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CRETech July 30, 2019
Cars that can park themselves aren’t anything out of the ordinary, but Bosch and Daimler claim they’ve accomplished something of a world’s first with their system. The two companies today jointly announced that the Stuttgart regional administrative authority and Baden-Württemberg state transportation ministry, following an assessment by German certification authority TÜV Rheinland, have ap...
CRETech July 30, 2019
In the commercial real estate data industry, access is key. With this in mind, one firm is attempting to secure what it calls “exclusive” partnerships with the biggest data providers — a move that has befuddled competitors. Reonomy, a New York-based analytics firm that pools public data from other sources and repurposes it for its portal, has over the past three months announced a trio of...
CRETech July 29, 2019
Co-living brand Treehouse is breaking ground on a large-scale co-living concept in Hollywood, eponymously named Treehouse Hollywood. The project is the first ground-up, large-scale co-living concept in the market, which has been plagued by a housing shortage. Treehouse Hollywood will accommodate 60 to 70 residents and will include entertainment and professional amenities, like rec...
CRETech July 29, 2019
Rating specialist Moody’s Corp. has acquired a majority stake in Four Twenty Seven, a provider of data and analysis related to physical climate risks. According to Moody's, the deal solidifies its commitment to standards for evaluating environmental, social and governance, or ESG, risks and opportunities.
CRETech July 29, 2019
MetaProp co-founder and partner Zachary Aarons has been working at the intersection of real estate and venture capital for the past decade. He has funded more than 60 startups in the space as an individual as well as 60 startups (and counting) through MetaProp NYC’s venture capital funds. In addition to early-stage investing, Zach has worked on large scale mixed-use development projects in citie...
CRETech July 29, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO—Stessa recently released features to help owners of rental properties better manage entire portfolios in a single platform. The portfolio tracking platform for rental property investors has grown more than 50-fold in the last year, according to the company announcement. “By providing...
CRETech July 29, 2019
Longtime D.C. real estate executive Mitchell Schear is joining a firm that invests in PropTech companies. Schear was named executive partner of Camber Creek, a PropTech venture capital firm that has invested in 22 companies and currently has $50M under management.
CRETech July 29, 2019

Airbnb has been an almost perfect embodiment of Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” culture since it burst onto the scene in 2008.

The company — which claims to have more than 6 million listings globally (a number it says is more rooms than the six largest ho...

CRETech July 29, 2019
At Transform 2019, Walmart’s VP of customer experience engineering Aanan Contractor and Walmart ecommerce’s VP, Lucinda Newcomb sat down with FEM CEO Rachel Payne to discuss Walmart’s latest forays into blending the online and offline worlds using AI and automation.
CRETech July 29, 2019
TOKYO—Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 3.88% unveiled a second technology megafund even bigger than its nearly $100 ...