Warren Buffett to Offer a New Spin on Modular Construction

MiTek Inc., a Missouri-based construction-technology company, is launching a new modular building venture with New York City-based architect Danny Forster & Architecture. The company plans to build entire rooms for hotels and apartment buildings in factories, and then send them to a construction site to be stacked on top of each other.

Sidewalk Labs launches Pebble, a sensor that uses real-time data to manage city parking

Sidewalk Labs, Alphabet’s urban innovation organization, has announced the launch of Pebble, a vehicle sensor that’s designed to help manage parking in cities by providing real-time parking and curb availability data.

How Salesforce, Spotify, and Okta are redesigning their offices after COVID-19

IWG Replacing Spaces With Luxury-Minded New Brand At Star Metals District

Swiss giant IWG plc — the parent company of Regus and the Spaces coworking brand — is pivoting the planned 56K SF Spaces location at the Star Metals District office building into its second domestic Signature by Regus product….

King’s Cross plugs into Equiem

King’s Cross has picked Equiem to deliver an occupier and customer engagement platform for residents, workers and visitors. The platform, accessible via desktop or as a smartphone app, will bring all the estate’s services and amenities into one place with different, personalised services for each customer group. Users can access information and support for their building and explore products and services from onsite retailers.

CREtech New York Returns in 2021 with Flagship In-Person Conference Debut at Pier 36

The world’s most important real estate tech networking event is back live in New York this Oct. 13-14 New York, NY (May 18, 2021) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced that they are returning to live, in-person events beginning with their flagship New York City Conference to be held on October 13th and 14th at Pier 36 in Manhattan. After over a year of virtual conferences, CREtech is thrilled …

5 Questions With Michael Beckerman

With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating proptech in the multifamily industry, Waterton CEO and chairman David Schwartz, and Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech, will discuss disruption in a fireside chat kicking off Multifamily Executive’s two-day proptech virtual event, May 25 and 26.

Siemens accelerates digital marketplace strategy with acquisition of Supplyframe

Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire Supplyframe, a leading Design-to-Source platform for the global electronics value chain, for USD 0.7 billion. The transaction unlocks significant value for customers of Supplyframe and Siemens, providing seamless and quick access to both Siemens’ offerings and Supplyframe’s marketplace intelligence. This will help customers to reduce costs, increase agility and make highly informed decisions. The acquisition also strengthens the Siemens portfolio throug…

The AI-Powered ‘Secret Sauce’ Fueling Oxford Properties Group’s New Investments

One of North America’s largest pension-backed real estate companies has been privately developing artificial intelligence that quantifies the value of a property down to every tree, blade of grass and speck of dirt, in an effort to drive smarter investment decisions.

ESG & Sustainability Software: 2021 Benchmark & Investment Recommendations

During 2021, large firms – both listed and private – will come under increasing pressure to disclose investment grade ESG data to financial investors, regulators and lenders. But few firms have the ESG management committee and data governance in place to make this happen let alone the software systems. Reliance on out-dated software applications designed to facilitate voluntary sustainability disclosures will not meet the new ESG disclosure requirements. This webinar will provide ESG and sustai…