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Office Snapshots
What will a post-Covid workplace look like? It is difficult to give a meaningful answer to such a weighty question when the experiences, responses, and protocols for dealing with a global pandemic, let alone recovering from one, vary greatly from nation to nation, city to city, and person to person.
CrowdStreet
CrowdStreet’s Darren Powderly is joined by Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech, to discuss how COVID has accelerated the use of technology and how that is impacting commercial real estate.
The New York Times
The coronavirus could be the crisis that finally propels the tech-averse real estate industry into the 21st century. Location matters less, now that the office is the kitchen. Size matters more, now that everyone is at home.
The Real Deal
One of the country’s biggest title insurers is doubling down on digital closings. First American Financial Corp. said it’s investing $40 million into Endpoint, a title and escrow startup it launched last year.
Bloomberg
Since the Spanish city of Barcelona introduced its first “superblock” in 2016, the concept of carving out islands of car-free space by routing traffic around multi-block areas has been influential in cities around the world….
The Wall Street Journal
More companies are looking to dump excess office space by renting it out to new tenants, flooding the market with additional supply that could depress U.S. office rents. With many employees planning to keep working from home for the foreseeable future, big corporate tenants in city centers say they have a surplus of office space.
Bisnow
Last week, the Urban Land Institute and PwC launched their flagship Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe report, which surveys and interviews just shy of 1,000 real estate professionals about the state of the European real estate market.
ProPublica
Instead of moving away from areas in climate crisis, Americans are flocking to them. As land in places like Phoenix, Houston and Miami becomes less habitable, the country’s migration patterns will be forced to change.
CREtech
Catch up on this weeks important webinar where all of the key principals from PropTech Acquisition Corporation, Porch.com, and Moderne Ventures discuss the proposed public listing of this innovative software platform for home services companies.
The Wall Street Journal
The death of the office has been greatly exaggerated, at least in Central London. But tenants are becoming higher-maintenance, in a trend that could outlive Covid-19. This plays to the strengths of publicly traded landlords that are accustomed to being hands-on.
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