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There’s an intrinsic tension between technology companies and the world. Tech wants to push forward through innovation and business opportunity and the world often interrupts to point out that sometimes solutions can incorporate significant problems. Navigating the spaces offers challenges, according to Christopher Yip, a partner at RET Ventures, a VC firm actively investing in technology in the...
Industrial warehouse giant Prologis is putting more resources behind its climate goals with a key hire.
San Francisco-based Prologis has appointed Susan Uthayakumar as the firm’s new chief sustainability and energy officer, the firm announced Tuesday, placing her in charge of the company’s wide-ranging effo...
Door manufacturer Masonite is showcasing the first residential smart door at CES 2022, highlighting the home building industry’s shift toward embracing connected technology. The concept was announced earlier in 2021, but CES is the first chance most will have to see the door in action.
Overhaul of 1980s office complex in Virginia raises prospect that America’s office-building surplus could be ripe for apartment conversion
Leading Proptech platform Plentific’s suite of digital property management solutions continues to expand. Today, the company announced its acquisition of TouchRight Software, an award-winning reporting app that helps real estate professionals and contractors produce fast, paperless and high-quality inspection reports.
CBRE Group announced it has acquired Buildingi, a leading provider of occupancy planning and technology services, to meet growing occupier demand for holistic occupancy management services. Buildingi will fully integrate with CBRE’s Occupancy Management team and initially transition to “Buildingi from CBRE.”
Proptech startups entered 2022 with a variety of plans to deploy the record $32 billion of venture capital invested in the sector in 2021, with new hires, expansion into fresh markets, and the improvement of their technology platforms top of the list. The plans come as more real estate owners and operators — both o...
A lot can change in a year.
In the spring of 2020, after the coronavirus had shuttered the U.S. economy and wrecked confidence in many commercial real estate markets, the proptech venture capital firm MetaProp made a daring prediction: The ballooning crisis would not derail or even stall proptech investment, innovation and deal flow — it w...
Increased Flexibility — Flexibility isn’t necessarily measured in days or hours. It’s measured in results and accountability. In fact, it’s not new. It’s always been this way. Employees who deliver great results have long enjoyed more flexibility from their managers. While the “trend” toward flexibility is being talked about more openly, it’s really abou...
VentureBeat kicked off its 2021 digital twins coverage with Accenture’s prediction that digital twins would be a top trend for the year. Meanwhile, other consultancies and systems integration leaders expanded their respective digital twins’ practices to improve product devel...