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Built environment must decarbonise nearly twice as fast by 2025, says UKGBC analysis

lindsey2 December 20, 2023

Thanks for keeping up with the CREtech Community in the News! This article highlights Smith Mordak, Chief Executive at UKGBC who will be a speaker at CREtech London 8-9 May 2024. For more news about members of the CREtech Community, follow us on Linkedin.

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New ULI Report Highlights Ten Sustainability Topics for Real Estate in 2021

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

A new report from the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance shows that the real estate industry will take an increasingly focused view of environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies in 2021. ULI is a global, multidisciplinary real estate organization whose work is driven by more ...

Stone Point Capital, Insight Partners Agree to Buy CoreLogic

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

CoreLogic Inc. agreed to sell itself to two private-equity firms for about $6 billion, a surprising end to an auction of the real-estate-data provider that was kicked off by a pair of shareholder activists.

[VIDEO] Tech Demo: redIQ

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

redIQ is the most trusted deal analysis and underwriting platform on the market for multifamily owners, brokers, and lenders. Our platform allows CRE professionals to extract data automatically from rent rolls and operating st...

Superstar Cities Are in Trouble

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

Some evenings, when pandemic cabin fever reaches critical levels, I relieve my claustrophobia by escaping into the dreamworld of Zillow, the real-estate website. From the familiar confines of my Washington, D.C., apartment, I teleport to a ranch on the outskirts of Boise, Idaho; to a patio nestled in the hillsides of Phoenix, Arizona; or to a rega...

Energy efficiency is no longer enough. This is the next big challenge for green building

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

For many years, the idea of a green building was one that used less energy. Now, as once-fringe elements such as solar panels and double-paned windows have become commonplace and the climate crisis has become widely acknowledged, energy-efficient buildings with low or no carbon emissions are becoming the rule, not the exception.

Industrious Set To Take Over 1M SF Of Its Competitors’ Abandoned Space This Year

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

Coworking operators that lease their locations are going bankrupt or giving back space as they try to survive the coronavirus pandemic, leaving landlords with suddenly unspoken-for coworking spaces in a brutal office leasing market.

Smart Building Tech Adoption Creating Fertile Ground For Hackers

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

The use of connected building technology is exploding amid the coronavirus pandemic, forcing property owners and managers to find more ways to provide services to residents without face-to-face interaction. But as adoption of the Internet of Things has grown, awareness of its security risks hasn’t kept pace.

Valon closes on $50M a16z-led Series A to grow mobile-first mortgage servicing platform

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

Valon Mortgage, a tech-enabled mortgage servicer, announced this morning it has raised $50 million in a Series A round of funding — which is large for its stage even by today’s standards.

LeaseLock raises $52M for security-deposit alternative

lindsey2 February 05, 2021

California-based LeaseLock is the latest startup to raise money for a security deposit alternative, pocketing $52 million from investors, the company announced Wednesday. The Series B was led by Westerly Winds, a London-based firm started by founding partners from BlackRock, and Wildcat Venture Partners.