Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
AXIOS
A company called Staxxon in Montclair, New Jersey, is planning to sell a newfangled shipping container that’s “designed to fold in an accordion-style fashion, and shrink to 1/5 the size of a regular container.”
Cushman & Wakefield
CHICAGO – Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a leading global real estate services firm, announced Sal Companieh has been promoted to Chief Digital & Information Officer, effective immediately. As Chief Digital & Information Officer, Companieh will report to Cushman & Wakefield’s Chief Financial Officer Neil Johnston and will provide solutions that improve operations, enhance client service and drive new business. She will continue to be based in Boston….
Smart Cities World
Device Authority, a provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions for the IoT, and Crossroads Innovation Group (XIG), a consulting firm dedicated to emerging technologies, have announced their inclusion in a critical IoT security standards project.
CREtech+
Alex Shtarkman, Vice President of Revolution Ventures, discusses the value of a hands-on investor, and how technology is transforming the hospitality and multi-family sectors.
Princeton Identity
Return to office dates have been pushed back so many times we’ve lost count, but it seems like this spring will finally be the real deal. During the past two years, commercial property managers have had an opportunity to rethink and execute infrastructure upgrades, many of which evolved in response to COVID. In addition to tackling traditional physical security and health-safety concerns, building managers recognized that they must also address returning workers’ strong preferences to in…
Bisnow
In a continued look to the intersection of technology and real estate, JLL announced two new tools aimed at putting real-time property valuation information in the hands of its clients….
The Real Deal
Compass, the residential brokerage that tops all others by closed sales, pumped the brakes on equity compensation for employees after its stock price plunged almost 70 percent since it went public a year ago.
The Real Deal
Compass agents who invested in the brokerage ahead of its hotly anticipated IPO a year ago can lament the 70 percent plunge in its stock price since then. CEO and co-founder Robert Reffkin has a lot more at stake.
The Real Deal
Diminished investor interest knocked a homebuying startup down a peg, scrambling plans to go public and setting off a massive round of layoffs.
Straits Times
Shareholders approved the merger of PropertyGuru and blank-cheque company Bridgetown 2 Holdings, paving the way for the online real estate marketplace to start trading in New York even as investor interest towards such deals wanes.
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