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Tech has always been a tricky space for commercial real estate. At first, the industry was a laggard in tech adoption; then it soon caught up. In the meantime, technology has been evolving to the point where it can remake companies’ business models and go-to-market strategies. Keeping up with these trends requires both tech acumen and a deep understanding of commercial real. We’ve identified s...
Tech-driven real estate brokerage Houwzer raised a $9.5 million Series A funding round as the 75-person company plans to double its headcount and expand to both the Baltimore and Orlando markets within the next year. The funding, led by Princeton-based Edison Partners, brings Houwzer’s total backing to $17 million. Previous investors, including Ira Lubert and...
CREtech (cretech.com), the leading global conference and research company devoted to innovation in the Built World, will showcase a panel around the current state of funding and valuations at their first event in 2020. To be held in Austin, Texas on April 22nd and 23rd, the event will feature Mitchell Schear, Executive Partner at Camber Creek along with several other leading VC’s and investors i...
Corcoran is consolidating. Compass is making lay offs. Residential firms are going lean. Call it a sign of the times that these days brokerage executives show off their smarts by pulling out financial statements and reviewing expenses line by line. “Everybody is doing that right now,” said Steve Murray, president of Real Trends, which analyzes brokerage ...
Mayor Eric Garcetti and London Mayor Sadiq Khan today announced a historic agreement to make London and Los Angeles ‘Innovator Cities’ — enabling greater collaboration to take on critical transportation issues confronting cities around the world. “Los Angeles is ready to test-drive new ideas, inventions, and innovations on our streets right now,” said Mayor Garcetti. “Our partnership ...
CBRE’s coworking arm Hana has selected 3 World Trade Center for its first New York City location, taking two floors in the 1,079-foot-tall building. The deal with Hana, which opened its first location last year in Dallas, is a revenue-sharing arrangement with landlord Silverstein Properties, rather than a traditional lease. Hana, will manage 85K SF at the 2.5M SF office building, Crain’s N...
Zillow Group is now a licensed corporate broker in New York. It’s part of a national growth strategy in which Zillow is getting itself licensed from coast to coast.“As we work to redefine how real estate is done, and create product improvements for consumers, brokers and agents on our platforms, we will be performing activity for which many states require a license,” said Viet Shelton, a sp...
FUTURE PropTech, part of the World’s number one real estate technology event series, will be showcasing a panel on Build to Rent for the upcoming 2020 event taking place in London on 13&14 May.
The Build to rent sector has grown by 15% in the past year from Q4 2018 to Q4 2019amounting to over 20,000 additional Build to Rent homes*. The panel, exploring this growing sector, will be moderat...
A startup that provides kitchen and delivery services to restaurants has raised $60 million to expand its operations in the U.S. Kitopi is among a growing suite of companies that provide “ghost kitchens” — or privately managed cooking spaces and staff — that can deliver on behalf of restaurants who are unable to keep up with the rising demands of food delivery.
New York, NY (February 6th, 2020) — CREtech (cretech.com), the leading global conference and research company devoted to innovation in the Built World, announced today that the 2019 CREtech End-Year Report is now available for free download. The Annual Report is considered the leading provider of research, insights and data for the commercial real estate tech sector.