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Who will drive office demand in post Covid-19 world

Lauren June 25, 2020
Now that lockdown measures are beginning to ease and the prospect of meeting up with friends and family in a restaurant or having a drink in a pub is closer, businesses are planning for what a return to the workplace will look like. But as lockdown measures gradually begin to ease and we all start to look towards the future, businesses are and have been continually pondering and planning for what ...
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What Re-entry Looks Like in Portland’s Largest Office Building

Lauren June 25, 2020
PORTLAND, OR—As commercial real estate companies pivot to a new normal with the slow phased re-entry to the workplace, Unico Properties has a strategy to deliver a safe and sanitized office environment across its portfolio. This includes plans for US Bancorp Tower located at 111 SW 5th Ave.
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Europe Lease Deals Suggest Traditional Office Will Endure in Post-Covid World

Lauren June 25, 2020
Big U.S. companies such as Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. say they are embracing working fro...
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Hoteling Safely Can Help Offices Reopen and Stay Open

Lauren June 25, 2020
Hoteling -- the idea of providing pre-booked short-term space to office workers -- has been around for a while, but it has taken on new importance in the wake of COVID-19. Property managers and investors who want to 
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Doorkee Raises $5.7M in Funding to Grow Tech Platform Focused on Reinventing Rent for Landlords, Apartment Seekers and Departing Tenants

Lauren June 25, 2020
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Doorkee, the all-in-one digital platform offering landlords and tenants a modern solution to the antiquated rental process, today announced that it raised $5.7 million in early-stage funding. The round was led by prominent New York City landlord 
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Complete Homebuying, Selling Experience: OJO Labs Raises $62.5M, Acquires Movoto

Lauren June 25, 2020
Austin-based OJO Labs closed on a $62.5 million round of funding led by Wafra, the company said Wednesday in a release. OJO Labs, founded in 2015, combines human and machine intelligence to provide personalized property recommendations and insights. 
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Sonder Closes $170M Funding Round

Lauren June 25, 2020
he San Francisco-based company, which leases apartments and turns them into furnished short-term rentals, said it closed a Series E at a $1.3 billion valuation — up from its prior valuation of $1.1 billion.
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[TOMORROW] The Institutional Investors Perspective: The Reactivation of CRE Investment Management

Lauren June 24, 2020
Investors have begun understanding the near and long term implications of the global pandemic on real estate assets and on their portfolios. As leading investors begin to reactivate their investment strategies, many are instituting new standards to invest smarter, increase productivity, and grow their business — resulting in better financials, communication, and management of assets.
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Lower Manhattan Offers Clues on How to Live Post-Pandemic

Lauren June 24, 2020
As New York City looks to reinvent itself for the post-pandemic era, lower Manhattan offers a few lessons on how to recover from disaster. Once largely a 9-to-5 financial center, the district has changed since the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks into a walkable neighborhood that has more than doubled its residential population. Officials’ determination to transform the area made it more resilie...
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NYC Subway System May Implement Temperature Checks, Robot Cleaners

Lauren June 24, 2020
Officials overseeing New York’s transit system should consider thermal cameras to take riders’ temperatures and artificial intelligence to assess mask-wearing to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, a new report says. The report, which was commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, offers a range of best practices gleaned from transit systems around the world.
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