It’s Time to Open New York’s Offices

New York has gone from the epicenter of the pandemic to the model for a responsible reopening in two short months. The parks seem full, the streets have more life, but it’s an illusion. The reality is: New York’s offices remain empty.

Disrupt a Broken Industry – The Industrial Construction Sandbox presented by Shadow Ventures

Incremental innovations to the current built environment structure will not advance the industry in a meaningful and impactful way. The existing structure is antiquated and must be disrupted to create the value needed to meet the rapidly changing demands of the industry. Even with the advancement of emerging technology trends like AR/VR, robotics and automation, big data/IoT/connected job sites, blockchain, and BIM, the industry still lags behind more technologically advanced verticals.

Last-Mile Delivery Services Finally Reaches The Health Care Sector

How One Rental Startup Gamed Airbnb

Jay Roberts, the CEO and co-founder of a startup called Domio, purchased a newly constructed condo in the city’s North Nashville neighborhood with his then-girlfriend. A few days later, 24-year-old Adrian Lam, chief strategy officer and co-founder of Domio, bought the home directly across the street with his father. Within a month, Domio—a business that converted apartments and homes across the country into accommodations for tourists—listed both of the properties for rent on Airbnb.

Now Available On Demand: PropTech Meets Multifamily Finance – Greystone Tells All

Greystone’s founder, Stephen Rosenberg, is joined by the firm’s new PropTech strategist, Philip Miller, for a discussion about being a leader in your business while embarking on a PropTech journey. Is it better to buy or build to achieve your goals? Moderator Clelia Warburg Peters of Bain Venture Partners leads the discussion on harnessing analytics in CRE finance.

XAI Land Incorporates AI for Real Estate Investing in Korea

Most of the wealthiest people in South Korea own real estate. Real estate investing in Korea is considered one of the top long-term investments people can make. In addition, unlike stocks, with real estate, there are plenty of deals that can be found if you do your research. The truth is real estate all around the world are not priced perfectly. Therefore people can find great deals. However, most buyers don’t have the time to do proper research….

STRATIS, Leading Multifamily IoT Platform, Appoints Chief Financial Officer Liyan Shen

As STRATIS, PropTech industry leader continues to dominate at the cusp of exciting Multifamily IoT innovations, Liyan Shen joins as the Chief Financial Officer, with ten years of experience in financial leadership, focused on entrepreneurial, high-growth companies. Shen’s deep expertise includes experience with startups and PE-backed portfolio companies. Her most recent experiences include launching an e-commerce startup with strong recurring revenues and growing an innovative educational organi…

Many companies planned to reopen offices after Labor Day. With COVID still around, they’re rethinking that.

This summer, executives at health-care-technology firm Epic Systems announced a plan: Most of the 9,500 employees at its 1,000-acre campus in Wisconsin would be expected back in the office in September. The company, like many others, says its employees do their best work when they can collaborate in the same space. But blowback to the mandate was swift. Employees expressed fears about safety and spreading the new coronavirus. Local health officials questioned the move. So Epic joined legions of …

Visual collaboration startup MURAL raises huge $118M Series B

This morning MURAL announced it has raised $118 million in an outsized Series B. The visual collaboration startup provides a whiteboard-like digital environment that allows for users to cooperate and brainstorm. MURAL announced it had raised $23 million earlier this year, though that investment closed in 2019. The $23 million round was a more traditionally sized Series A, coming after what TechCrunch then described as a “history of capital efficient growth.”…

1 big thing: 15-minute cities are making a comeback

Situational awareness: At the end of today, unless an appeals court grants Uber and Lyft’s request to further suspend a recent ruling ordering them to immediately reclassify drivers as employees, the companies plan to suspend their ride-hailing services across California until at least November’s election.