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CRETech August 13, 2019
ORLANDO, FL—Venture capital is changing commercial real estate at an astonishing pace. GlobeSt.com recently caught up with Andrea Jang, head of growth Americas for JLL Spark, to gain insight on how venture capitalists choose what to fund, how their funding will change CRE, and how to keep pace with the changes. The topics we focused on will be part of a larger 
CRETech August 13, 2019
New York City's first self-driving cars are now making regular trips around a 2.5 million-square-foot redeveloped industrial park, the latest test of the nascent technology in a real estate project across the country and the first for the state of New York. Autonomous cars are still in their early stages as they spread in controlled-environment developments around the United States. The latest ...
CRETech August 13, 2019
Vietnamese proptech startup Propzy is planning to raise $25 million in a Series B funding round later this year to expand its financial relationship management and property management products. Propzy has secured a total of $12 million in funding since 2016. Its latest round was a $6 million financing led by Korean VC firm Stonebridge Capital earlier this year, said its founder and CEO John Le.
CRETech August 13, 2019
WeWork is by far the biggest co-working company around, but numerous niche providers have been trying to carve out space in an increasingly cluttered market. Those include wellness-centric Well Work Win, and women-focused 
CRETech August 13, 2019
VTS Inc, a U.S. property-tech unicorn, is expanding its Canadian operations with an engineering hub in Toronto. The New York-based company plans to hire at least 50 staff by the end of 2020, taking advantage of the city’s deep pool of engineering talent and strong commercial real-estate customer base, according...
CRETech August 13, 2019
Among U.S. demographic groups, millennials care the most about having sustainable features in the apartments they rent, and even say they are willing to pay more for such green features, according to a new report by multifamily developer AMLI Residential. Millennials reported feeling particularly concerned about climate change and expressed a heightened desire to solve environmental problems...
CRETech August 13, 2019
If one thinks back to the state of information technology within large, traditionally non-technical companies ten or 15 years ago, there was a vast trend to outsource technology. The belief went that much within IT was non-differentiating, and it would be cheaper to have other firms (often in places like India, Mexico, or Eastern Europe) do the work.
CRETech August 13, 2019
Nearly five billion home wi-fi devices are in use around the world, according to a new report that also predicts “a new wave” of wi-fi smart home devices will drive adoption towards a total of 17 billion in use worldwide by 2030. The figures cement “the wireless home” as one of the leading technological trends of the early 21st Century and wi-fi technology looks set to remai...
CRETech August 13, 2019
Last September, Brandon Weber gave up his day job as one of the leaders of commercial real estate tech’s most-hyped startup, VTS. He then decided to buy a one-way ticket and go traveling. Weber had founded Hightower, which merged with its chief rival VTS in November 2016 to create what Weber and VTS boss Nick Romito billed as a $300 million company. But 
CRETech August 12, 2019
It’s Thursday and the residents of Jakarta’s Cosmo Park are out jogging, watering their plants or walking their dogs along neat asphalt roads. Neighbourhood kids pedal their bikes under frangipani trees and peach-coloured bougainvillea to the pool and tennis court. Apartments, comfortable and modern, sit side by side, with barbecues and toys stacked outside. Quiet and orderly, it feels l...