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  • These ingenious floors use 70% less concrete and 90% less steel

    FastCompany

    The most polluting part of a building is hiding underfoot. Floors account for more than 40% of most multi-story buildings’ total mass, and many of the surfaces that hold up office floors and apartments are made of concrete. They represent a significant chunk of the emissions caused by constructing and operating a building over its lifetime. With the production of concrete being responsible for an estimated 8% of global carbon emissions, lowly floors are a serious climate challenge….

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  • AnyDesk raises over €60m ($70m) in Series C round led by General Atlantic

    General Atlantic

    The funding comes as the company reaches nearly 500 million downloads and continues its rapid growth fueled by the rise of remote work. The company will look to expand its team and product offering to support continued momentum as its valuation reaches €600m ($650m).

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  • BentallGreenOak announces its commitment to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050 or sooner for its entire global real estate portfolio

    BentallGreenOak

    BentallGreenOak (“BGO”) today announced that it is joining the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, which commits the company to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by no later than 2050 for its entire commercial real estate investment portfolio. The firm’s historic track record for successfully reducing and offsetting carbon emissions in the built environment will be instrumental in setting an enhanced course on targets that recognize the need for radical disruption to address the urgent…

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  • Parting shot: Robot truck route

    Axios

    Driverless trucks are a daily sight in Bentonville, Ark., as they shuttle Walmart merchandise from a warehouse to a Neighborhood Market, Axios’ Joann Muller and Worth Sparkman report….

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  • A Young Architect Brings an Environmental Sensibility to a Family Firm

    New York Times

    There was a time, including when Martin Henn’s grandfather and father were at the peak of their careers, when many architects lived by a simple creed: bigger was better. But with a growing awareness of how that thinking contributes to the greenhouse gas emissions that are linked to climate change, a new vocabulary has sprouted in many firms: sustainability, circular economy, organic design.

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  • WATCH NOW! Building for Innovation: How Banks are Embracing CRETech

    CREtech

    The commercial real estate industry is engaged in a technology revolution that’s improving operations, streamlining processes, and creating a better experience for tenets. One of the industry’s most important partners, of course, are banks. So, how are banks embracing CREtech? Are they keeping up with this technology revolution? Join Bob Bardusch, COO at Valley Bank, Amrit Gill, Head of Partnerships at Built Technologies, Mitch Karren, Chief Product Officer at SmartRent, Kurt Breitenstein, Se…

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  • Acquisitions, IPOs, and the evolution of PropTech

    Medium

    Last week the Pi Labs team had the privilege of attending the UK’s first face-to-face CRETech event since the pandemic. It was great to catch up with some familiar faces, spending time with our existing founders, as well as meeting some of the new founders we’ve recently backed in person for the first time. Founders from the Pi Labs ecosystem gathered from all parts of the UK, elsewhere in Europe, as well as several from as far as Israel. The well-placed Pi Labs booth served as a hub for founder…

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  • The Newest 35,000-Square-Foot Amazon Fresh Store Signals Something Big . . . Really Big

    Forbes

    The opening of Amazon’s newest Amazon Fresh store in Westmont, Illinois last week did not garner near the fanfare that it deserved. The announcement is about as big as it gets in more ways than one. First, the store is approximately 35,000 square feet, and, second, it is also a full “Just Walk Out” experience, meaning customers can walk in, take whatever they want off the shelves, and just walk out, without ever having to stand in line again….

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  • Recognizing Early-Stage Value, Part 1

    CREtech

    Chirag Chotalia, Partner at Threshold, discusses the essential criteria he looks for when making a new investment.

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  • Korean proptech startup Rsquare raises $72M Series C to fuel its expansion

    TechCrunch

    The commercial real estate brokerage market in South Korea is fragmented, which makes finding a new office for tenants a challenge due to inaccurate listing information, high brokerage fees and complex paperwork. A Seoul-based proptech startup called Rsquare built a data-driven platform to digitize the process, enabling tenants to compare multiple properties and find an office….

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