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CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE) today announced that Chandra Dhandapani, its Chief Digital & Technology Officer and a member of the company’s Executive Committee, has been promoted to Chief Administrative Officer. In her new role,
Amazon is buying Zoox, a self-driving car startup, its biggest move yet into autonomous technology. Amazon is paying around $1.2 billion, according to a source familiar with the price. Why it matters: While previous investments in electric truck manufacturer Rivian and self-driving tech company Aurora Innovation seemed focused on facilitating package delivery, Amazon made clear today it will hel...
This Just In: Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech with some exciting news We catch up on a quick "this just in" with Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech on his new global consulting practice (which I also am participating in).
Rhino and other startups, including TheGuarantors, Obligo and Jetty, offer insurance as an alternative for security d...
Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation unit at Alphabet Inc., has laid off about 20 people, according to people familiar with the matter. The job cuts, which amount to approximately ...
Industrialized or manufactured construction is a familiar concept. We have been building with components and even whole wall panels for years. However, with a heightened focus on efficiency due to skilled labor shortages and tighter margins, industrialized construction is accelerating across the globe. As we noted in our first paper, “Technological advancements disrupting the global construction...
As colleges around the country map out plans to reopen their campuses in the fall, they have embarked on some unique and pricey shopping expeditions: sourcing miles of plexiglass, hundreds of thousands of face masks and, in the case of the University of Central Florida, trying to get in an order for 1,200 hand-sanitizer stations before neighboring theme parks could buy them all up.
Before the coronavirus crisis, Hudson Pacific Properties was preparing to roll out a new mobile app for its office tenants within the next year and a half. Hudson Pacific had been piloting the digital community bulletin board, which would allow tenants to communicate with property managers in real time, and wanted to make sure it worked properly in a few buildings before introducing it across the ...
The New Normal of Everyday life. Take a look at how companies are adapting as their businesses confront the Covid-19 pandemic.
Now that lockdown measures are beginning to ease and the prospect of meeting up with friends and family in a restaurant or having a drink in a pub is closer, businesses are planning for what a return to the workplace will look like. But as lockdown measures gradually begin to ease and we all start to look towards the future, businesses are and have been continually pondering and planning for what ...