henry, Author at CREtech

henry June 14, 2022
This series gets into the heads of the decision-makers of CRE, the people shaping the industry by setting investment strategy, workplace design, diversity initiatives and more. He isn't a train driver like he wanted to be, but Raj Singh is responsible i...
henry June 13, 2022
As the frog once sang, it’s not easy being green. In commercial real estate, there are two ways of taking that: reducing carbon footprint to improve ESG standing and also reducing costs at a time of inflation to retain more folding green in the profit column. That, presumably, is why affordable senior housing company 2Life Communities is extending its use of building management and control so...
henry June 13, 2022
Houze, a proptech startup based in Vietnam that offers a fully integrated real estate ecosystem for agents and customers through its offline-to-online platform, has raised a $2 million of funding led by DKRA Group, giving the company resources to continue expanding its services and growing its team to meet the demand in 
henry June 13, 2022
Israeli startup Guesty has announced the appointment of David Aber as Chief Financial Officer. Aber arrives at Guesty from his previous role as CFO of Seeking...
henry June 13, 2022
Primarily driven by technological change (currently fast and most likely getting faster), the work we do, and how and where we do it, is upending every facet of the products and services delivered by the real estate industry. Simply put, the form factor and operation of real estate, across all asset classes, is in need of reinvention. What customers of real estate want is not what the industry has...
henry June 13, 2022
When it opens up to tenants later this month, the Ascent, a 25-story, $125 million luxury high-rise in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will offer an array of swanky amenities, including an indoor dog track and ...
henry June 13, 2022
limehome, Europe's technology provider for the hospitality industry and operator of fully digitalised design flats, will open a third location this summer in Eindhoven, in the Dutch region of Brabant, following Amsterdam and The Hague. Eindhoven is considered the design capital of the Netherlands. On the former gasworks site in the centre of the city, a new urban quarter will b...
henry June 13, 2022
More than three-quarters of projects tracked by the American Institute of Architects have used building simulations to cut predicted energy use. As part of the AIA’s 2030 Commitment, which calls for all new developments and major renovations to reach carbon neutrality by 2030, architects around the world submit their portfolios with emissions-related metrics.
henry June 13, 2022
Home set-up service Just Move In has announced a huge fund-raise of £4m. The service boasts Hamptons, Openrent, and Pickfords amongst and says it makes moving in and out of a home easier — whether you’re renting or buying — via a platform to manage activities, from setting up the broadband and informing the council of the new address, to recommending removals and storage companies.
henry June 13, 2022
In the face of worries about a potential recession, layoff news, which had fallen from daily attention since the worst of the pandemic, is back. That’s particularly true in the once-thought-invulnerable tech sector. Layoffs are back in force and among corporate royalty: Netflix, Meta (formerly known as Facebook), Tesla, Coinbase, PayPal, Uber, Peloton, and Carvana. Companies with big backing,...