Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
Sifted
Tony Fadell, the engineer who helped invent the iPhone, founded Nest and now runs an investment firm that has backed more than 200 startups, has strong opinions and is not afraid to shout about them.
Forbes
Catch a fast-growing tech company early enough as an investor, and even a late-stage funding pullback — not to mention a less than desirable exit environment — can’t slow you down. But with new multi-billion-dollar funds in the mix, and established firms getting ever bigger, such specialists can be easy to overlook. For the first time in 2022, the Midas List franchise is highlighting these early-stage investors with the debut of the Midas Seed list.
Bisnow
Trammell Crow announced in late March that it will partner with Altus Power to bring solar panels, battery storage and electric charging stations to 35M SF worth of industrial assets in its pipeline. The move, which is expected to generate 300 megawatts of building-sited solar power over the next three to four years, is in line with Trammell Crow parent company CBRE’s commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040.
WSJ
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s new Manhattan headquarters will rely on a hydroelectric power source, making the 1,388-foot skyscraper the tallest and largest New York building to go all electric.
The Real Deal
Rising interest rates and market volatility have whipped up headwinds for real estate technology in recent months, but venture capitalists didn’t get the memo.
EVCA
Nicole Friedman is an investor at Blue Collective where she invests in early stage companies (pre-seed and seed) in all sectors. Prior to joining Blue, she was an early employee at a proptech startup. Nicole graduated from Williams College where she majored in Psychology and played on the varsity squash team. She currently lives in NYC.
livly BLOG
For CA Ventures multifamily properties such as 270 Hennepin, managing keys for over 300 apartment residents – for everything from move-ins, to guest visitors, vendors, packages, and amenity spaces – was daunting. The team needed a solution that was operationally easy for staff to adapt to while providing access control to tenants for a more convenient resident experience.
Shadow Ventures
It logically follows that the world’s largest contributor to greenhouse gasses has sensitive ears around the topic of climate change. Try using the words fossil fuels, carbon emissions, or green/sustainability in a conversation with a developer, owner-operator, or construction manager today. The odds are it elicits an emotional response on the other side of the table. Which way the energy pendulum swings for any one individual is anyone’s best guess. We’ve walked this conversational tightrope ov…
Bisnow
New York City may be about to create additional flexibility for buildings unable to comply with Local Law 97’s requirements before the 2024 deadline.
Crunchbase
When it comes to the market, there are many differences thus far between the early part of this year and last—perhaps none more pronounced than the dearth of companies going public.
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