Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Bizjournals
LAB Ventures, a Miami-based startup studio and venture capital firm that invests in technology startups that disrupt the real estate market, will launch a rolling investment fund next month.
Bisnow
Typically, the tedious task of researching and writing a credit memo for a loan can take days. Jeff Saul promises he can do the burdensome task in 10% of the time, cutting more than 50 hours of tedious, manual data entry from someone’s job. Saul himself isn’t a savant; Nativ, a new commercial real estate software platform he co-founded that utilizes artificial intelligence and automation, reportedly can reduce that workload to just a few hours. For Saul, that’s just the beginning. He believes Na…
Wall Street Journal
A surge in online grocery shopping is intensifying demand for food-storage warehouses, sparking billions of dollars in new real-estate development. Shopping for groceries online was taking off even before the pandemic. Services like Amazon Fresh, FreshDirect and Misfits Market offered a convenient alternative to the supermarket. Demand soared when people started worrying that they could catch Covid-19 on a trip to the store….
The Real Deal
World’s first NFT “digital house” sells for over $500K. Krista Kim’s “Mars House,” a non-fungible token of a virtual home, sold for Ethereum
CREtech+
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Bisnow
Coworking company WeWork announced Friday that it is finally expected to become a public company in a Starwood Capital-backed special-purpose acquisition company deal that will see it initially valued at about $9B….
Property Week
A/O PropTech has raised a €250m evergreen fund to invest in tech companies transforming European real estate and Greg Dewerpe, its founder, is joined by Cem Savas, who heads up one its portfolio firms, Plentific, known for disrupting asset management across the housing association sector.
AXIOS
At first, it was just the Silicon Valley tech giants embracing remote work forever. Now, firms in other industries are jumping on board. Driving the news: The Ford Motor Company is offering permanent telework as an option to all of its white-collar workers who are able to complete the tasks of their jobs remotely. That’s about 30,000 of its 186,000 employees, per CBS….
Business Wire
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Modiv Acquisition Corp. (“MAC SPAC”) today announced the launch of its initial public offering of 10,000,000 Units. MAC SPAC has applied to have its Units approved for listing on the NYSE American under the symbol “MACS.U.” Each Unit will consist of one share of MAC SPAC’s common stock and one redeemable warrant to purchase one-half share of common stock.
Bizjournals
Pop-up hotel and hospitality operator WhyHotel Inc. is official launching in two more locations — but plans to expand dramatically in 2021, its CEO says. … While the spread of Covid-19 wrought havoc among the hospitality industry, WhyHotel’s pop-ups maintained 85% occupancy during the pandemic, he stressed.
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