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  • Could modular construction be an answer to the housing crisis?

    JLL REAL VIEWS

    More factory-built homes are being manufactured each year – and as they shake off the negative connotations of 1950s prefab homes, they could be the key to meet the growing need for urban housing in Europe. Thousands of modular homes are being built across the UK as cities gear up to tackle the housing shortage; eight of the top 10 housebuilders are now turning to modular construction in some form. Other players are joining the housebuilding industry too. Investor Legal & General launched…

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  • RealNex Taps Brett Reed for Central USA Sales Post

    REALNEX

    Stafford, TX – January 16, 2019 – RealNex, a commercial real estate technology company, today announced the hiring of Brett Reed vice president of sales – Central USA. Based in Dallas, Brett is the first in a series new hires the company plans to engage as it builds out its field sales organization. Historically, as it focused on product development, the company maintained an inside sales team. Now with the most recent release of the integrated end-to-end RealNex solution, which includes CRM, Tr…

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  • CommonGrounds Raises $100M to Open More New Flexible Office Spaces

    XCONOMY

    Xconomy San Diego — Billions of dollars have already flowed to the purveyors of shared workspaces, and the investment spigot isn’t turning off yet. CommonGrounds Workspace, a San Diego, CA-based company that operates flexible office spaces in California and Colorado today, announced Wednesday that it had raised $100 million in a Series A financing to expand its lineup to roughly 50 sites during the next two years….

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  • Convene confirms two new Chicago locations

    CHICAGO BUSINESS

    Meeting space and co-working provider Convene today announced a pair of leases with Chicago developer Sterling Bay totaling 185,000 square feet, doubling the New York-based firm’s footprint in Chicago. Convene today confirmed deals Crain’s reported last month at 333 N. Green St. in the Fulton Market District and 311 W. Monroe St. in the West Loop. Convene will “manage building amenities, meeting and workplace experience and technology” at both properties, which will be its third and fourth loca…

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  • Robomart to roll out driverless grocery store vehicles in Boston area this spring

    VENTUREBEAT

    Robomart today announced a partnership with grocery store chain Stop & Shop to deploy driverless store vehicles in the Boston area this spring, the startup’s first planned deployment with a major retail customer. The vehicles will be stocked with Stop & Shop inventory. Selections available on the vehicle will include pre-packaged meal kits, confectionary snacks and candy, and basic produce like fruits and vegetables, as well as other items often found in convenience stores….

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  • Knotel Acquires Paris-based Deskeo

    KNOTEL

    Leading Flexible Workspace Provider Takes Leadership in Europe PARIS (January 17, 2019) – Knotel, the leading flexible workspace provider, announced today its expansion in Europe through a strategic acquisition of a majority stake in Deskeo, the largest flexible office operator in France. Knotel’s takeover of Deskeo will more than double the number of its locations in Europe, and positions the company well for continued aggressive growth across the continent following launch in London and a re…

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  • Remarkably Launches, Offering Multifamily Owners Unprecedented Insight and Actionability for Largest Asset Class in the World

    REMARKABLY

    The Seattle-based company raised a venture seed round, including industry heavyweights and leading startup studio, to bring its revolutionary leasing performance platform to market  SEATTLE — January 17, 2019 — Remarkably announced today that it has raised a venture seed round to advance its multifamily marketing analytics and insights platform to help apartment owners, investors, developers, and property managers measurably improve their campaign and leasing performance, and by extension ass…

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  • This startup is trying to make renting more safe — and just scored Series A funding

    THE REAL DEAL

    A startup seeking to do away with rental fraud just closed on a Series A funding round. CheckpointID raised $1.5 million in a round led by RET Ventures, the company said in a statement. The capital will be used to grow the team as the firm seeks to meet increased demand from the multifamily industry.

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  • Openpath Access Recognized By IoT Evolution Magazine For Advancing the Smart Building Industry

    PR WEB

    Openpath, a company on a mission to bring frictionless access control and better security to our workplaces, today announced that its flagship product, Openpath Access, has received the 2018 IoT Evolution Connected Home and Building Award from IoT Evolution magazine, the leading publication covering IoT technologies. The award honors organizations delivering software or hardware solutions that enable the advancement of the smart home and building industry….

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  • With $15 Million Series A-2, Truss Expands its Tech-Enabled Commercial Real Estate Platform

    TRUSS

    Current Round Led by General Catalyst with Participation from Former Priceline Executives CHICAGO and BOSTON – Truss, a leading marketplace for commercial real estate, today announced its Series A-2 funding round of $15 million.  The round was led by General Catalyst, which has also invested in groundbreaking marketplace technology companies like Airbnb, ClassPass and Deliveroo, along with supporting investors including Navitas Capital, Hyde Park Angels and Hyde Park Venture Partners.  Truss c…

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