First Ever Co-Living REIT Could Rise From Collapse Of The Collective

The lender that took over several of the assets of collapsed co-living firm The Collective is planning to spin the portfolio out into a new £300M REIT. Fund manager Gravis Capital said it intends to float a new company, GCP Co-Living REIT, on the London Stock Exchange and sell £300M of new shares in the REIT. …

Mill Creek Residential Executive and Partner joins Aerwave, a Next-Gen Multifamily Connectivity Platform, as their New Chief Operating Officer

Aerwave, the next-generation connectivity platform leading the Digital FoundationTM transformation in multifamily residential, announced today the addition of Jeffrey Kok as their newly appointed Chief Operating Officer reporting to Founder and CEO, Alex Wey. The announcement comes as Daniel Jensen, Co-Founder and current Chief Operating Officer, moves into the newly created role of Chief Revenue Officer. Kok will lead the overall operations of Aerwave, with a particular emphasis on product, …

How the CRE Tech Market is Evolving in Asia Pacific, Part 1

Raja Seetharaman, Co-founder of propstack, sheds light on how the commercial real estate technology industry is transforming post-COVID in Asia Pacific, and what technology he thinks will have the biggest impact going forward.

CREtech Climate Cast: Understanding Climate Risk featuring Emilie Mazzacurati

Emilie Mazzacurati, Founder & CEO of Four Twenty Seven and Global Head of Climate Solutions at Moody’s ESG Solutions, discusses how risk management and mitigation is equally important in the fight against the impacts of climate change.

Approaching $30 Million In Funding, 9-Month-Old Startup Wander Shows Surge In Demand For Viable Web3.0 Business Model

Short-term luxury rental company Wander announced today a Series A raise of $20 million and the opening of their booking platform to the general public. Founded just nine months ago, by Forbes’ 30 Under 30 alum John Andrew Entwistle, the startup has already surpassed 30,000 users on their waitlist and over 2,000 founding members who each pre-paid a $100 credit on their account during the company’s beta phase (thus allowing them to skip the waitlist). Many of the founding members participated as …

TODAY at 11 am EST! Developing in the Metaverse: Virtual Real Estate and the Blockchain

These days, everyone and their corporate parent company is talking about the metaverse, from Microsoft to Nike to fka Facebook. Digital platforms are beginning to emerge as key gateways to the metaverse, with a corresponding virtual land grab to claim ownership on these platforms. Currently, virtual real estate investments can bear many similarities to physical real estate, with the ability to fractionalize parcels or  “develop” income-generating components such as shops or event spaces. In…

CREtech and Second Century Ventures Partner To Raise Awareness Of Technology’s Role In Solving The U.S. Affordable Housing Crisis

New York, NY (February 9, 2022) — CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced a partnership with Second Century Ventures, one of the most respected and active PropTech investors in the industry, to raise awareness of technology’s role in solving the affordable housing crisis plaguing much of the world today. The newly launched CREtech Affordable Housing initiative aims to be a comprehensive resource fo…

Are you attending the most important proptech event this March?

CREtech, the largest international community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced the speakers and schedule for their real estate technology conference, CREtech San Diego 2022 on March 22nd and 23rd.

Buyer beware: Proptech SPACs have lost their shine

For proptech companies considering going public, it may be prudent to wait.

Most of the proptechs that did so over the last 18 months the fashionable way — via mergers with special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs — have been duds, their stock prices today in the gutter.

Walker & Dunlop Acquires GeoPhy to Accelerate Technology-Driven Businesses

Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GeoPhy, a leading commercial real estate technology company. GeoPhy’s data analytics and development capabilities will dramatically accelerate the growth of Walker & Dunlop’s lending, brokerage, and emerging businesses including Apprise, its tech-enabled appraisal business and its small balance lending (SBL) platform. GeoPhy CEO and co-founder, Teun van den Dries will continue to lead the Geo…