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brandonlin October 05, 2021
U.S. tech giants Apple, Facebook and Google currently employ tens of thousands of workers across London and, despite the challenges of the last 18 months, all have plans to expand U.K. operations in the months ahead. It’s not just Silicon Valley, however, that sees the U.K. as an attractive expansion market; the fast-growing U.S. proptech community feels much the same way.
brandonlin October 05, 2021
In recent months you may have heard about something called the metaverse. Maybe you’ve read that the metaverse is going to replace the internet. Maybe we’re all supposed to live there. Maybe Facebook (or Epic, or Roblox, or dozens of smaller companies) is trying to take it over. And maybe it’s got 
brandonlin October 04, 2021
Using massive 3D printers, a construction startup is building a housing community in southeast Mexico, one that could help prove the technology’s viability to create sturdy housing for people living in poverty. Icon, a 3D printing specialist, has already completed 10 homes at the community outside Nacajuca in Tabasco, with its on-site 
brandonlin October 04, 2021
Since February 2021, when the SPAC (special-purpose acquisition company) craze was booming, a market selloff has wiped out about $75 billion of the value of companies that went public using SPACs, according to a Dow Jones Market Data analysis of figures from SPAC research. The analysis examined a group of 137 companies that went public using SPACs by mid-February this year. According to the analys...
brandonlin October 04, 2021
Office tenants are touring buildings at the highest numbers since the start of the pandemic — an early indicator that companies may be ready to commit to new workspaces and sign leases. But this early activity is still far below where it was pre-Covid.
brandonlin October 04, 2021
Differing fortunes for urban logistics and retail property means that for the past few years, it has often made financial sense to buy retail assets close to big cities and convert them to industrial. The same may now be true of offices.
brandonlin October 04, 2021
Accounting and consulting firm PwC told Reuters on Thursday it will allow all its 40,000 U.S. client services employees to work virtually and live anywhere they want in perpetuity, making it one of the biggest employers to embrace permanent remote work.
brandonlin October 04, 2021
Visions for futuristic cities where life-improving technologies proliferate have been around since the dawn of science fiction. But are we approaching a point where we can realistically expect to see these technologies in action? Depending on the technology in question, the answer is increasingly yes. In a previous article on the subject, Jeremy Kelly, a lead director at JLL said that “In this d...
brandonlin October 04, 2021
Don Goldstein of 5Q advises companies to consider cyber security before deciding which platforms and amenities to incorporate into their properties to achieve the highest level of security.
brandonlin October 04, 2021
CoStar Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) — a leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics and online marketplaces — announced that it has acquired COMREAL INFO, the owner and operator of BureauxLocaux.com. Based in Paris, BureauxLocaux is known as one of the largest specialized property portals for buying and leasing commercial real estate in France with over 60,000 for sale and ...