Tech Enables Smarter—and More Profitable—Class B Multifamily Operations

Typically, when CRE firms discuss their plans in various sectors, the directions are polar. Either the focus is on Class-A projects or distressed-type properties. But market segmentation often overlooks the great middle.

Look inside L.A.’s new steel container apartments for the homeless

From the outside, the Hope on Alvarado apartments look pretty much like any new development. The building northwest of downtown is five stories high, its floor-to-ceiling windows and steel exterior giving it a modern-industrial feel.

M&A will define proptech landscape in 2022: MetaProp survey

Coming off a period defined by hyped public-market debuts through IPOs and SPAC mergers — many of which disappointed as equity markets soured — investors expect M&A activity to dominate the proptech landscape, according to a survey released this week by venture firm MetaProp.

UDR, Essex, Tech Execs Discuss How Self-Leasing is Transforming Multifamily

Nova Credit and SafeRent Solutions Partner to Increase Housing Opportunities for Immigrants

NEW YORK, March 22, 2022 — Nova Credit, the fintech unlocking opportunities for those historically excluded from the credit system and companies looking to serve them, and SafeRent Solutions, an innovator in resident screening and renters insurance solutions, today announced a strategic partnership that will make it fast and easy for property managers to run credit checks on newcomer populations….

Investing in Flock

Being a landlord sounds like a terrific thing, and it has been a powerful path to wealth creation for so many people for centuries. But there are two problems.

1 big thing: Your office, forever changed

This graphic, similar to some confidential polling we’ve seen, sends an unmistakable message — one many bosses don’t want to hear: Never again will most office workers spend five-day, 40-hour weeks in physical buildings, jammed with humans.

Skyline scores $6.5M to wash windows with robot arms

I would put window washing fairly high (so to speak) on the list of jobs it makes sense to automate. Certainly the gig qualifies as both dirty and dangerous — and surprisingly, doesn’t come with all that much in the way of hazard pay. That’s something you would think might come standard with a job that requires you to dangle hundreds of feet in the air.

Redfin Launches Rental Search Platform Powered by RentPath

The Seattle-based company’s newest search feature is powered by listings from RentPath, which it acquired for $608 million in cash in April 2021. Under the acquisition, ​​Redfin gained control of RentPath’s subsidiaries, including Apartment Guide, Rentals.com and Rent.com.

Bridgit’s New Module Tracks Individual Construction Labor Costs

Canadian construction workforce intelligence vendor Bridgit recently added a new module it claims lets general contractors make better labor allocation and gain economic efficiency. The new offering, called Bench Cost Tracking, can “help general contractors tie a dollar value to people who are sitting on the bench or are underutilized, and make data-driven decisions about how to properly allocate staff.”