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  • Nasdaq Releases Sustainability Report and Highlights Key Milestones

    Nasdaq

    Nasdaq has released its global Sustainability Report for 2019, highlighting major milestones and critical initiatives, including achieving carbon neutrality, launching new ESG-specific solutions for clients, and being recognized globally for its ten diversity and inclusion programs. The report offers an overview of Nasdaq’s sustainability efforts and progress as part of its long-term commitment to ESG advocacy, oversight, and philanthropy….

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  • Kroger (KR) to Build Web Marketplace to Compete With Amazon, Walmart

    Bloomberg

    Kroger Co. is setting up an e-commerce marketplace open to third-party vendors, part of the grocery-store operator’s bid to wrest web sales away from giants like Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. The owner of the Fry’s and King Soopers chains is working with online commerce specialist Mirakl to offer tens of thousands of additional goods, including housewares and toys, the companies said Tuesday in a statement. The partnership will let Kroger offer “more-relevant products” by broadening its e-com…

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  • Flexible Rent Provider Till Raises $8 Million in Seed Funding to Accelerate Expansion

    Business Wire

    Till, a fintech platform that helps renters pay and stay in their homes, today announced that it has closed an $8-million seed funding round led by Route 66 Ventures, MetaProp and NextGen Venture Partners. Till’s Flexible Rent platform sets renters up for success by creating a customized payment schedule that aligns with their individual cash flow, helping them to become consistent, on-time payers. The analytics-driven platform, which was introduced in April 2020, is expected to cut evictions by…

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  • Hotel Robots Get Second Life as Industry Adapts to Covid-19

    Wall Street Journal

    Robots that delivered a burger and fries a few years ago were a high-tech gimmick that gave hotel guests a good laugh. Now, some manufacturers suggest these machines could help guests stay safe during a global pandemic. Hoteliers and robotics companies say delivery bots like Relay, produced by the Google Ventures-backed Savioke Inc., are cutting down on potentially unsafe interactions between hotel staff and room guests, by offering contactless room service. And cleaning robots, like Maidbot’s R…

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  • A Sustainable Real Estate Revolution

    Going Green

    Going Green is always looking at what industries and trends will be changing and shifting due to businesses becoming more sustainable. Real Estate is one of the industries we noticed is going to have a big shift in the way we buy, sell, live in, and work in buildings. We had the chance to talk to Brad Dockser, the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Green Generation, to talk about a sustainable real estate revolution….

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  • Touchless entry, ionizing HVAC: In the time of COVID-19, these 3 new luxury residences are making sure they’re outfitted for pandemic life.

    Chicago Tribune

    It was a happy accident that Parkline Chicago, a forthcoming 26-story complex in the Loop, will feature a “touchless experience” for residents upon entry. As they walk through the front doors, onto the elevator and into their apartment or condo, they won’t touch a thing. It’s one of the features that Parkline and two other new luxury residential developments in Chicago might have planned as a neat detail prior to 2020, but find to be much more vital in a world grappling with COVID-19. Co-wor…

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  • WATCH NOW: In Case You Missed It, View Rockport VAL’s FULL Tech Demo from Reimagining Real Estate

    Rockport VAL

    VAL is a true cloud-based Cash Flow Modeling & Valuation Platform – designed by CRE industry veteran, Rick Trepp (Founder, Trepp, LLC) in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics. Built with best of modern technology – it is an affordable, intuitive, efficient and a very powerful alternative to the previous standards in underwriting solutions. VAL was voted #1 underwriting platform by CREtech – here’s some of the reasons why: -100% Cloud-Based: Login from anywhere – anytime – on any device. -API…

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  • The Office Building of the Future Should Be an Essential Part of Its Community

    Gensler

    Over the past 70 years, the workplace has evolved slowly but surely. In the past 5 months, that evolution has accelerated far more dramatically because of the health, social, and economic upheavals we’re currently experiencing. When the dust settles, the office is going to look and feel like a different place than the one we left in March.

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  • Microsoft vows to become a ‘zero-waste’ business by 2030

    Edie

    Microsoft has pledged to bring its direct waste footprint to zero within a decade, as part of a new resources strategy which will boost the recyclability of its devices and see plastic packaging phased out entirely.

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  • MGM, desperate for cash, launches “Work From Vegas” program

    The Real Deal

    For decades, Las Vegas has attracted vacationers with its casinos, clubs and restaurants. Now, one desperate hotel operator wants to bring in the work-from-home crowd. MGM resorts has launched “Work from Vegas” business packages at the Bellagio and ARIA resorts, according to the Reno Gazette Journal. There are three packages, the cheapest five-day stay starting at around $100 per night, going up to around $400 a night for the top-tier package.

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