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Drones monitor construction progress. Robots probe the sewer system for insights into human health. Streetlights maximize street parking and report on air pollution.
These innovations are not taken from the storyline of a sci-fi series. They are real technologies in use in so-called “smart cities,” and they have the power to transform urban life in America.
“The 20th century city was r...
Morgan Munsey is a landlord in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a Brooklyn neighborhood with long-time, older residents that’s gotten an influx of young renters. Munsey houses both types of tenants in his townhouse properties — but for the younger crowd, he says, they’ve mostly forgone the traditional rent check and opted for a more tech-friendly method of payment.
Tenants like Lindsay Branham and And...
Ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is also disclosing his first venture capital investment.
The real estate industry requires a lot of money to challenge it: Startups like Opendoor — which buys houses from people and flips them — not only need investment to grow into more cities, but also serious lines of credit in order to purchase homes.
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Construction startup Katerra Inc. on Tuesday said it has added its second architectural firm in two weeks to help it reinvent the design and building industry.
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Reonomy has its sights set on Canada and Western Europe, after it secured $30 million in a new fundraising round.
The Series C funding round led by Sapphire Ventures brings the company’s total fundraising to $68.4 million, and comes just months after a $16 million Series B funding round. Existing investors Bain Capital Ventures and
What does it take to convince a corporate executive to surrender his or her corner office with a view? Evidence backed by data to support the argument that flexible and collaborative workspace is more efficient than traditionally closed offices. To design office spaces centered around an enjoyable work environment, having a deep understanding of how the staff makes use of that space is cruci...
In a major reorganization, the retail veterans who once decided what to sell on the site have lost out to the marketplace data scientists.
Amazon.com Inc. has long used robots to help humans move merchandise around its warehouses. Now automation is transforming Amazon’s white-collar workforce, too.
The people who command six-figure salaries to negotiate multimillion-dollar deals with m...
As the labor shortage worsens and productivity stagnates in construction, tech companies and construction firms are finding ways to improve job-site performance and productivity. Construction tech company PlanGrid unveiled several new products meant to improve construction productivity during its inaugural PlanGrid Construction Summit in San Francisco on Monday.
PlanGrid CEO and co-founder Trac...
Managed by Q, the office management platform based out of NYC, today announced its acquisition of NVS.
Founded by Jason Havens in 2011, NVS is an office space planning and project ma...
You won’t hear this often, but let’s talk about office buildings. They’re pretty awful. Most office buildings waste energy and productivity, use rooms and desks inefficiently and the air quality and the sedentary office lifestyle are often detrimental to employee health. But it doesn’t have to be like that.