Fundrise Sinks $130M Into Co-Warehousing Startup Saltbox’s Expansion
Bisnow
A nationwide expansion of co-warehousing logistics business Saltbox is getting a $130M boost from real estate investment platform Fundrise.
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Adam Neumann-Backed Renter App Makes Sunbelt Apartment Play
Wall Street Journal
Alfred, a concierge service for tenants funded by the WeWork co-founder, acquires property manager RKW Residential
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My journey into Venturing
Medium
As many people in their professional career, my path to get what I’m currently am wasn’t a linear one, but more like a winding road, full of diverse industries, positions, responsibilities, countries and cultures! Since I graduated from Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Argentina) in 2009, I have lived and worked in the US, Brazil, Panama, Spain and China, working in hospitality, construction, startups, education and corporate funds. All these experiences have taught and prepared me to my new pro…
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Better.com plans to lay off about 4,000 people this week, sources say
TechCrunch
Online mortgage lender Better.com is poised to lay off roughly 50% of its staff of about 8,000 this week, sources familiar with internal happenings at the company told TechCrunch on Monday.
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Technology That’s Moving the Needle For Affordable Housing, Part 1
CREtech
Stephanie Fuhrman of Catalyst Housing compares strategies for implementing technology solutions, and shares how she measures their effectiveness.
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Reducing Bias in Home Appraisals: The Roles for Policy and Technology
Berkeley
An appraisal assigns economic value to a home and is a key part of the process of selling, buying, or refinancing. Like other pillars of the housing system, the appraisal process is rife with racial inequities and homes owned by people of color are disproportionately undervalued. Marin City couple Paul Austin and Tenisha Tate-Austin illustrate a recent example; after “erasing themselves” from the appraisal process, Paul and Tenisha saw a $487,500 difference in the valuation of their home apprais…
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Google’s New Manhattan Groundscraper Bets on the Future of the Office
New Yorker
The company’s purchase of St. John’s Terminal for $2.1 billion is the biggest single-building commercial-real-estate deal in the city since the pandemic began.
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Are The Good Times Over? Startup Valuations Dip As Inflation, Geopolitical Issues And Pandemic Concerns Swirl
Crunchbase News
While last year was a record-breaker in terms of venture capital doled out to startups, this year is trending to be a much different story.
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A metaverse convert: Proptech Swivel pivots business to virtual worlds
The Real Deal
True to its name, Austin-based proptech firm Swivel is about to pull a major one-eighty.
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Goldman Sachs and Shell bet $75M that chain stores can boost grid resiliency
Canary Media
GridPoint will use the funds to expand its work beyond HVAC and lighting controls.
