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In 2015, private equity giant Blackstone Inc. purchased the Willis (née Sears) Tower and began a half-billion-dollar renovation that would radically change the role the former tallest building in the world would play in downtown Chicago.
Michael Beckerman, CEO of cretech.com and Johan Tellvik, CEO of esgrelab.com - a discussion about commercial real estate, education, and climate-tech. Revolving around the idea that the more we know, the better informed choices we make, the discussion will showcase education as an enabler of smart tech and smart tech as an enabler of education. Trends within CRE/smart tech as well as how education...
London-born and -raised Raj Singh’s passion for computer science initially led him to IBM, later then later to Booz Allen Hamilton as a consultant. Eventually, though, seeking to combine his skills and to chart a new career path, Singh saw the proptech aspect of real estate as an enticing greenfield of opportunity and came to the U.S.
Last year was a record year for European proptechs, with VCs investing €3.8bn in the market, a 350% increase compared to 2020.
Billed as a “universal platform”, WeWork Workplace allows users to manage both their privately owned or leased space and any WeWork space they use.
Today, Fifth Wall, the largest venture capital firm focused on technology for the global real estate industry, announced the $500 million close of its inaugural Climate Fund. The fund aims to invest in software, hardware, renewable energy, energy storage, smart buildings, and carbon sequestration technologies to decarbonize the $10.5 trillion real estate industry.
“Who doesn’t like depriving lawyers of revenue?” Nick Kirby says with a laugh when I ask him about Least, the lease automation startup he co-founded. Doesn’t it deny real estate lawyers hours of work they would otherwise do?
Of course, depriving lawyers of revenue isn’t the point. Kirby is a lawyer himself at London-based Mishcon de Reya. It was here he saw first-hand how inefficientl...
A Transwestern broker has decamped to a proptech startup just after it received a major cash infusion.
Leveraging an understanding of natural ecosystems to rethink how we design amenities and services for specific tenant users, and how we might use the scientific method and proptech tools to deliver them effectively.
Leading real estate developer DAMAC Properties has been stepping up its efforts in digital innovations, securing itself as one of the pioneering companies in driving disruptive tech in property, also known as proptech.