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Lauren July 16, 2020
Three weeks after detailing how Airbnb almost “lost everything” after the pandemic hit, CEO Brian Chesky is reviving plans for a 2020 public offering. ... The message came after Chesky earlier announced that the president of Airbnb's Homes division, Greg Greeley, would step down after two years with the company.
Lauren July 16, 2020
The world of property software CRMs has been shaken this morning following the resignation of Reapit CEO Gary Barker who is to join Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce’s new proptech business. The 43-year-old’s departure follows 13 years leading Reapit and before that senior roles within Countrywide’s finance and IT teams.
Lauren July 16, 2020
CREtech (cretech.com) and FUTURE PropTech, the largest intelligence platforms devoted to Reimagining Real Estate, announced today that Sineesh Keshav, Chief...
Lauren July 16, 2020
Openpath, a security startup specializing in modern mobile access control for the built world, today announced it’s closed a Series C funding round of $36M, led by Greycroft, with participation from Okta Ventures, Lincoln Properties, Allegion and Sentre, including follow-on from existing investors.
Lauren July 15, 2020
Tech was the first industry to send its workers home when COVID-19 first hit the U.S., and it has been among the most cautious in bringing workers back. Even still, many companies are realizing that their reopening plans from as recently as a few weeks ago are now too optimistic.
Lauren July 15, 2020

Parking lots, of all places, are turning into bigger sources of revenue for some mall owners during the coronavirus pandemic. Brookfield Properties has signed a deal with entertainment company Kilburn Live to turn the parking lots at a number of its malls in the U.S. into drive-in t...

Lauren July 15, 2020
Amazon is expanding its real-world footprint with another unconventional physical product: a shopping cart. While it certainly looks like an aesthetic upgrade to your standard grocery store cart, the Dash Cart, as it’s called, is in fact a smart version of the tried-and-true food transport vehicle.
Lauren July 15, 2020

As technology costs have declined, more developers are creating buildings that can benefit the Earth by tackling pollution and save money by producing their own power.

Lauren July 15, 2020
Landlords hit by rental defaults from their hotel tenants may have a way out of the crisis. This week the budget hometel concept joined the aparthotel, the poshtel, the student hotel and half a dozen others in the hunt for new ways to claim a slice of the short and medium-stay market. The difference is the claim that it could help make money quickly for hotel landlords hit by the coronavirus pand...