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  • CRE ‘Burbs’ are Alive and Well

    Michael Beckerman

    So much of the hubbub in commercial real estate right now centers on “smart cities”—we’ve tracked the trend as much as anyone—but the truth likely lies closer to home. The fact is, suburbs across the country are positively humming with CRE activity, and they always have been. Wealth and activity have always flocked to the suburbs, so it’s a natural progression to look at “smart suburbs” as fertile ground for real progress and innovation in CRE. On a recent panel at ICSC’s RECon, our own Ash Z…

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  • First Ground-Up Co-Living Project Comes to L.A.

    GLOBEST

    Co-living brand Treehouse is breaking ground on a large-scale co-living concept in Hollywood, eponymously named Treehouse Hollywood. The project is the first ground-up, large-scale co-living concept in the market, which has been plagued by a housing shortage. Treehouse Hollywood will accommodate 60 to 70 residents and will include entertainment and professional amenities, like recording studios for podcasters and musicians.

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  • Moody’s Ramps Up Its Game In Assessing Climate Change Risk For CRE And Other Businesses

    BISNOW

    Rating specialist Moody’s Corp. has acquired a majority stake in Four Twenty Seven, a provider of data and analysis related to physical climate risks. According to Moody’s, the deal solidifies its commitment to standards for evaluating environmental, social and governance, or ESG, risks and opportunities.

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  • UpClose With MetaProp’s Zachary Aarons

    GLOBEST

    MetaProp co-founder and partner Zachary Aarons has been working at the intersection of real estate and venture capital for the past decade. He has funded more than 60 startups in the space as an individual as well as 60 startups (and counting) through MetaProp NYC’s venture capital funds. In addition to early-stage investing, Zach has worked on large scale mixed-use development projects in cities like Boston and Los Angeles with Millennium Partners and has experience with real estate development…

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  • Platform Offers Rental Tracking, Automated Categories

    GLOBEST

    SAN FRANCISCO—Stessa recently released features to help owners of rental properties better manage entire portfolios in a single platform. The portfolio tracking platform for rental property investors has grown more than 50-fold in the last year, according to the company announcement. “By providing powerful free tools for the individual investor, Stessa makes it easier for landlords to keep track of their real estate investments,” said Heath Silverman, co-founder and CEO of Stessa. “Our goal i…

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  • Former Vornado Head Mitchell Schear Joins PropTech Venture Capital Firm

    BISNOW

    Longtime D.C. real estate executive Mitchell Schear is joining a firm that invests in PropTech companies. Schear was named executive partner of Camber Creek, a PropTech venture capital firm that has invested in 22 companies and currently has $50M under management.

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  • Airbnb, pre-IPO

    THE REAL DEAL

    Airbnb has been an almost perfect embodiment of Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things” culture since it burst onto the scene in 2008. The company — which claims to have more than 6 million listings globally (a number it says is more rooms than the six largest hotel groups combined) — became very popular very fast with the public. But it’s also faced aggressive opposition from the city government and the hotel industry since the moment it landed in New York. And that ire has not let up….

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  • Walmart marries AI and human intelligence for in-home grocery delivery

    VENTUREBEAT

    At Transform 2019, Walmart’s VP of customer experience engineering Aanan Contractor and Walmart ecommerce’s VP, Lucinda Newcomb sat down with FEM CEO Rachel Payne to discuss Walmart’s latest forays into blending the online and offline worlds using AI and automation.

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  • SoftBank Rolls Out Second Tech Megafund, With Apple Among Top Investors

    WSJ

    TOKYO—Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. 9984 3.88% unveiled a second technology megafund even bigger than its nearly $100 billion Vision Fund, answering skeptics who questioned whether anyone could raise so much in such a short time. Vision Fund 2, as the company is calling it, expects to gather some $108 billion in capital from more than a dozen investors that have signed memorandums of understanding, ranging from Apple Inc. AAPL 0.35% and Microsoft Corp. to Kazakhstan’s sovereign-wealth fund, So…

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  • CREtech Announces New Additions To Its Leadership Board

    CREtech

    Group Represents Most Distinguished Leaders in Commercial Real Estate Tech Sector New York, NY (June 26, 2019) — CREtech (cretech.com), the leading event, content and connectivity platform for the commercial real estate technology industry has announced 99 new additions to its Leadership Board, the most prestigious group of commercial real estate executives in the world. The Leadership Board provides CREtech with invaluable insights on macro trends in the growing commercial real estate tech s…

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