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  • How Blackstone Is Experimenting With Tech

    BISNOW

    Last week it was possible to get a rare insight into how the world’s biggest real estate owner thinks about tech. Lionel Hill was appointed chief technology officer for the $140B real estate division of Blackstone in February, having joined from CBRE. It is the first time Blackstone has had a real estate CTO. “We are in the experimental phase right now,” he said on a panel at the Future:PropTech conference in London. “We are looking at how we streamline operations across our portfolio comp…

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  • Crowdfunding firm Prodigy is broke, former exec claims in defamation lawsuit

    THE REAL DEAL

    A former Prodigy Network executive is suing the real-estate crowdfunding platform and CEO Rodrigo Niño, alleging that the company’s “cash difficulties” aren’t his fault — they’re Niño’s. Vincent Mikolay was named interim chief operating officer at Prodigy in December 2017 and became the permanent replacement a few months later. In his complaint, filed Thursday in New York County Supreme Court, Mikolay also claims that Prodigy hasn’t paid him his shares of Class B incentive units since he was …

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  • Microsoft aims to train and certify 15,000 workers on AI skills by 2022

    TECHCRUNCH

    Microsoft is investing in certification and training for a range of AI-related skills in partnership with education provider General Assembly, the companies announced this morning. The goal is to train some 15,000 people by 2022 in order to increase the pool of AI talent around the world. The training will focus on AI, machine learning, data science, cloud and data engineering and more. In the new program’s first year, Microsoft will focus on training 2,000 workers to transition to an AI and m…

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  • Industrious Partners With Seritage Growth Properties to Open Five Locations

    COMMERCIAL OBSERVER

    National retail and mixed-use developer Seritage Growth Properties is partnering with Industrious to bring premium flexible work spaces to five locations in the Seritage portfolio, with the first location set to open at the The Collection at UTC in La Jolla, San Diego, Commercial Observer has learned. The outpost at 4545 La Jolla Village Drive will mark Industrious’ entry into the San Diego market. “Industrious is a wonderful complement to the integrated mixed-use environments we are curat…

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  • Equinox Gyms to Add Co-Working to the Workout

    WSJ

    Equinox is teaming with co-working operator Industrious to offer furnished office space near the fitness company’s upscale gyms, the latest sign that the office, fitness and hospitality industries are starting to converge. The first workspace in the partnership is slated to open later this year in a 72-story skyscraper in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, said Industrious’s co-founder and chief executive Jamie Hodari. His firm has 76 office locations in 42 U.S. cities and has raised $142 million in v…

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  • Yves Béhar and New Story Explain How They’re Building Homes in the World’s First 3D-Printed Community

    ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

    The revolutionary designer teamed up with New Story to combat homelessness with 3D printed homes built on-site, in a mere 24 hours. Yves Béhar doesn’t cry over spilled milk. While sitting at a coffee table explaining his forthcoming project—a revolutionary mission to build 3D-printed homes for the homeless—Béhar’s hands swung to and fro, the Swiss designer’s hurried movements matching his enthusiasm. That was, until, during an important step in the building process (the plumbing), Béhar’s han…

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  • Climate adaptation isn’t surrender. It’s survival.

    MARKETPLACE

    Molly Wood, host of “Marketplace Tech,” is an ongoing contributor to Wired’s Ideas section. Her latest column is below. Here’s an unpopular opinion in some circles: We are going to have to use technology to adapt to the worst effects of climate change. For far too many years, the world has been talking about slowing down climate change. With some success: The state of California now uses 30% renewables to power its grid. For the past two years, the United Kingdom has gotten more than half …

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  • The Hotelification of multifamily: Greystar partners with Hello Alfred

    THE REAL DEAL

    One of the country’s largest residential landlords will partner on building management services with Hello Alfred, a startup that uses technology to determine residents needs. Greystar, the South Carolina-based landlord with more than 450,000 units in the United States, plans to roll out the platform across its entire portfolio, which will provide its multifamily residents with services like pet care, laundry and will purchase groceries through an app. The platform is currently in 200,000 uni…

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  • New York real estate’s tough talk is like “fresh air” for proptech entrepreneurs

    THE REAL DEAL

    The title of the canceled sitcom “Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23,” was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the show’s antihero protagonist. In the world of venture capital, the “treacherous B” has a different meaning. “The series B round is known as the treacherous B,” MetaProp co-founder Zach Aarons explained Wednesday afternoon at The Real Deal’s 12th annual new development showcase in Chelsea. …

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  • Technology Creating New Ways To Invest, Manage And Work In Buildings

    BISNOW

    Technology is changing not only how buildings are bought and run, but also how people are interacting within them. Several platforms are making it possible to bring technology on board that streamlines employee days, makes buildings safer and more secure or gathers and reports data in new ways for those managing the building.

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