Qualcomm-backed AiFi To Deploy $14.5M In Autonomous Stores

AiFi, a San Francisco-based startup that develops autonomous retail technologies, raised $14.5 million to significantly expand the number of stores that use its technology.

Luxury Fitness Company Equinox On Why Omnichannel Fitness Is The Future, Its Foray To Hotels, & More

In episode 36, Brendan catches up with Harvey Spevak, Executive Chairman & Partner at luxury fitness company Equinox. Harvey shares the company’s integrated approach to fitness and wellness, why it believes that the future of fitness is omnichannel, and even touches on the company’s acquisition of SoulCycle. He also shares the company’s real estate strategy, how it approaches the branding of wellness and fitness in physical spaces, and its expansion to hotels, spas, virtual classes, …

Microsoft unlocks the full potential of the smart building ecosystem

It is impossible to understate the profound impacts the events of 2020 have had on the real estate industry. Buildings of all kinds, from commercial offices to retail, hospitals, manufacturing plants, and more, remain in need of transformative solutions that will enable employees to return to work safely. In times of crisis, it is innovation that transforms challenges into opportunities.

Clear Health Pass App Provides Covid Screenings for Office Workers

The Health Pass app, developed by biometric company Clear, links personal health data to verified IDs in order to screen workers for Covid-19, the New York Post reported. The NHL used the app to test players and employees during its playoffs in Toronto.

CoreLogic Entertaining Suitors, Including CRE Data Giant CoStar

A number of investors, including commercial real estate data giant CoStar Group and a separate consortium of private equity firms, are in talks with CoreLogic to acquire that company in a deal that would value it at $80/share or more, Bloomberg reports. …

WeWork’s New CEO Is Eyeing an IPO Again – After He Turns Profit

WeWork is on track to turn profitable in 2021 and will then revisit plans for an initial public offering, Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Mathrani said, a year after the startup’s IPO fiasco prompted the ouster of his predecessor.

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HqO Wins Prestigious Award in Commercial Real Estate Tech

HqO, the end-to-end operating system for commercial office buildings, is pleased to announce that they are a Seventh Annual Real Estate Tech Awards (#RETAS) winner in the Office category, presented by CREtech (cretech.com), the largest event, data, and content platform in the commercial real estate tech industry….

Artificial Intelligence Is Used To Understand The Geospatial World To Improve Business And Governmental Performance

Recently, there was brief news about Microsoft Flight Simulator and a tower more than 200 stories tall – created by a typo. As funny as that was, it missed the larger picture. Google Earth started a trend that has continued, and the virtualization of the world has proceeded at a rapid pace. It is now to the point where real business benefit is being gained by such work, supporting the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to even more problems….

Delinquent Mall Owners Face Foreclosure

More lenders are starting to deliver a stern new message to delinquent mall owners: time to pay up. During the early months of the pandemic, lenders were willing to allow rent deferrals and offer other concessions to retail property owners. Retail cash flow would return once the initial lockdown period passed, lenders figured….