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Private equity and alternative asset manager Blackstone announced today that it has hired Eric Duchon for the newly created position of Global Head of Real Estate ESG. In his new role, Duchon will be responsible for building on the firm’s existing environmental, social and governance efforts and scaling them across Blackstone’s global real estate portfolio.

Building Engines CEO Tim Curran weighs in on the New Building Operations Software Platform & How it will Impact the Industry.

While online shopping has become the norm for apartment renters, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the volume of packages arriving daily at multifamily communities across the nation. Looking ahead to the holiday shopping season and beyond, that volume is not expected to slow down.

Spain’s Iberdrola SA said it would spend €75 billion, equivalent to $88 billion, over the next five years to double its renewable power capacity and capitalize on the shift to green energy, highlighting how some of Europe’s lesser-known utility companies have become major players in the global energy industry.

Buildings around us create a whopping one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions - about ten times more than air traffic worldwide. In Europe alone about 190 million square metres of housing space are built each year, mainly in the cities, and the amount is growing quickly at the rate of nearly one percent a year.

Duncan Owen of Schroder Real Estate Investment Management spoke to us about the ways in which real estate can drive inclusive growth to the benefit of communities, business and the planet. Catch up on the full interview on-demand.

Don’t ask Marty Burger, CEO of Silverstein Properties, when he started reopening his New York area buildings after the COVID-19 shutdowns.Burger will tell you that Silverstein, which develops, owns and operates office and residential projects in New York, never fully closed down.

Will that bathroom remodel increase your home’s value by more than $20,000? What about replacing the floors or adding a garage? How about the bad traffic that’s getting worse around your neighborhood? A stealthy Seattle-area startup wants to help answer these questions and more.

Ford Autonomous Vehicles, a subsidiary of Ford Motor Cos., announced last week that it will be opening a command center west of Miami International Airport, a key step in the company's goal to offer ride-hailing and commercial delivery services by 2022.

Real-estate companies are seeing clear evidence of New Yorkers and Londoners ditching city centers for suburbs as the pandemic changes the way people live and work.