JLL bolsters tech offerings with OpenSpace partnership

OpenSpace uses a 360-degree camera to capture jobsite images, with a state-of-the-art user interface that allows viewers to virtually walk the jobsite and see progress, comparing captures over time. The virtual experience introduces a new, elegant manner to document the jobsite and allows clients and project partners to minimize travel.

AI’s Nuanced Impact On The Workspace Will Be Bigger Than Covid In The Long Run

AI will change the way we use offices, and it will be the tool to help CRE understand those changes too. The shape of the post-pandemic office, adjusting to the contours of a more remote workforce and reopening pressures, is still in flux. For many in commercial real estate who embrace the potential of AI and automation to change the industry, these new technologies will help make sense out of some of the chaos.

Hudson Yards and Beyond: Creating Infrastructure to Support Innovation Trailer

Scott Evans, Chief Digital Officer at Related Companies discusses the innovation that went in to creating the first-of-it’s-class development, Hudson Yards, how Related is scaling these capabilities across all of their platforms, and what his technology roadmap looks like for a post-pandemic world.

Apartments are about to get smaller. That’s a good thing

Milan teams up with Vianova to enhance shared mobility system

A Year Into Remote Work, No One Knows When to Stop Working Anymore

The employment attorney in Fairfax, Va., said she has tried a range of techniques to set boundaries while working long days from home running her law practice during the pandemic. Few measures work as well as the 9:45 p.m. alarm she started setting last month, though she admits to snoozing it occasionally to fire out one last email.

Zigg Capital Raises $225 Million to Invest in Real-Estate Tech Market

Zigg Capital, a venture firm focused on real-estate technology, has raised a second fund that is more than twice the size of its previous fund, despite the challenges the sector has faced during the coronavirus pandemic.

Millionacres Spotlight: An Interview with Michael Beckerman

In this episode, Millionacres writer Jeff Piltch talks with Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech, about his firm’s new climate and sustainability platform along with why and how the real estate industry is such an important part of making a difference.

“There will be blood:” VTS’ Nick Romito on why landlords must embrace data

Watch the proptech CEO on tenant engagement, the office building’s future and more

Google promises better 3D maps

Google is announcing a handful of major updates to Google Maps today that range from bringing its Live View AR directions indoors to adding weather data to its maps, but the most tantalizing news — which in typical Google fashion doesn’t have an ETA just yet — is that Google plans to bring a vastly improved 3D layer to Google maps.