That Vacated Sears Store May Reopen as a Public School

Mall owners have hit on a new way to fill gaping holes left by failed department stores and other departing big-box tenants: hosting public schools in need of more space.

Robotics Startup ViaBot Sweeps Up $6.1M In Funding

Investors in the company include Baseline Ventures, Morado Ventures, Grit Ventures and SOSV. While the company’s robots-as-a-service — or RAAS — offering for facility and property management deploys robots to sweep campuses clean, co-founder and CEO Gregg Ratanaphanyarat said one of the true value propositions of ViaBot is its robots’ multifunctionality….

Suburban Homes and Retail Are the Budding New Office Hotspot

Real-estate companies are transforming suburban residences and retail spaces into offices, betting that the pandemic will increase demand for workspaces in these neighborhoods.

Registration Open for Inaugural CREtech Climate Virtual Summit on May 11-12

New York, NY (March 23, 2021) — CREtech Climate, a platform devoted to educating and inspiring investment in climate tech, sustainability and ESG throughout the Built World, announced today that they will host their inaugural conference, CREtech Climate Virtual Summit on May 11-12, 2021. Hosted by CREtech Climate,  the two day summit will feature a diverse array of perspectives that are committed to creating a safer and more sustainable built environment.    …

The Rise Of The Destination-Worthy, Hospitality-Influenced Workplace

After more than a year of working remotely, how do companies get employees to return to working in the office in a post-COVID world? That’s the million-dollar question employers are continuing to wrestle — and with the coronavirus vaccine rollout now fully underway, new ideas continue to emerge about how to entice people back.

Abu Dhabi’s Aldar in deal with world’s biggest venture capital investor Fifth Wall for ‘proptech’

NOW LIVE! What Successful Start Up Founders Share in Common, Part 1

Ryan Freedman, General Partner at Alpaca Ventures, discusses the most important criteria for Alpaca Ventures when making a new investment, the 5 characteristics he sees in the most successful founders, and the value in understanding industry pain points as an entrepreneur.

Two tales of jobs in tech hubs

Jobs are coming back more slowly in America’s top tech centers than in other cities — but it’s not the tech jobs that are lagging, according to a new analysis from the jobs site Indeed. What’s happening: Pandemic-era remote work is still keeping white-collar workers in tech hubs at home, and that’s slowing down the recovery of local shops and restaurants in those communities….

To Save Penn Station, New York Wants to Build 10 Skyscrapers

For years, one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s top priorities has been an enormous development in the heart of Manhattan that would be among the largest real estate projects ever built in the United States.

Studio, Tishman Speyer’s Flex Brand, Opens New Locations at 11 West 42nd Street and 175 Varick Street

New York, NY (May 5, 2021) –Tishman Speyer today opens two new locations of its own coworking brand, Studio, in New York City at 11 West 42nd Street and 175 Varick Street. The 42nd Street location offers nearly 40,000 square feet of premium and flexible work space, and Studio at Varick Street is initially comprised of three floors with the potential to grow to up to 80,000 square feet, as the brand’s first location in Downtown Manhattan. The new spaces expand the brand’s Manhattan footprint whic…