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The title of the canceled sitcom “Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23,” was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the show’s antihero protagonist.
In the world of venture capital, the “treacherous B” has a different meaning.
Technology is changing not only how buildings are bought and run, but also how people are interacting within them. Several platforms are making it possible to bring technology on board that streamlines employee days, makes buildings safer and more secure or gathers and reports data in new ways for those managing the building.
Matt and Diane Murphy listed their home in the Denver suburbs for $635,000 last August. They thought the five-bedroom, 3,735-square-foot home, with its wooden floors and a deck overlooking a long ridge at the fringe of the Rocky Mountains, would sell quickly. But after almost three months, they hadn’t had a single offer.
The scooter-rental startup Lime has started a campaign meant to associate its brand with a higher purpose as its fledgling niche continues to encounter controversy.
One video in the campaign follows a woman who became a “juicer,” the company’s term for the independent contractors who roam cities recharging and repositioning its scooters, after a car accident kept her from returning to mor...
There are approximately 16 million retail positions across 11.4 billion square feet of commercial real estate in the U.S. While this may be fantastic news for the youth workforce who play an integral role in filling local retail openings, finding staffing isn’t so easy for retailers. It’s one of the biggest and most expensive business challenges they face, as retention becomes a long-game stra...
Today, WeWork’s parent company, The We Company, announced a new real estate acquisition and asset management platform called ARK. Canadian real estate investor Ivanhoé Cambridge, a subsidiary of institutional investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has agreed to invest $1 billion into the $2.9-billion fund that will be used to place ownership stakes in buildings.
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Hello Alfred, an app-based personal assistant service for apartment dwellers, announced today that it’s partnering with Greystar, the nation’s largest apartment operator, to provide its services to tenants. Hello Alfred is betting that its high-end service will appeal to Greystar’s high-income, time-starved renters.
Hello Alfred employs professionally train...
The latest edition of the Nareit REIT Report podcast explores the topic of real estate-targeted technology, commonly known as PropTech, with Blake Liggio, a partner in the law firm Goodwin’s Real Estate Industry Group.
PropTech has seen significant acceleration in recent years due to the growth of technologies targeting real estate and the increase in capital supporting those platforms, accor...