Platform aims to help cities plan their climate action

Derivative Path Acquisition Empowers ‘Main Street’ with Greater Access to Capital Markets

San Francisco, CA, March 24, 2021; Derivative Path, a leading provider of capital markets technology and derivatives execution services to mid-sized U.S. financial institutions, has acquired Monetics, an innovative debt management platform servicing commercial real estate participants. The transaction democratizes access to capital markets by streamlining workflow between regional banks, credit unions, and the thousands of commercial clients they serve, while opening new revenue channels for the…

Remote Work Is Here to Stay. Manhattan May Never Be the Same.

Spotify’s headquarters in the United States fills 16 floors of 4 World Trade Center, a towering office building in Lower Manhattan that was the first to rise on the site of the 2001 terror attacks. Its offices will probably never be full again: Spotify has told employees they can work anywhere, even in another state.

Get ready for the return of the office

A strange thing is happening, thanks to the pandemic. While everyone is stuck working from home, some of the country’s largest tech companies are snapping up real estate like nobody’s business.

Pacaso raises $75M, goes from launch to unicorn in 5 months

Pacaso, a less-than-one-year-old startup that is out to give more people a chance at second home ownership, announced Wednesday that it has received $75 million in growth funding at a $1 billion valuation. Greycroft and Global Founders Capital co-led the $75 million in equity financing, which is notable for a few reasons.

David Martin, Sponsor StreetBeats

CrowdStreet’s Darren Powderly is joined by David Martin, CEO of Terra, to discuss the demand drivers for the South Florida market, the migration patterns into the area, and how Terra is positioned to capitalize on that move and the current outlook on retail real estate. …

Altus and Yardi integrate platforms for ‘seamless’ data sharing

Users of ARGUS Enterprise, Altus Group’s asset and investment management platform, and Yardi Voyager will be able to share data between the two platforms following the launch of the ARGUS Connector for Yardi Voyager.

LAB Ventures will back real estate industry disruptors with new rolling fund on AngelList

LAB Ventures, a Miami-based startup studio and venture capital firm that invests in technology startups that disrupt the real estate market, will launch a rolling investment fund next month.

Robots Take Over Real Estate, But Not How You Expect: How AI And Automation May Impact CRE

Typically, the tedious task of researching and writing a credit memo for a loan can take days. Jeff Saul promises he can do the burdensome task in 10% of the time, cutting more than 50 hours of tedious, manual data entry from someone’s job. Saul himself isn’t a savant; Nativ, a new commercial real estate software platform he co-founded that utilizes artificial intelligence and automation, reportedly can reduce that workload to just a few hours. For Saul, that’s just the beginning. He believes Na…

Cold Storage for Food Is Hot Real-Estate Play

A surge in online grocery shopping is intensifying demand for food-storage warehouses, sparking billions of dollars in new real-estate development. Shopping for groceries online was taking off even before the pandemic. Services like Amazon Fresh, FreshDirect and Misfits Market offered a convenient alternative to the supermarket. Demand soared when people started worrying that they could catch Covid-19 on a trip to the store….