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WeWork Cos. is increasingly stepping on the turf of landlords and real estate brokers -- and the industry is starting to push back.
The office-sharing giant, valued at as much as $42 billion, is getting a greater portion of its business from the large companies that property owners usually court. It’s also buil...
Executive Summary: November 2018 · Venture Capital Investment in Real Estate Tech
In November 2018, venture capital investments in property tech companies plunged in activity but skyrocketed in dollar volume. According to RE:Tech data, in November 2018, worldwide deal volume totals decreased far below October levels. This would make November...
Increasing appetite for CRE technology coupled with significant capital raises continued to fuel the momentum of CRE Tech industry in 2018. Many positive signals seen in the real estate tech space this past year validate the growing confidence in the sector’s digital transformation. Check out the roundup of some of the most exciting headlines that made news in the CRE tech sector in 2018.
As alternative forms of transportation like ride-sharing and autonomous vehicles gather steam, experts say adjacent industries like commercial and residential parking are safe, at least for now.
According to Andrea Cross, Americas head of office research for CBRE, even in the face of technology and market disruptors like Uber and Lyft, demand for office tenant parking in particular will remain ...
As 2018 draws to a close, new innovations, new ideas and new designs have all played their part in keeping the real estate industry on its toes throughout the year.
Existing mega-trends of urbanization, proptech and sustainability continue to shape the built environment – and have given rise to a growing number of sub-trends in terms of how we build, how we live and how we wo...
The story of once-hyped augmented reality (AR) startup Blippar has come to an end. The London-based company announced yesterday that it had started insolvency procedures, a process that means all employees will be let go and, likely, services terminated.
Back in September, Blippar
When it comes to shift workers communicating with each other in the workplace when they are not face-to-face, gone are the days of cork announcement boards. Now, the messaging app is the medium, and today one of the startups tackling that opportunity in a unique way has raised a round of funding to get to the next stage of growth.
A key way to save on costs when it comes to data centers is saving on power, so those who are building and running data centers are constantly thinking of ways to improve efficiency — most notably in cooling, which tends to be the biggest power draw.
The challenge is either to find new and better ways to cool centers or advances in server equipment that allow them to run at higher temperatur...
As WeWork continues to shape the face of office leasing, its recent push into real estate investment is prompting a rebuke from landlords and other industry insiders.
“A lot of people originally thought of the shared office-space providers as bringing tenants,” Tony Malkin, CEO of Empire State Realty Trust, told Bloomberg. “But I think now we’ve seen — particularly with WeWork and oth...