Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Fast Company
Tens of millions of people are working from home. Zoom use has exploded as we’ve turned to video chats—even though they’re exhausting. And whenever we do go back to our offices, we probably won’t all go back. To enable social distancing, more people will work in shifts, and remotely. …
rethink
There’s no denying all of our lives have changed drastically in recent weeks. How we work and communicate has shifted — and that means you have to adapt if you want to succeed. And in many cases, technology will play a major role.
CREtech
Built world and real estate industry experts come together to share actionable advice on what the new normal might look like and how we can prepare for a post-Covid compliant world.
PlaceTech.
Before you re-open your buildings and welcome your employees back to work, you need to be confident that you’ve thought through any space, occupancy or design adjustments. A critical step in developing your re-entry strategy is mapping potential risk points based on typical movements within the workplace and establishing dedensification thresholds. Each decision should effectively balance health, safety and financial implications.
ADWEEK
As businesses begin to reopen in China and life slowly returns to its streets, the retail industry in the U.S. may look to the country for guidance on what the post-pandemic world looks like and how to adapt to the new reality.
openbox
Right now CRE individuals and teams are needing alternative solutions to patch the chasms that have been created from the rather abrupt work-from-home call to action. Some solutions may be turned into a long-term fit, others will be temporary.
REFINERE
We are pleased to announce that on April 1, 2020, RefineRE, Inc. acquired BenchCore LLC and will add its corporate real estate industry-leading benchmarking data and services to RefineRE’s robust platform for corporate real estate occupiers. BenchCore will remain its own company within the RefineRE platform and founders Ron Zappile Sr., Peter Holland, and Raymond Nomizu will remain active with the company. Peter Holland will remain BenchCore CEO.
Bloomberg
In the breakroom at an Amazon.com Inc. warehouse in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, a PowerPoint presentation playing on repeat shows people in hazmat suits making their way through the giant facility, spraying disinfectant. The video is followed by an explanation in English and Spanish. Nearby, televisions broadcast messages of thanks from employees and customers.
DUOs Podcast
In this episode we sit down with Nick Romito and Ryan Masiello co-founders of VTS, commercial real estate’s leading leasing and asset management platform that brings landlords, brokers, and tenants together to make deals happen.
Bisnow
WeWork’s flexible office business is asking for rent cuts and battling to cut liabilities, and the company failed in its effort to go public in September 2019, leading to the ouster of mercurial co-founder Adam Neumann. But its property investment arm is still bringing in a lot of cash to make new investments.
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