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  • Pandemic-driven boom in e-commerce helps Huboo’s warehousing platform close $81M

    TechCrunch

    Many e-commerce businesses run their entire order fulfillment process in-house because outsourcing it can be expensive. But the COVID-19 pandemic has supercharged many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as consumers switched to home deliveries and “digitized” their lifestyles to a far greater extent. It means this surge in e-commerce sales is subsequently leading to a boom in warehousing and shipping.

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  • Opendoor amasses $9B in borrowing capacity

    TheRealDeal

    Opendoor is trying to outgrow its competition in the iBuying wars, amassing billions in new borrowing capacity to purchase more homes. The company recently arranged an amended mezzanine debt facility with a $3 billion limit, Bloomberg reported, that combined with other transactions, has increased its borrowing capacity to $9 billion.

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  • You’ve built it. Now will they come? Inside construction tech’s struggle

    The Real Deal

    Success in the rapidly expanding field of construction technology appears to hinge on dreaming big. Just not too big. For Social Construct, a San Francisco-based startup attempting to revolutionize how multifamily buildings are planned and built, success would also depend on dreaming at the right time. The company was finishing its first ground-up project in Oakland in the spring of 2020 when construction sites across the country went dormant with the onset of the pandemic….

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  • Boston Mayor Signs Law Requiring All Buildings Over 20K SF To Be Net Zero Within 30 Years

    Bisnow

    Boston has expanded its sustainability regulations targeting commercial properties, with a new law requiring buildings 20K SF or larger to eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Boston acting Mayor Kim Janey signed the updated Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance Tuesday, after more than a year of policy discussions and with backing from city officials and community stakeholders. The mandate, known as BERDO 2.0, requires property owners to report building emissions a…

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  • Cosan invests in the Fifth Wall Climate Tech Fund

    Cosan

    Cosan (B3:CSAN3; NYSE:CSAN), one of Brazil’s largest business groups with investments in energy and logistics, takes another important step toward its goal of contributing to initiatives that promote the decarbonization of the global economy. Today, the company announced its investment in Fifth Wall’s Climate Tech Fund.

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  • Renowned Northwestern Business Programs Partner to Offer Undergraduate Real Estate Curriculum, Fellowships

    Kellogg

    Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management will expand the reach of its real estate program to include Northwestern undergraduate students beginning in fall 2022. In collaboration with Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Kellogg will create new courses and professional development opportunities – including a fellowship program – designed to shape sophisticated real estate professionals with strong analytical skills and broad perspectives on macro and urban economics…

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  • A VC’s Approach to Staying Nimble and Achieving Scale, Part 3

    CREtech

    Travis Putnam of Navitas Capital addresses the technology that is laying the foundation for the next wave of innovation in the built world and why he can’t see himself in any other career outside of investing.

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  • Who wins, who loses from the boom in climate prediction startups?

    Trust

    After Hunter Connell’s California hometown of Santa Rosa was partially incinerated in a 2017 wildfire, she vowed to find a way to predict – and ideally prevent – similar climate change-linked disasters.

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  • Knotel owner ‘bullish’ as it scoops up French flex office operator

    Placetech

    Months after buying Knotel, Newmark has acquired a majority stake in Paris-based serviced office provider Deskeo in a deal CEO Barry Gosin called a “testament” to Newmark’s bullishness on the future of flexible offices.

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  • This Months-Old Startup Attracts Major Landlord Investors From Blackstone to Starwood

    CoStar

    Years after the airline, hotel and retail industries began using loyalty programs to attract and keep customers, major U.S. commercial real estate landlords are now catching up to the idea of adopting their own version as a tenant amenity. Blackstone Group, AvalonBay Communities, Equity Residential, The Moinian Group and Starwood Capital Group have joined firms including Wells Fargo and Mastercard to be part of a $60 million funding round for Bilt Rewards, a more than 3-month-old startup bill…

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