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  • Proptech Firms Raise Cash During Covid

    The Real Deal

    “It was horrible,” said Jarred Kessler, CEO of EasyKnock, who came down with Covid-19 while raising a $20 million Series B this spring. Summoning all of his strength and conviction, Kessler said he pressed on with negotiations and investors’ due diligence in late March without letting on that he was sick. The round closed in June. “Now I can look back and say, ‘From my bedroom, with Covid, I was able to raise $20 million,’” he said. “If I can do that, I feel like I can do most things.” …

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  • AI Accelerates Safe Workspace Reopenings

    GlobeSt

    Many companies are debating when and how to reopen, and when that happens, what will it look like? One service, Nomad Go’s HealthySpaces, is an AI-based solution that accelerates the safe and trusted reopening of any physical environment including office, hospitality and food service, retail, and education.

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  • This startup reworked its privacy-friendly sensors to help battle COVID-19

    TechCrunch

    One little-known home and retail automation startup might seem like an unlikely candidate to help combat the ongoing pandemic. But its founder says its technology can do just that, even if it wasn’t the company’s original plan.

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  • Who still needs the office? U.S. companies start cutting space

    Reuters

    Corporate America is downsizing its real estate footprint as companies allow more employees to work from home, a growing threat to the bottom line of owners of traditional office buildings and a sign that companies are looking for ways to cut costs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • MIT task force predicts fully autonomous vehicles won’t arrive for ‘at least’ 10 years

    Venture Beat

    Two years ago, MIT launched the Task Force on the Work of the Future, an “institute-wide” effort to study the evolution of jobs during what the college characterizes as an “age of innovation.” The faculty and student research team of more than 20 members, as well as an external advisory board, published its latest brief today, focusing on the development of autonomous vehicles. It suggests fully driverless systems will take at least a decade to deploy over large areas and that expansion will hap…

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  • Tech Giants Aim to Solve West Coast Housing Shortage

    Wall Street Journal

    New investments from Alphabet Inc.’s Google and from Apple Inc. offer the first detailed look at how the big technology companies are following through on their pledges to help ease the West Coast’s shortage of affordable housing. Major tech corporations have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the past year to increase the supply of affordable housing in their backyards, after years of criticism that the booming tech sector was partly to blame for housing shortages in Silicon Valley and…

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  • The impact of COVID-19 on flexible space

    JLL

    Real estate around the world continues to evolve. As that happens, a spectrum of flexible space options has taken shape, ranging from on-demand workspaces and coworking memberships to short-term, flexible spaces and traditional space consumed flexibly. Businesses of all sizes need a variety of space options across this spectrum and will choose the right fit for each scenario throughout their portfolio. The need for an agile portfolio with a spectrum of flexible options has only increased due to …

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  • Blackstone braces for a long recovery in cities, touts $156B in dry powder

    The Real Deal

    Blackstone Group, the world’s largest commercial landlord, has some sobering news. “Over time people will return to office buildings,” said its president, Jon Gray. But, he added, “there will be less density, there will certainly be a lot less new construction.”

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  • Realtor.com and Opendoor Ink iBuyng Deal

    The Real Deal

    Even as rivals rushed into iBuying, Realtor.com resisted the home-buying craze. Until now. The listings portal said Thursday that it is launching a seller’s marketplace, where sellers can request offers from Opendoor, EasyKnock, HomeGo and WeBuyHouses.com instead of listing directly on the open market….

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  • Catalyst Housing Group Names Stephanie Fuhrman as Head of Innovation

    PR Newswire

    Today, Catalyst Housing Group (“Catalyst”) announced that Stephanie Fuhrman will lead Innovation for the company. Overseeing the newly formed Catalyst Innovation Lab, Fuhrman will be focused on incubating, piloting and scaling innovative solutions, tools and partnerships that drive operating margins, building efficiencies and portfolio sustainability throughout the multifamily sector….

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