NYC to host climate solutions center on Governors Island

UPDATED, Sept. 21, 2020: The Trust for Governors Island last week unveiled its plans for the development of a climate change solutions center on the island that could create 8,000 new jobs and $1 billion in economic impact for the city.

WeWork CEO talks about the co-working company’s latest new tenants: College students

A little more than a year ago, WeWork’s parent company, The We Company, filed to take the co-working company public. But a lot has happened in the past 12 months. This time last year, WeWork was busy trying to defuse investor concerns over its corporate governance structure. Its CEO stepped down, it postponed its IPO and received a bailout from Japanese conglomerate SoftBank. …

Why Airbnb Launched a Data-Sharing Tool for Cities

When startups go public, a big part of the process is opening up their books and being more transparent about their business model. With global short-term rental giant Airbnb moving towards its own IPO, the company has introduced a new product that seeks to address recent safety concerns and answer the data-sharing requests that critics have long claimed make the company a less-than-perfect partner for local leaders. …

VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE: Putting the Pieces Together, A Fully-Connected Multifamily Community

IOTAS, premier provider of cutting edge integrated Smart Apartment Technology solutions, teams up with leaders in connectivity, access control, management, and other property technologies to explore options available for today’s multifamily and mixed-use assets, and how to pull the pieces together to create optimal experiences for residents and management teams alike.

Fly on the Wall: Ari Mir, Clutter + Brendan Wallace, Fifth Wall

In episode 27 of Fly on the Wall, Brendan sits down with Ari Mir, CEO & Co-Founder of portfolio company Clutter. The two discuss Clutter’s door-to-door self-storage platform, how technology-enabled warehouses have impacted the industry, and the software Clutter developed to organize its facilities. They also discuss trends the company is seeing as a result of COVID-19, including migrations out of Manhattan and San Francisco. Finally, Ari shares his vision for the future of storage, which inv…

ICD Brookfield Place Selects Facilio to Deliver on a Connected & Sustainable Built Environment

The Reimagining Real Estate Sustainability Summit – Last chance to register FREE

With just one week to go to the CREtech Sustainability Summit, we wanted to share the full agenda with you so you can start planning your schedule. The conference is entirely virtual so you can pop in and out during the sessions that are important to you and multitask with the conversations playing in the background….

CREtech Consulting Report: Reimagining Cities and the Entire Built World

CREtech is proud to introduce our new monthly content series focused on our Global Innovation Consulting Practice. Each month we will take a deep dive on an important trend in the world of real estate technology and innovation. These themes, which are carefully selected by our world-class team of Consultants and Advisors, will then be released to our community through a series of insightful webinars, blogs and market research. CREtech Consulting Talks: Reimagining Cities and the Entire Built Wo…

Brookfield Properties Lays Off 20 percent of Retail Employees

Brookfield Properties, one of the largest mall owners in the country, plans to lay off 20 percent of its retail staff, according to a report by CNBC.

Proptech Firm Truss To Be Absorbed Into Avison Young

A proptech startup that provides an online leasing marketplace for office tenants has joined one of the major brokerage firms. Avison Young announced Tuesday it acquired the intellectual property and other select assets of Truss, a Chicago-based proptech company founded in 2016.