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  • Rethinking Renting: Dallas Is a Target Market for Co-Living

    DALLAS INNOVATES

    Coworking is on the rise, but the office is not the only place that’s taking a turn toward the communal. According to a new report, Dallas is a prime location for growth in co-living, a type of community housing in which multiple people share one home with common areas such as the kitchen, living room, and dining room. How is that different from having a roommate? According to real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield, co-living aims to help tenants save money, share amenities, and enjoy leasi…

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  • There aren’t enough women in the C-suite. This club wants to change that

    CNN

    Life is easier when you have someone in your corner who understands what you’re going through, especially if you’re a woman in the C-suite or want to be. That’s the idea behind Chief, a private club for women executives that helps them ascend to the top ranks and stay there. Launched this year by Lindsay Kaplan, a former vice president at mattress company Casper, and Carolyn Childers, a former senior vice president at home cleaning services company Handy HQ, the club connects members to …

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  • Real Capital Analytics raises $115M to buy out Daily Mail Group Trust’s stake

    THE REAL DEAL

    Real Capital Analytics, the data firm that tracks global commercial real estate sales and trends, secured $115 million in growth equity to fund expansion into overseas markets and buy out a minority stake owned by Daily Mail Group Trust. The investment included Series B equity as well as debt, and is one of the largest bets on a real estate technology company.

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  • Real Estate Tech Roundup

    THE NEWS FUNNEL

    Everything You Need to Know About Real Estate Tech

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  • Uber and Lyft are betting on self-driving cars to become profitable. But that may not happen, new research from MIT suggests.

    BUSINESS INSIDER

    Uber and Lyft lose a lot of money. Combined, the ride-hailing firms lost some $3.8 billion in 2019 alone, according to the companies’ IPO filings. Most investors, and many Wall Street analysts, are pinning the premise of ever turning a profit on self-driving cars. After all, paying drivers is a massive expense that could be all but eliminated with autonomous vehicles….

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  • The acceleration of ‘proptech’ is already underway, and you better be ready

    BUSINESS JOURNAL

    Proptech, which has roots in commercial real estate, is poised to deliver a major change to the downtown Seattle apartment market soon. …

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  • Knotel Launches “Geometry” Subscription Service

    KNOTEL

    Flexible Workplace Provider Becomes First in Sector to Offer Subscription Service For Adaptable Office Products New York (May 31, 2019) – Knotel, the world’s leading flexible office provider, announced today it has launched a subscription service for office fit and build out by leveraging modular architectural objects aimed to help better serve customers looking for adaptable workspaces. Knotel’s Geometry collection offers a range of modular, architectural office products available for rent …

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  • This Is What The Future’s Sustainable Cities Could Look Like

    NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

    By 2050 the world’s population is expected to reach 9.8 billion. Nearly 70 percent of this booming population—6.7 billion people— is projected to live in urban areas. We asked experts at the architectural and urban planning firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) how they would design a city of the future, educated by lessons of the past and anticipating challenges of the future. …

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  • GCV Powerlist 2019: Mihir Shah and Yishai Lerner

    GLOBAL CORPORATE VENTURING

    Mihir Shah and Yishai Lerner, co-chief executives, are on a mission to transform the real estate industry through technology-based innovation. They lead the $100m JLL Spark Global Venture Fund, the corporate venturing representative of real estate developer and property manager JLL. It has made early-stage property technology investments since its launch in June 2018, evidenced by its first two investments made in real estate technology-focused accelerator program Metaprop and real estate techno…

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  • Amazon’s Plan to Move In to Your Next Apartment Before You Do

    WSJ

    When tenants first walk into their new apartment at the Brandon Place complex in Oklahoma City, they aren’t likely to notice anything out of the ordinary for 2019—there are smart locks on the door with keycode entry, and contemporary thermostats with LCD touch screens. During their move-in briefing, they’re told the unit’s smart systems can be operated from Amazon.com Inc.’s AMZN -2.27% Alexa-powered devices. But they aren’t told how hard Amazon worked to get those devices into their new home. …

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