Techstars Announces Maëlle Gavet as new CEO

Today, Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, announced that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Maëlle Gavet as Chief Executive Officer effective January 11, 2021. Outgoing CEO and co-founder David Brown will continue to serve on the board. Techstars also announced David Cohen, co-founder, will assume the new role of Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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LEX Lands $6M For Real Estate Securities From Investors Including Ric Clark And DeAndre Hopkins

The LEX marketplace lets both accredited and unaccredited investors obtain minority positions in commercial real estate properties through single-asset IPOs, according to the company. Investors can buy and sell shares of commercial real estate assets without lockups through LEX’s platform, which is powered by Nasdaq.

Hospitality Startup Sonder Beefs Up C-suite

Sonder, a VC-backed hospitality startup, is beefing up its C-suite as it looks to move past a volatile few months for the travel industry. The San Francisco-based company, which leases apartments and turns them into furnished, short-term rentals, said CFO Sanjay Banker, who joined in 2019, would add “president” to his title to help oversee the company’s growth, including a major expansion in Montreal, where the company has roots.

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The pandemic forced live events to go virtual. It may change access to entertainment forever.

Liz Locke wasn’t sure what to expect when she logged on to Twitter last April, cocktail in hand, for a virtual watch party of classic films. She was supposed to be attending the 2020 TCM Classic Film Festival, but when it was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced they would instead air previous festival programming on the TCM cable channel that weekend. Locke gamely followed the #TCMParty hashtag and chatted with fellow movie fans as she watched “Network,” “Casab…

Retail Carbon Footprints: Measuring Impacts from Real Estate and Technology

Over the last quarter of a century, no asset class in real estate has seen more transformation than the retail sector, due to advances in technology, innovations in the supply chain and ever-advancing changes in consumer behavior. Where once consumers flocked to suburban shopping malls and the brick-and-mortar stores of city streets, ecommerce – combined with next-day delivery capability – has completely altered how we purchase all forms of goods. Coinciding with this transformation, climate cha…

At The Epicenter: How Property Managers Are Weathering COVID’s Many Challenges

In the past year, everyone has become fluent in debates around wearing a mask, indoor exposure, ventilation and the infection risks of the coronavirus. But unlike many of their commercial real estate peers, property managers, especially those working residential properties, have found themselves on the front lines of this dangerous pandemic, which has radically changed their workplace, workloads, and health and financial prospects.

How To Know If a Building Has Good Ventilation

In October, students at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, held an intimate jazz concert at a bar downtown, with an audience of about 20 peers and faculty members — all of whom held digital passes indicating they’d recently tested negative for Covid-19. Two jazz ensembles performed, sometimes with masks and coverings for their instruments, and other times without.

CBRE Global Investors creates new EMEA Head of ESG role

Epsom brings more than 12 years of experience in the sustainability sector, most recently at WSP, where he specialised in sustainability strategy and reporting in his role as an Associate Director within the Sustainability Advisory Services arm of the business. As a Chartered Environmentalist and a Board Director for the Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS), he will bring a wealth of experience and industry connections to the firm. Epsom has supported a wide range of b…