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Cosmose tracks foot traffic in brick-and-mortar stores to help predict customer behavior, providing data that is increasingly important as companies try to weather COVID-19’s economic impact. Today the startup announced it has raised a $15 million Series A. The round was by Tiga Investments, wi...
COVID-19 is one of the most disruptive events human society has experienced in the last 75 years. Beyond the struggles of 2020, this harsh reminder of the biological threats we face will go on to reshape the way we live for years to come. At the center of this debate is commercial real estate (CRE) — the indoor environments where people of different households gather —
Amazon has received federal approval to use drones to deliver packages, bringing the retailer a critical step closer to its goal of shortening delivery times to 30 minutes or less.
Blackstone Group Inc., which led Wall Street’s initial foray into the single-family rental business, is making a new investment in suburban houses at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic is pressuring traditional commercial real estate.
The pandemic has challenged business leaders to rethink operations and how work gets done, and in this new world, technology is key to facilitating safe spaces where employee experience remains a priority. Historically, CIOs have been responsible for implementing and managing technology; proptech is important for CIOs to execute heightened safety measures and govern office spaces with a truly holi...
In episode 24 of Fly on the Wall, Fifth Wall's Brendan Wallace sits down with Conor Flynn, CEO, Kimco Realty Corporation, who shares lessons from navigating the COVID-19 crisis with a portfolio that consists of both essential and non-essential retailers. Conor reveals the technology that Kimco Realty Corporation has developed to help non-essential retailers as they look to reopen storefronts, how ...
The mystery of Mark Carney’s next job is solved. Brookfield Asset Management Inc., the global investment firm with about $550 billion in assets under management, has hired the former Bank of England governor to lead an ambitious expansion into environmental and social investing. The Toronto-based company plans to develop a group of funds that try to marry positive social and environmental outco...
Pinterest terminated a massive 490,000-square-foot lease at San Francisco’s unbuilt 88 Bluxome project, citing a shift toward more remote work amid the coronavirus pandemic. The company will instead continue leasing four existing San Francisco offices, including 65...