Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
CREtech
Ross Rudd, Director of Technology and Innovation at Bridge Investment Group addresses the widest problem in implementing technology solutions- adoption. In this episode Ross divulges how Bridge Investment Group has tackled technology adoption.
Wall Street Journal
A major home builder is teaming with a Texas startup to create a community of 100 3-D printed homes near Austin, gearing up for what would be by far the biggest development of this type of housing in the U.S. Lennar Corp. and construction-technology firm Icon are poised to start building next year at a site in the Austin metro area, the companies said. While Icon and others have built 3-D printed housing before, this effort will test the technology’s ability to churn out homes and generate bu…
Business Leader
Goodlord, a lettings technology and services platform, has acquired the fintech app acasa. This acquisition forms part of Goodlord’s push to broaden the range of services it offers to letting agents and their landlords and tenants. acasa is a fintech platform which allows tenants to manage household bills and split costs between housemates easily. The acquisition, which is for an undisclosed sum, will see Goodlord incorporate the tech into their existing offering.
Bisnow
Company leaders are increasingly finding that their businesses function better with workers at home at least some of the time, and most firms have yet to put formal arrangements into place. The shift to hybrid work could have a knock-on effect on corporate real estate strategy with major office market impacts: a move away from a centralized headquarters.
Bridgit
Bridgit, a Toronto-based workforce intelligence technology company that’s focused on the construction industry, is announcing today that it has raised $24 million in Series B funding. Founded by Chief Executive Officer Mallorie Brodie and Chief Operating Officer Lauren Lake, Bridgit’s post-Series B blueprint includes building out its team, furthering its product development activities, and laying the groundwork for increasing market share. Further, Bridgit is also announcing the hiring of two ne…
Bisnow
With vaccines widely available, cities largely back up and running and office buildings open for business, people are starting to question what will bring workers back to their desks in big numbers — aside from forcing them.
Axios
3D-printed cement houses are about to take off, offering a cheaper, more efficient way to provide homes for those who need them — as long as they can be built in ways that don’t worsen climate change. Why it matters: Developers of 3D-printed homes think they can take on multiple challenges: the affordable housing crisis, the shortage of skilled labor and rising material costs.
Financial Post
Location, location, location. That’s the common phrase for success in the real estate market, and it’s no different when these properties are listed in an alternative virtual reality, called a metaverse.
Bisnow
Let’s get straight to the point: Carbon offsetting has a bad rep. So why has one of London’s biggest and best-regarded property companies just announced it is bringing forward by five years its plans to start offsetting its carbon emissions? “We recognise that the carbon offset market is nascent, but the stance we’re taking is we’ve got a climate emergency, and we can’t wait until it’s a perfect functioning market,” Tor Burrows, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland’s executive directo…
CBRE
2020 was a watershed year for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing in real estate as pandemic- and climate-related disruption, along with growing recognition of social inequity, prompted investors to adopt a more robust approach to sustainability-related risks.
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