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CRETech August 07, 2019

Toronto’s Yorkdale Shopping Centre has 35-acres of flat roof area that’s wide open to all-day sun. For owner and operator Oxford Properties, there was no better place to install and test a massive, 20,000-square-foot solar array. Their mission? To generate enough green energy to power the mall’s one million square feet of retail space for at least 20 years, poss...

CRETech August 06, 2019
The Texas airport will use the Easy Mile EZ10 driverless shuttle to move passengers around from one terminal to the ground transportation area and will investigate other route options.
CRETech August 06, 2019
Office landlords in New York City — known to play it safe and fill their buildings with multiple tenants to mitigate risk — are breaking the rules for WeWork, the office space startup that has gobbled up 5 million square feet across the city. In the rare case that a landlord is smitten by that one tenant, they’re almost always looking for a company with a great track record or a sturdy bu...
CRETech August 06, 2019
Microsoft’s commitment to reducing the environmental impact of its operations is making big steps. The company’s amount of renewable energy powering its data centers will reach the 60 percent mark this year, ahead of schedule. Although the tech company is nowhere to be found in SEIA’s 2018 Solar Means Business Report, the answer lies in wind—Microsoft has invested consistently in wind proj...
CRETech August 06, 2019
A day after Uber laid off a third of its marketing team, Compass’ Matt Spangler snapped into action. On Twitter, the brokerage’s chief creative officer retweeted a Google spreadsheet listing those impacted and invited them to check out Compass’ open roles. And there are many.
CRETech August 06, 2019
One of the country's fastest-growing office furniture and equipment companies is investing with a Dallas-based shared office firm. Varidesk is the lead investor in a new round of funding for Common Desk, the 7-year-old coworking firm with locations in North Texas and Austin. Common Desk and Varidesk have collaborated previously.
CRETech August 06, 2019

Airbnb has today announced the acquisition of Urbandoor, a platform that offers extended stays to corporate clients. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Urbandoor was founded in 2015, according to 
CRETech August 06, 2019

Leading Research Platform in the Commercial Real Estate Tech Industry Releases Monthly Report on VC Funding and Investments

New York, NY (August 6, 2019) — CREtech (cretech.com), the leading event, c...
CRETech August 06, 2019

The signs are everywhere. Investment in real estate technology increased 607 percent in Q1 2019 compared to the previous year. Real estate technology-focused events like ICSC, Realcomm and CREtech continue to break attendance records. In survey after survey, a majority of real estate executives have expressed a desire to embrace innovation.

 
CRETech August 06, 2019
The Seattle-based company has raised a venture round led by Wildcat Venture Partners to drive enterprise sales growth, technology integrations, and further development of its disruptive multifamily portfolio performance soft...