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The real estate industry has long been slow to embrace innovation. But judging by recent investment figures, that might not be the case for much longer.
Venture investment in real estate tech startups hit $12.9 billion in ...
As their struggle with store closings persists, some U.S. mall owners and retailers are stepping up their use of technology that recognizes people’s faces but stops short of identifying and recording them.
Landlords could do it all if they wanted. Facial-recognition technology has advanced to the point that U.S. malls could know shoppers’ names when they enter, watch ...
The last person to touch an item at an Amazon fulfillment center is the packer, whose job is to stick each order in a box and tape it shut.
As with most jobs, being a packer is more complicated than it looks. Michael Waterman, a packer at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, told me that when he started, he would grab each piece of ...
There was a time when people worked without steam rooms or snack bars — but that is the workplace of yesteryear, and most landlords in the city are being forced to step up their game.
The rise of coworking and flexible workspace providers in New York City has redefined the office leasing market and workplace culture, and it has put traditional office property landlords in something of a comp...
A pair of new developments in downtown Austin and Miami hopes to create a new hybrid hotel and condo model that allows owners to buy into a large property specifically designed for renting out on Airbnb.
Coworking has become the darling of the office industry, with providers eagerly leasing up blocks of space during the industry's rampant expansion. But there remains a lot of hesitation as to their future from both office landlords and investors, panelists at Bisnow's Atlanta State of the Market said last week.
For years, real-estate technology startups watched from the fringes as big banks and venture-capital firms lavished attention on financial-technology firms.
Now “proptech” has joined the party. Startups are raising more cash than ever while landlords are adopting a range of new software and hardware that is changing the way they do business.
New capital sources inc...
In the lead up to We Company’s IPO, some institutional investors were willing to trade their stock in the company at deep discounts to the $47 billion valuation set by Masayoshi Son and announced earlier his year.
Son’s Japanese conglomerate SoftBank announced a large investment in t...
Cameras have stood guard outside New York City schools for years to keep children safe from speeding cars.
City officials say they have led to fewer injuries and crashes.
Now the city is sharply expanding the use of such cameras to nearly every neighborhood. It’s part of a far-reaching effort t...
NEW YORK CITY—Historically, the tenant-landlord relationship has been fairly transactional: the tenant occupies a space and pays the landlord rent to use it, in a deal that often lasts years or even decades. With more and more companies growing rapidly and offering employees flexible work arrangements, tenants expect more from their landlords. Commercial property o...