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Two years ago, I started investing in multi-family real estate in my free time. As I invested in properties, I discovered that every deal required piles of paperwork, arbitrarily large transaction costs, and unexpected delays. Since my expertise is in tech investing, I decided to investigate whether tech-enabled solutions could solve the pain points that I experienced first-hand when dabbling in r...
Advances in AI applications are already causing revolutionary changes in the commercial real estate field, and we’ll continue to see a shift in the way real estate professionals do business in the years to come. With PropTech start-ups increasingly offering technologically innovative products and business strategies for the real estate market, Insta...
Long past its start as a trendy, niche form of office space for small users, coworking is now infiltrating seemingly every other asset class in commercial real estate.
Flexible work and office spaces are becoming a popular way for hotels to revitalize and even monetize their lobbies, according to a new report from JLL. The ways in which hotels integrate the service vary wildly, from free d...
Given our background as both real estate and venture capital investors, the topic of real estate tokenization is almost unavoidable. As one of the hottest (and most controversial) trends in PropTech today, we are constantly asked for our thoughts and viewpoints on the space. We conducted a “deep dive” and were excited to meet with talented and ambitious entrepreneurs going after a massive mark...
We launched People in Places last December to explore how businesses with physical locations are leveraging new technologies, tactics, and perspectives to improve visitor experiences.
We’ve been fortunate enough to sit down with thought-leaders across industries to discuss everything from using AI to create personalized v...
Alphabet Inc.'s smart city subsidiary released details of its most high-profile project yet, and they have raised eyebrows.
Sidewalk Labs, part of Google's parent company, was awarded development rights for a 12-acre parcel on Toronto's Eastern Waterfront in 2017 and publicized its plans on Feb. 19 after the Toronto Star leaked the details a week prior, Fast Company reports. The project, t...
The brains behind a conceptual, planned community in Colorado is imagining a city where cars aren’t allowed, bikes are free and 50,000 people live within a square mile.
Blogger Pete Adeney and Amsterdam-based property development agency, B4place, say that if their conceptual “Cyclocroft” community between Longmont and Boulder were to be built, they would start from scratch to avoid “ant...
Zillow Group is doubling down on its home buying and selling business with lofty projections of annual revenue of $20 billion within five years, a surprising move that will lead the 15-year-old Seattle real estate giant down an entirely new path as a company.
The company will pin its future on Zillow Offers, a program launched last year that lets potential sellers request offers directly from Z...
CommonGrounds, a network of coworking spaces built for creative entrepreneurs, startups and companies, recently opened a new coworking campus in Denver, Colorado. The space was built and designed by architectural firm Woods Bagot.
As London’s tech sector continues to grow both in size and prominence, it’s increasingly rivalling the capital’s long established financial services sector when it comes to employing top talent and leasing quality office space.
Such is the rise of the sector, the total numbers employed in tech is predicted to outstrip those working in the UK capital’s banking and financial services, ove...