The Market Minute: After A Record Year, What’s Next For The SPAC Market?

Last year was a blockbuster year for the public markets and saw a record number of special purpose acquisition companies go public. All told, 613 SPACs raised more than $162 billion in gross proceeds, crushing the record set in 2020, which was already a standout year for the SPAC market.

RElab 2022: could 3D printing fix construction’s waste problem?

A startup that cuts material and emissions in concrete by up to 90% with 3D printing is among nine selected for the latest RElab scale-up programme, dominated by construction and sustainability innovations.

Avison Young deploys robots to automate time-consuming work

The company has partnered with software provider UiPath to provide staff with more reliable real estate analytics and to cut the number of manual tasks they do.

Tango Acquires AgilQuest: Combination Creates a Paradigm Shift in Hybrid Workplace Solutions

Tango, a leading provider of cloud-based store lifecycle management and integrated workplace management software, today announced it has acquired AgilQuest, the leader in flexible and hybrid workplace scheduling. The transaction further extends Tango’s position as the global leader in the real estate and facilities management space. The acquisition brings together the leader in workplace management solutions with the leader in employee engagement and productivity—uniting the Workplace with Pe…

Cresa Acquires Workplace Strategy Advisory Firm

Global commercial real estate advisory firm, Cresa has acquired Agile Work Evolutions, a real estate technology company that is focused on workplace strategy and implementation.

Focal Proptech: The 32 NYC Leaders You Need To Know

Prevu Brings its Digital Home Buying Platform to Seattle

Prevu, a real estate technology company on a mission to empower homebuyers, today announced its digital homebuying platform is now available in Seattle. As a result of Prevu’s expansion into the Pacific Northwest, consumers in the Emerald City now have a solution to the antiquated homebuying process and one of the most frustrating aspects associated with it: the lack of control along the way. Prevu not only puts the power back into the hands of homebuyers – providing them with a one-stop digital…

Predictions for the future of “smart cities”

“Smart” cities — places where technology makes life easier for the people who live and work there — are rapidly becoming reality, but there’s still lots of work to do, Jennifer A. Kingson writes.

ULI Sustainability Outlook

ULI is eager to keep our members abreast of the topics and issues on the rise in sustainable real estate. The annual Sustainability Outlook aims to inform members and the broader real estate industry on what sustainability topics and issues are on the rise for the year ahead.

Robotic Arms Are Using Machine Learning to Reach Deeper Into Distribution

More robots that can pick up separate objects are moving from laboratories to warehouses as the technology improves and labor-strapped logistics operators look to automation to meet surging demand.