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Industrious, a flexible space provider that counts brokerage giant CBRE among its investors, is joining a major real estate owner, Nuveen, in opening what’s billed as the latest lure for office workers: an upscale workplace lounge concept in New York that includes a full-service bar, restaurant and coffee shop run by hospitality group DMK. There’s even a park.  

Troy Harris, Managing Director of Timberland at Jamestown, discusses what Timberland investment is and how it differs from real estate investment, the role of trees in fighting the climate crisis, and some popular misconceptions about forestry in the United States.  

Lightspeed Venture Partners (“Lightspeed”) today announced the closing of Lightspeed Venture Partners XIV-A/B, L.P. (“Fund XIV”) with $1.98 billion, Lightspeed Venture Partners Select V, L.P. (“Select Fund V”) with $2.26 billion, and Lightspeed Opportunity Fund II, L.P. (“Opportunity Fund II”) with $2.36 billion of committed capital. Separately, Lightspeed India Partners today anno...

Investment leads can come from a wide variety of sources. In the case of Dysruptek’s investment in the web-based and collaborative construction technology platform ProPlanner, the impetus came from under its own roof.  

“My company is seeing higher-than-usual attrition and also having trouble finding the right talent to fill roles. What’s your take on the labour market in Asia and what’s your advice?”  

Thanks to the pandemic, teams are more distributed than ever. For some companies, that’s led to a disconnect between lower-level employees and leadership, the latter of whom are generally skeptical of remote work. According to a survey from GoodHire, 75% of managers want workers in the office, citing the potential lack of focus and loss of company culture. But in a separate poll by McKinsey, 87%...

CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, announced today that speakers from Openpath, Pi Labs, Prescriptive Data and Alpaca VC will join the speaker lineup for CREtech’s flagship conference and largest real estate technology conference, CREtech New York, this October 12-13.

“Summertime and the livin’ is easy,” goes the old song, but summer can also offer unique challenges and opportunities for property owners. To continue the musical analogy, a few proptech startups are using technology to help owners with their exterior building work in hopes of curing their “Summertime Blues.”  

In this new series from The Real Deal, owner and developer Eric Brody of @Real Tech Talk with Eric Brody is breaking down one of the most challenging parts of the real estate biz: construction. Watch and see as we find out how the slow and angry business of construction can get a little easier.

The 21st century has been one of technological revolution. The cost of computing power has dramatically fallen while broadband and mobile connectivity have become ubiquitous. These phenomena have given rise to new technologies and business models that have quickly permeated every part of modern life. Technology continues to change the way consumers and businesses behave, their real estate needs an...