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CRETech May 09, 2019
Welcome to the kickoff episode of the Goodwin Proptech Series, where Minta Kay & Salil Gandhi, co-chairs of Goodwin’s PropTech practice, discuss how the coming technology wave will impact real estate.
CRETech May 09, 2019
Shadow Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing in startups in the underserved AEC and CRE tech markets, announced that former BuiltWorlds’ leader Nick Durham has joined the company as senior associate, expanding the company’s presence in Chicago. Durham has more than eight years of experience working with startups in the built environment.
CRETech May 09, 2019
WeWork's upcoming IPO will prove whether SoftBank was right to pour billions of dollars into a coworking startup with sky-high ambitions, but SoftBank won't be alone. The We Company, WeWork's new parent, has officially filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, although further details remain scarce. Just how much interest it will garner, and at what price, is t...
CRETech May 09, 2019
In the niche between Airbnb Inc.’s home rentals and traditional hotel rooms, a new breed of startup is offering a hybrid option aiming to merge the best of both worlds. Companies like Domio, Lyric and Sonder lease a number of floors in commercial or residential buildings, stock them with comfy furnishings, then rent them out for short-term stays.
CRETech May 09, 2019
When evaluating PropTech, landlords tend to compartmentalize solutions based on different business units. This can be useful, but segmentation makes it difficult to understand how improvements in different departments work together to drive NOI, compress cap rates, and minimize risk. In this video, Taylor Odegard, CIO and Co-founder of NavigatorCRE
CRETech May 08, 2019
Shiva Rajaraman, The We Company chief technology officer, discusses WeWork's business model, international expansion and explains how the company creates an on-demand workspace. He speaks with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."
CRETech May 08, 2019
The real-estate technology firm VTS raised $90 million in its latest funding round, one of the largest venture investments ever in the commercial property market. The funding was led by two of the world’s biggest landlords, Brookfield Asset Managementand industrial property owner GLP, and values VTS at $1 billion, according to people familiar with the...
CRETech May 08, 2019

Brooklyn-based 475 High Performance Building Supply has had some successes since its 2012 founding, most notably its role in helping build North America's first high-rise "passive house." The company supplied the gaskets, membranes and seals—and expertise in their application—that made Cornell Tech's 26-story residential tower on Roosevelt Island virtually airtight an...

CRETech May 08, 2019
Last week co-living company Common opened its 27th residence and its 10th in Brooklyn in a landmarked Clinton Hill townhouse. A grand brick and limestone Colonial Revival built in 1909 by well-known Brooklyn architect John J. Petit, 417 Grand Avenue fell on hard times and was the 
CRETech May 08, 2019

In today’s on-demand digital world, buying and selling a home remains stubbornly, painfully analog. Most sales still begin with a real estate agent (and a 6 percent commission). Most still end in an office, with the two sides signing page after page of legalese.

Silicon Valley wants to change that. Tech companies have begun to ...