Italian tourist destination to become smart city prototype
Smart Cities World
Integral to the Taormina City tech project, led by start-up T.net, is 5Ghz wireless networking that will help create an IoT network and a vehicle-to-everything a corridor.
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Open, Map-Based Technology Redefines Apartment Data
GlobeSt
There was a time not long ago when the apartment industry couldn’t stop talking about “big data” and “business intelligence.” These phrases sounded great during team meetings, but were also ones that often could not be fully explained or quantified by the operations team.
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Lendlease, Google join forces for property’s tech transformation
Placetech
The global property investor has partnered with Google to tackle what it calls “the greatest need and the greatest opportunity in addressing our future”. Together, Lendlease – whose projects have included iconic buildings like the Sydney Opera House and major regeneration schemes like London’s Elephant and Castle –and Google said they will seek to deliver safer, more sustainable and efficient urbanisation projects.
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Hy-Vee’s reimagined grocery store opens in Grimes
Axios
Hy-Vee’s newest grocery store opened in Grimes Tuesday morning, featuring some of the company’s latest modern experiments in attracting customers.
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Can green lending really deliver greener buildings?
Placetech
Last year was monumental for sustainable finance. Some $700bn of green, social and sustainable bonds were issued in 2020, nearly doubling 2019’s $358bn, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. These instruments are re-aligning both lenders’ and borrowers’ priorities across industries, funding projects focused on sustainability in some form.
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WeWork Could Push Back Its Deadline To Go Public
Bisnow
WeWork’s going public could be delayed … again. The coworking company, which earlier this year said it would go public by Sept. 31, postponed that deadline to sometime in the fourth quarter, possibly next month, Bloomberg reports….
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A VC’s Approach to Staying Nimble and Achieving Scale Trailer
CREtech
Travis Putnam of Navitas Capital opens up about the importance of being able to make mistakes, and how he assesses the value and potential of startups. Start your free 30-day trial to get full access videos like this.
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Zoom Follows Workers Back to the Office With a Video Booth
Wall Street Journal
Zoom Video Communications Inc. has teamed up with a maker of office phone booths to create a videoconferencing pod for offices, as part of its strategy to remain useful as workers begin to trickle back to the workplace.
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As Traditional Office Recovery Falters, Coworking Firms Continue To Bounce Back
Bisnow
Rising Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations dashed hopes of a robust return to the office by Labor Day, and the rapid intensification of the disease has seen Houston employers push off a large-scale return, mirroring the actions of national and international firms….
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Guy Grainger, Global Head of Sustainability Services & ESG at JLL, Announced as Climate Keynote Speaker at CREtech London Conference
CREtech
CREtech, the world’s leading community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced Global Head of Sustainability Services & ESG at JLL and Vice President at the British Property Federation, Guy Grainger, as keynote speaker to close the Climate Symposium of CREtech London, this October 27-28. Formally known as FUTURE PropTech until acquired by CREtech in 2019, CREtech London is Europe’s most important PropTech networking event….
