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Cherre’s CEO on the Metaverse: ‘Tell Me How I Would Use It’

GlobeSt
6/30/2022

LD Salmanson, CEO of real estate data firm Cherre, has nothing against the virtual world and what it could offer. “I’m a gamer,” he tells GlobeSt.com. “I was a professional gamer for a little while. I’m appreciable of the fact that there can be meaningful social interactions on some of these platforms. I can buy into that looking at the longer horizon. But I feel that most of the people talking about the metaverse are trying to make money off it.”

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Siemens Acquires Software Company for $1.6B

IOT World Today
6/30/2022

Siemens Infrastructure has acquired Brightly Software for $1.6 billion. The acquisition of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions is intended to help elevate Siemens’ position in the software market for building and infrastructure. Brightly’s asset management software is used by schools, governments, hospitals and manufacturers worldwide.

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Real Estate Forcefully Pushes Back On SEC’s Proposed Emissions Reporting Rules

Bisnow
6/30/2022

Major players in the commercial real estate industry are urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to pump the brakes on a key piece of its proposed emissions reporting rules, saying it’s too difficult to compile the data.

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Can digital buildings cut lifecycle costs in real buildings?

PlaceTech
6/29/2022

While many see a golden future for digital twins, their implementation is not without challenges, writes Bahadir Barbarosoglu. What do operators need to know when considering digital twin systems? And how do you assess the potential return on investment?

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How to Value Your Startup Today: Look Toward Tomorrow

Crunchbase
6/29/2022

Ella Fitzgerald famously quipped, “It isn’t where you came from, it’s where you’re going that counts.”

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Laura Craft – Leading the Way in ESG Based Investing

CREtech
6/29/2022

Laura Craft, Senior Vice President and Head of Global ESG Strategy at Heitman, discusses how Heitman uses the resources available for a major global investor to improve carbon emissions, the importance of ESG within modern day investment, and how investment managers assess climate risk and mitigation.

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From Empathy to Chief Purpose Officers: 5 Workplace Trends Here to Stay

Upflex
6/29/2022

In a recent keynote talk on the future workplace at the kick-off of this year’s Design Museum week, Upflex Chief Product Officer Ginger Dhaliwal and Steelcase VP of Workplace Experience Dr. Tracy Brower tackled the question: What are things about the old way of working we’re starting to see reemerge, and what are the new trends that are changing the way we work moving forward? Here are the workplace-transforming factors they say company leaders should keep an eye out for.

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LMRE launches a PropTech Salary Survey in partnership with Fifth Wall

LMRE and Fifth Wall
6/29/2022

The 2022 PropTech Salary Survey, Powered by LMRE and Fifth Wall By taking five minutes to complete the form, you are contributing to what we hope will become a resource to the PropTech community and allow for better, more informed pay decisions.

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Sonny Kalsi, Co-CEO, BentallGreenOak, To Deliver Keynote Presentation at CREtech New York Conference, This October 12-13

CREtech
6/29/2022

CREtech, the world’s leading community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced Sonny Kalsi, Co-CEO, BentallGreenOak, will deliver a Keynote Presentation at CREtech’s flagship conference, CREtech New York, this October 12-13, 2022. Sonny’s Keynote Presentation will take place on the Main Stage on the first day of the conference.

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Airbnb And Tripadvisor Hold The Key To A New $60B Global Alternative Property Sector

Bisnow
6/29/2022

The next big property alternative could be short-term holiday rentals. So said a report on the potentially $60B global ‘alternative accommodation’ sector now dominated by aggregator websites like Booking.com and Airbnb.

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