Urban centers, with a dynamism that feeds innovation, have long been resilient. But the pandemic could drive a shift away from density. Cities are remarkably resilient. They have risen from the ashes after being carpet-bombed and hit with nuclear weapons. “If you think about pandemics in the past,” noted the Princeton economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, “they d...
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The Covid-19 pandemic should force us to change how we use buildings, argues Meagan Crawford, Executive Director of Urban Economic
The coronavirus pandemic that has kept so many office workers at home since March has also made a fresh case for Teams, Microsoft’s pack...
MeetElise, an AI-powered leasing startup, raises $6.75M. It's rare that apartment seekers limit their searches to business hours. But a New York startup, backed by two of the country's biggest landlords, has built an AI-powered leasing assistant available to field queries 24/7
When the Hôtel Monville in Montreal opened in 2018, it was one of the first hotels in Canada that offered a truly contactless visitor experience. Guests at the 269-room hotel could check in via the hotel's app or website or at any of the four check-in kiosks in the lobby of the hotel. If a guest forgot a toothbrush, wanted an extra towel or ordered room service, a 3-foot-tall robot would delive...
Industrious and Wythe Hotel turn empty rooms into offices. Faced with a glut of empty rooms, the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg is teaming up with flex-office provider Industrious to offer “on-demand workspaces.” ... It donated 2,000 rooms to front-line workers, according to its website.
PocketList announced it launched with $2.9 million in seed funding, led by David Sacks-led Craft Ventures. Abstract VC and Spencer Rascoff's Wonder Ventures also participated in the Seed round. Rascoff has been busy this year.
CREtech (cretech.com) and FUTURE PropTech, the largest intelligence platforms devoted to Reimagining Real Estate, announced today that L.D. Salmanson, CEO and Co-Founder of Cherre, will take the stage for the Reimagining Real Estate Virtual Global Summit, ...
CREtech and FUTURE PropTech are proud to present a four-day completely free Global Virtual Summit that will feature the leading owners, landlords, investors, asset managers, brokers, and technology leaders discussing how they are Reimagining Real Estate during the pandemic. As the largest truly global real estate tech digital summit, attendees will learn from those thought-leaders shaping th...
This week, we officially kick off a series of interviews about the history and future of cities. Our first guest is Greg Lindsay, who has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things urban. Greg is the director of applied research at NewCities and director of strategy at its mobility offshoot CoMotion. He is also a partner at FutureMap, a geo-strategic advisory firm based in Singapore, a non-resident s...