and save money by producing their own power.

Lauren July 15, 2020
Landlords hit by rental defaults from their hotel tenants may have a way out of the crisis. This week the budget hometel concept joined the aparthotel, the poshtel, the student hotel and half a dozen others in the hunt for new ways to claim a slice of the short and medium-stay market. The difference is the claim that it could help make money quickly for hotel landlords hit by the coronavirus pand...
Lauren July 15, 2020
Michael Beckerman is the founder & CEO of CRETech, the the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector. On this episode, Chris and Michael discuss the chaos in the event-industry as they navigate COVID-19, launching a consulting business mid-pandemic, the trend of venture arms popping up in the world’s largest companies, and ...
Lauren July 15, 2020
It’s not all doom and gloom for WeW...