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PlaceTech
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?
Crunchbase
Ella Fitzgerald famously quipped, “It isn’t where you came from, it’s where you’re going that counts.”
CREtech
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.
Upflex
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.
LMRE and Fifth Wall
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.
CREtech
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.
Bisnow
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.
Axios
Richmond’s first 3D-printed house is officially complete, and the owners move in next month. Why it matters: Virginia Housing hopes 3D printing will make it significantly cheaper to build houses in the long run, and while the process isn’t there yet, the completion of the first one in Richmond is a big first step.
TechCrunch
Founders Fund has made its first investment in the Middle East by backing UAE-based proptech startup Huspy. The $37 million Series A round, one of the largest at this stage in MENA, was led by Sequoia Capital India.
CREtech
CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, selects judging panel of industry leaders from Boston Properties, Colliers, Jamestown, L.P, Hudson Yards and Related Companies, PGIM Real Estate and SEC Newgate, for the 2022 Real Estate Tech Awards (RETAs).
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