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PlaceTech.
The UK Green Building Council has published ‘Building the case for net zero: A feasibility study into the design, delivery and cost of new net zero carbon buildings’. Research by JLL showed that more sustainable buildings can have increased rental value of 6% to 11% and lower void periods.
Property Forum
Over 80% of industrial occupiers are asking about sustainable warehouse solutions and 60% of them would like their facilities to be green-certified, reveals Cushman & Wakefield in its Industrial Goes Green report on sustainability in the industrial sector.
Fifth Wall
In episode 26 of Fly on the Wall, Brendan connects with Chris Marquis, a professor at Cornell’s SC Johnson College of Business. The two discuss the ideas behind the B Corporation movement, how it has evolved since Chris began his work in 2007, and why much of the real estate industry has not yet caught on to the idea of stakeholder capitalism. They also delve into sustainability, covering the direct correlation and trade-off between economic growth and pollution, and the importance of measuremen…
Technical.ly
How does a founder and company leader go about telling their employees they’ve been acquired in the middle of a pandemic? Well, you pick up the phone, of course, if you’re Felicite Moorman, CEO of STRATIS IoT, which was recently acquired by Texas-based real estate software company RealPage….
Estates Gazette
When he does talk, he talks at length. Always slow, always considered and always with exceptional candour. It is an oratory style well placed to recount one of the most influential creative success stories in British history.
Bisnow
The use of autonomous vehicles for last-mile delivery services has the potential to transform U.S. consumer shopping behavior and generate as much as $4.1 trillion in value by 2035, according to a new economic impact study from global consultancy Steer Group.
Commercial Observer
The fourth-tallest building in the United States north of New York City is going up on the site of what until 2018 was the largest municipally owned parking garage in Boston. New York-based developer Millennium Partners is building a 691-foot, 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use tower in the garage’s place.
The Real Deal
Short-term office company Regus put half a dozen of its New York City workcenters into bankruptcy as the company seeks Chapter 11 protection for upwards of 100 locations across the country.
Forbes
B8ta cofounder Phillip Raub spent the last five years seeking to reinvent retail stores, opening retail-as-a-service, data-driven showrooms for online brands. Now he wants to disrupt the furniture industry.
The Propcast
In this episode we talk to Mike Sroka of Dealpath and John Fitzpatrick of Blackstone about deals and investments within PropTech.
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