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  • In Case You Missed it, read the highlights from CREtech Talks: The VC Perspective Part 2

    CREtech

    The global economy is going through, what feels like, a natural disaster.  In a recent CREtech Talk: Perspectives in a Time of Uncertainty webinar, four of the most active investors in real estate tech, including Merrit Hummer of Bain Capital Ventures, Travis Connors of Building Ventures, Daniel Fetner of Corigin Ventures, and Dave Eisenberg of Zigg Capital, shared their views on the impact of the recent pandemic on the real estate tech industry, venture capital strategies, and offered tips &amp…

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  • One-of-a-Kind Parking System Debuts in Fort Worth

    GlobeSt

    Cornerstone Projects Group, Trident Structures and Stream Realty Partners recently released development plans for Triune Centre, a six-floor 30,000-square-foot class-A office development. Triune Centre is the first office development in the United States to feature an automated valet parking garage located at 3400 West Freeway.

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  • How COVID-19 Has Impacted the World of Title Insurance

    MillionAcres

    Real estate has always been a process that is document-intensive. But in a world where paper documents and in-person meetings are suddenly dangerous, the world of real estate closings is changing rapidly.

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  • Katerra Cuts 3% Of Global Workforce

    Bisnow

    The Menlo Park, California-based company said Thursday it has laid off or furloughed 3% of its global workforce as the coronavirus pandemic continues grinding economies to a halt. “As parts of our business shut down, we unfortunately need to make some reductions in personnel through layoffs and furloughs,” Katerra CEO Michael Marks said in a statement.

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  • New Data Shows How Social Distancing Guidelines Are Impacting Office Occupancy

    Bisnow

    A new study found that people in states and cities that implemented social distancing guidelines stayed away from office, retail and other types of commercial buildings after the order.

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  • Airbnb’s COVID-19 crisis could be a boon for affordable housing

    Fast Company

    While she’s studying for a master’s degree at Northwestern University, Christine Kaya Hewitt and her husband, Jason, have been renting out three of the four bedrooms in their house outside Kansas City through Airbnb.

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  • Some WeWork Staff Planned Their Lives Around a Stock Deal That Just Collapsed

    Bloomberg

    Teddy Kramer worked at WeWork from 2013 to 2015. When he left the company, he had been a director of new market development, helping the co-working startup open new offices in different regions. He’d put in the time and been granted shares in the company. At first, he thought he might be able to sell them after WeWork’s much-anticipated initial public offering in September, but the IPO attempt flopped.

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  • We’ll Need To Reopen Our Cities. But Not Without Making Changes First.

    CITYLAB

    As the dreaded coronavirus bolts across the globe, city after city has locked down, transforming urban business centers and suburban malls alike into veritable ghost towns. Our cities can’t stay in lockdown indefinitely. The economic costs — never mind the toll on our society and our mental health — is just too devastating.

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  • Want to survive the downturn? Better build a platform

    TechCrunch

    When you look at the most successful companies in the world, they are almost never just one simple service. Instead, they offer a platform with a range of services and an ability to connect to it to allow external partners and developers to extend the base functionality that the company provides.

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  • How Covid-19 will change the way we work forever

    Radius Data Exchange

    With swathes of the global population on lockdown, remote working looks set to kick-start rapid and widespread digital upskilling. For real estate this won’t just mean employees become more tech-savvy – it will fuel a change across the entire sector, from the way buildings are managed to the future of our offices. Can the sector keep up? Emily Wright reports.

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