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From CRE to VIP: Offer Tenant Deals & Discounts with Lane Perks!

Lane
7/6/2021

From fitness classes to social events, there are many ways to delight tenants at your properties. But as companies turn to remote and hybrid working models, it can be hard to reach them in the first place! Enter Lane Perks, a web and mobile solution that puts savings at your tenants’ fingertips. With Lane Perks, you can reach your tenants whether they’re in the office or not — and make them feel like the VIPs they truly are. Don’t believe us? Take a look at the following 9 reasons to see w…

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Yes, the office is back. It just might never be the same.

The Washington Post
7/6/2021

LOS ANGELES — Just past the ping-pong table, in front of the kombucha tap and around the fully stocked snack bar, an executive bounds over to a couple of people who have just stepped foot in an office for the first time in more than a year. Handshakes are back from the dead, against all odds. Hugging too. And small talk, about the weather — is humidity good for curls? — or the snacks — is blue or yellow Gatorade better? — is thriving. …

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Real Estate Shows Tech Is No Holy Grail

The Wall Street Journal
7/6/2021

Everyone wants to be a tech company. Office-sharing, meat substitution, ride-hailing, fashion styling, fitness—they are all technology businesses, according to founders who covet the highflying valuations the appellation can garner in the public markets.

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Companies Cutting Office Space Predict Long-Term Savings

The Wall Street Journal
7/6/2021

Companies expect to reap millions of dollars in savings in the years ahead as they scale back on office space after the coronavirus pandemic emptied workplaces around the country. However, some are paying in the short term for their decision to downsize.

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No Soil. No Growing Seasons. Just Add Water and Technology.

The New York Times
7/6/2021

MOREHEAD, Ky. — In this pretty town on the edge of coal country, a high-tech greenhouse so large it could cover 50 football fields glows with the pinks and yellows of 30,600 LED and high-pressure sodium lights.

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Inside the Autodesk labs testing the future of construction, from drones to holograms

Fast Company
7/6/2021

When renovation work began on a century-old YMCA building in Beverly, Massachusetts, a laser scan of the building revealed a unique challenge: nearly every ceiling in the building was slightly uneven. Reframing the walls of the building would require hundreds of different sized studs. Building them on site would be a complicated nightmare.

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Finding the right mix to make hybrid offices work

Axios
7/6/2021

The overwhelming majority of workers and employers want hybrid work with some days in the office and some days away, or even some workers permanently in person and others always remote. But, done imperfectly, such a system could create a two-class system between those in the office and those out of it….

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Arthur Online, part of Aareon Group, acquires TILT Property Software

Lerner Associates
7/6/2021

Tilt was one of the first PropTechs providing property management software in the British market. With its three different platforms – Origin, Elevate and Affinity – Tilt offers a comprehensive web-based software package for property management. Tilt’s customers are small and medium-sized property managers, real estate agents and social-housing companies.

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Work at Home or the Office? Either Way, There’s a Start-Up for That.

The New York Times
7/6/2021

SAN FRANCISCO — Before the pandemic, Envoy, a start-up in San Francisco, sold visitor registration software for the office. Its system signed in guests and tracked who was coming into the building. When Covid-19 hit and forced people to work from home, Envoy adapted. It began tracking employees instead of just visitors, with a screening system that asked workers about potential Covid symptoms and exposures. Now as companies begin reopening offices and promoting more flexibility for employees, …

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WATCH NOW! Turning Data into Strategy, Part 2

CREtech+
7/6/2021

Revathi Greenwood, Global Head of Data and Insights at Cushman & Wakefield discusses change management, the importance of identifying your problem and success indicators prior to applying a new solution, and what Cushman & Wakefield is looking for in technology solutions.

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