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Lauren April 23, 2020
German software company Evana, a digital document management specialist, has entered into a strategic partnership with compatriot realxdata, a provider of data analytics, to pool resources in automated real estate prospectus data analysis using artificial intelligence.
Lauren April 23, 2020
With the exception of outdoor exercise and quick, furtive dashes to the corner grocery store, swathes of Northern California have now been sheltering in place for more than a month.
Lauren April 23, 2020

The Los Angeles Cleantch Incubator is rebooting its incubator program and moving from rolling applications to a cohort model beginning with 16 new startups. Los Angeles’ not-for-profit incubator exchanges sweat equity in the form of services and office space, and the promise of $20,000 in funding for local pilot projects, for a 1.5% to 3% stak...

Lauren April 23, 2020
James Gorman is hesitant to make predictions about the future with so much about the coronavirus pandemic still uncertain. One thing is clear, however: Morgan Stanley will have “much less real estate.”
Lauren April 22, 2020
A month after laying off 15 percent of its staff, Compass announced company-wide pay cuts on Wednesday, even as it continues to recruit agents. The Softbank-backed brokerage, which has raced to slash spending in the wake of Covid-19, said it would reduce salaries by 10 to 50 percent, according to an internal document reviewed by The Real Deal.
Lauren April 22, 2020
Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade, but it’s not too early to ask why, and what we need to do about it.
Lauren April 22, 2020

One year ago, two Australian hackers found themselves on an eight-hour flight to Singapore to attend a live hacking competition sp...

Lauren April 22, 2020

Houzz, an online platform for home renovation and design, has laid off 155 employees, roughly 10% of its staff, per an internal memo obtained by TechCrunch. Executive salaries also took a cut. The company, last valued at $4 billion, confirmed the content of the memo in a statement to TechCrunch.

Lauren April 22, 2020
Digital Base Capital Co., Ltd. (Head Quarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, General Partner: Shun Sakurai) announces that Ehime Bank, Ltd. has decided to invest in “Digital Base Capital No.1 Investment Limited Partnership”, the first PropTech focused fund in Japan to invest in startups in the real estate, construction and financial sectors.
Lauren April 22, 2020
Coronavirus-prompted social distancing is testing the limits of businesses' workplace continuity and remote work plans. Meanwhile, some analysts are predicting a Great Recession-size hit to commercial real estate as tenants struggle to pay.