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  • Cushman & Wakefield Announces PropTech Partnership with Fifth Wall

    BUSINESS WIRE

    CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a leading global real estate services firm, today announced its strategic partnership with Fifth Wall, a venture capital firm focused on technology solutions for the global real estate industry. Fifth Wall fosters collaboration between innovative technologies for the built world and industry-leading incumbents from all sectors of the real estate industry. Fifth Wall’s second fund is one of the largest real estate venture capital f…

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  • E-scooters could raise real estate prices, startup executive says

    THE REAL DEAL

    E-scooters could mean a boost in real estate values in congested U.S. cities. This is the assertion of David Richter, the chief business officer at e-scooter startup Lime, which has deployed thousands of scooters in cities across the country. Speaking at a conference hosted by Fortune Tuesday, Richter said that the rise of e-scooters, coupled with an increase in bicycle use and ride-sharing, could drive down traffic from traditional car use.

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  • The Content Funnel Acquires CRE Marketing Agency

    GLOBEST

    NEW YORK – The Content Funnel has acquired ATYPICAL, a commercial real estate marketing agency. The combined division will be rebranded under ATYPICAL’s name. The transaction creates a new commercial real estate full-service marketing agency with offices in New York, New Jersey and South Africa. The rebranded agency will offer services in sales marketing strategies, creative writing, creative design, social media, paid media, influencer marketing, animation and campaigns.

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  • The Closing: Brendan Wallace

    THE REAL DEAL

    Brendan Wallace has been everywhere these days. The co-founder and managing partner of Fifth Wall Ventures — a venture capital fund focused on bridging the gap between real estate and technology — has taken up the cause of reviving the beleaguered retail sector. And while he’s been sounding off in the media about the firm’s efforts to pair mammoth retail REITs with innovative tech and online brands, he’s also attracted the attention of the tabloids, having been romantically linked with more than…

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  • Axios|SurveyMonkey poll: smart cities

    SURVEY MONKEY

    Even though a majority of people are comfortable having “smart” devices in their homes and nearly as many are comfortable living in “smart” cities, most people in a new Axios|SurveyMonkey poll still overwhelmingly say they want control over what type of data is collected about them through these smart technologies. …

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  • TurboTenant Raises $6.5 Million to Support Rapid Growth and Product Innovation for Flagship Online Landlord Tool Suite

    TurboTenant

    RET Ventures Leads the Company’s Latest Round of Financing Aimed at Fueling Adoption by Major Multifamily Owners and Operators Fort Collins, Colorado – July 17, 2019 – TurboTenant, the industry-leading free online platform for tenants and landlords, raised $6.5 million in Series A funding led by RET Ventures with participation from previous investors including Access Venture Partners in Denver, Colorado. The Company plans to expand its marketing and development teams to fuel customer growth and…

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  • ‘Click-and-Collect’ Keeps Physical Retailers Relevant

    NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

    The assumed demise of bricks-and-mortar retail stores in the age of e-commerce doesn’t appear to be playing out the way the real estate industry thought it would. In fact, a melding of in-store and online services—even for some brands that started out as digital-only—seems to be a winning strategy aiding a retail resurgence, says Todd Caruso, a senior managing director at commercial real estate brokerage CBRE….

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  • Fifth Wall Closes New $503 Million Fund, the Largest Real Estate Venture Capital Fund Raised to Date

    FIFTH WALL

    With over $1 billion assets under management and more than 50 corporate strategic investors spanning 11 countries Fifth Wall has assembled the largest consortium of real estate owners to invest in cutting edge startups and transform the global real estate industry   LOS ANGELES, Calif. – July 17, 2019 – Today, Fifth Wall, the largest venture capital firm focused on technologies for the global real estate industry (property technology or “proptech”), announced the close of its second real …

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  • New York City Developers Lobby to Legalize Drones

    WSJ

    Real-estate developers in Los Angeles and Chicago are embracing drone technology to help speed up the building process and reduce costs. But in New York City, a 71-year-old local statute is keeping drones grounded. The 1948 law requires that all aircraft take off and land in a location designated for flight by the Port Authority—namely airports. This effectively prohibits drones from flying within city boundaries, despite the Federal Aviation Administration’s 2016 rule that legalized commerci…

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  • Texting Tenants is Mainstream in Much of the Multifamily Industry

    GLOBEST

    DALLAS—Multifamily owners now have the convenience of a text messaging tool that connects directly with existing property management software platforms. A cloud-based SAAS platform with custom SMS/MMS solutions, IRIO, is partnering with RealPage Inc., provider of real estate software and data analytics. In this partnership, IRIO will provide RealPage clients with a texting solution integrated into RealPage’s platform.

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