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Opendoor launches… a brokerage?

Housingwire
8/31/2020

The line between traditional iBuyer and brokerage is getting ever-so-blurry for venture-backed startup Opendoor. The company, armed with $4.3 billion in debt and equity funding, is looking to bring aboard real estate agents in Phoenix, Arizona, to support its “Home Reserve” iBuying platform, according to Inman, which spotted a jobs posting Friday morning. A spokesperson for Opendoor told HousingWire that the company is looking to staff its Home Reserve platform with independent contract agents, …

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Amazon Go technology could come to Whole Foods in 2021

Business Insider
8/31/2020

The ecommerce titan plans to start rolling out the technology it uses at its Amazon Go stores to Whole Foods locations in Q2 2021, according to the New York Post. Bringing the technology, which tracks shoppers and products so consumers can grab their items and leave without stopping to physically check out, to Whole Foods’ over 500 locations would be a major accomplishment for Amazon because it’d prove that it can retrofit existing stores with its technology….

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RealPage acquires real estate IoT startup Stratis

TechCrunch
8/31/2020

RealPage, a publicly traded full-service property management technology firm with over 12,200 clients worldwide, today announced that it has acquired Stratis IoT, a startup that provides IoT services to the real estate industry, with a focus on access and energy management tools.

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Now Available On Demand: Technology, Data Analytics, Smart Buildings-The New Moneyball Style of Real Estate Management

CREtech
8/28/2020

COO of Oxford Properties Dean Hopkins and Emily Wright from Estates Gazette discuss how innovations in technology and data analytics are adding tremendous value in commercial real estate management. Dean outlines how the latest dashboards deliver true command and control capabilities. New to real estate, but with deep experience in technology, Dean gives a fresh perspective on how technology, data analytics, and machine learning are transforming the industry.

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2020 Next Generation Honoree: CREXi’s Michael DeGiorgio Fills CRE Market Void

Connect
8/28/2020

CREXi’s Michael DeGiorgio saw a void in the marketplace in 2014 and since then has worked to fill that need. He developed Commercial Real Estate Exchange, Inc. (CREXi) in 2015, at the age of 29.

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Coronavirus Pandemic Lifts Drones Higher In The Construction Chain Of Command

Bisnow
8/28/2020

Construction drones are at times expensive, difficult to operate and hard to maneuver without solid training, but the coronavirus has within a matter of months transformed these unmanned aerial vehicles from emerging tech tools to front-line workers on U.S. construction sites.

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Technologies for a healthier workplace

JLL
8/28/2020

Technology could lead the way to an improved, safer and healthier work and hospitality environment in a post-COVID world.

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Seattle startup Banzai acquires High Attendance to bolster event management platform

GeekWire
8/28/2020

Banzai, a Seattle startup that sells event marketing software, today announced the acquisition of Austin-based High Attendance, a similar company that helps clients run events.

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Though CRE Industry Disagrees, Businesses Increasingly Saying Workplaces Will Remain At Home Long-Term

Bisnow
8/28/2020

JP Morgan, Nat West Group, Facebook, Google … The list of businesses making working from home a permanent part of their employment strategy grows longer every day.

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Property tech startup Habi raises $10M to drive expansion in Latin America

TechCrunch
8/28/2020

When Brynne McNulty Rojas moved to Bogotá, Colombia four years ago, she encountered a fragmented real estate industry that lacked a central database for consumers to find or compare homes. Rojas was struck by the magnitude of the problem; she was also inspired by the opportunity.

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