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TODAY AT 12 PM EST: Virtual Demo Day

Tune in to our live Virtual Demo Day on Tuesday, July 13 to experience demos from the most innovative tech companies in commercial real estate. Virtual Demo Day is the best way to discover startups that you need to know about without leaving your desk. Plus, it’s FREE!

Performance Metric Solution Aims for Transparency Between Lenders, Owners, and Retail Tenants.

Whether you own or manage commercial properties—or work with investors looking for healthy returns—you understand the need for an open, transparent relationship with tenants. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, going back more than 25 years, shows that only about 45–50 percent of private-sector businesses survive their first five years of operation, regardless of the economy. Business closures and changing consumer behavior during the pandemic magnified the need for owners to understa…

The smart glasses revolution is about to get real

After more than a year in which I’ve striven to maintain an invisible 12-foot dome as I approach other mask-weary faces, I am experiencing a different alternate reality in a nondescript conference room in a hotel a block away from Central Park. At one point, a gigantic robotic arm reaches behind its base to fetch objects that include a medical model of the human body and the International Space Station. Later, a near-life-size concept car fills the room. In both cases, my brain obeys my duped ey…

JLL And Starwood VC Divisions Back Overhauled Hybrid Work Platform

Investors including JLL and a venture capital firm backed by Starwoodhave provided funding to a flexible office leasing platform that has overhauled its business model to try and provide hybrid work solutions for companies. JLL Spark, Starwood-backed Concrete VC and proptech investor Pi Labs provided a £2M convertible loan note to London-based Hubble to help fund the transformation….

SVN partners with Walton Global on build-to-rent venture

SVN | SFR Capital Management and Walton Global Holdings USA are charging head first into the single family rental space.

£120m Causeway investment sets UK record

Rothschild & Co has invested £120m in construction tech company Causeway in what is believed to be the largest private equity investment in a British tech firm working in property or construction.

Co-living gets a psychology-based SaaS platform

Coly Technologies has launched a SaaS management platform for co-living operators, betting on a ‘community psychology’ approach to set itself apart. The brainchild of Swedish co-living operator Colive, Coly features an app for tenants, application software for prospective tenants and a management dashboard for operators.

Does Big Tech Make Good Neighbors?

Digital life reaches far beyond our screens into the real world. That means we must figure out how to live with the impacts of technology in our backyards.

Aging Office Parks: The Next Generation of Multifamily Housing?

Several converging trends are contributing to an increase in the number of real estate developers transforming older office parks into competitive mixed-use properties, introducing multifamily housing to create communities that offer an appealing live-work environment.