PropTech: The Future of Real Estate
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By Pete Flint, Managing Partner, NFX & Founder, Trulia
Latest Trends and Insights in Real Estate Technology
Curated daily by our industry experts. Stay informed on how tech is shaping the real estate industry with these important headlines.
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Mint House raises $15M to give business travelers a better hotel
TECHCRUNCH
Hotels are convenient but rarely homey. Short-term rentals through Airbnb or HomeAway are often comfy but can be a pain to book and check-in. Business travelers often have to pick the best of two lousy options. Mint House is summed up best by Tige Savage, Revolution Venture managing partner: “Mint House is the best of a hotel without the worst of a hotel and the best of an Airbnb without the worst of an Airbnb.”…
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Airbnb-backed startup plans first city location at 70 Pine
CRAINS NEW YORK
An Airbnb-backed hospitality startup plans to launch its first hotel suites in New York in the fall at 70 Pine St. in the Financial District. The company, Lyric, has signed a long-term lease to open 132 suites on the third through sixth floors of the 67-story art deco landmark tower. Lyric is rebranding and renovating rooms that previously operated in the building as the Q&A Residential Hotel by Furnished Quarters….
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WeWork is going to manage office space at RXR’s 75 Rock
THE REAL DEAL
WeWork is partnering with RXR to manage 90,000 square feet at 75 Rockefeller Plaza in a revenue-sharing agreement, the first such deal the co-working giant has reached in New York. The $47 billion flexible office space company — whose parent the We Company last month filed paperwork for an initial public offering — will take four floors in the 32-story tower, WeWork said Thursday. No information was provided on the value of the deal….
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CREtech CEO Michael Beckerman Joins MIT World Estate Forum To Moderate Panel on New Multifamily Models
CREtech
Global Real Estate Conference To Be Held On May 21 at MIT New York, NY (May 10, 2019)— CREtech(cretech.com), the largest event, data and content platform in the commercial real estate tech industry, announced that its CEO, Michael Beckerman, will moderate a panel entitled “Real Estate Transformed: New Models for Living” at MIT World Real Estate Forumon May 21, 2019. The MIT World Real Estate Forum sits at the convergence of technology, innovation and commercial real estate in a way that no …
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Century-old Adams & Company bringing next generation service to modern tenants
REAL ESTATE WEEKLY
Last spring, Adams & Company introduced Equiem to its 22-building portfolio and witnessed what principal David Levy believes may have been the biggest change in the company’s 100 year history. “It’s been wildly successful,” said Levy of the Australian tech platform that has helped workers feel at home in the legacy buildings they occupy. “The tenant portal enables every employee to access a platform of services and goods we have available, from fitness classes to a conference center, a…
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Bird wants you to buy a scooter for $1,300
FAST COMPANY
Would you buy a scooter? Bird thinks so. The company is launching a new scooter that anyone can buy. The Bird One comes in black, white, and rose and is available on the company’s website for a whopping $1,300. It has a one-year warrantee and can be serviced through Bird’s centers. The Bird One follows another scooter the company launched in April called Bird Zero. The scooter was introduced as a more robust version of its initial scooter, with weatherproof batteries and more d…
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CrediFi CEO: CRE Lenders Are Making Fewer Loans, But Loan Sizes Are Growing
NATIONAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR
CrediFi, a commercial real estate data/analytics firm that tracks lenders across the U.S., has recently released data that showed some slowdown in new loan originations across virtually every product type in 2018. The number of loan originations on retail properties went down by almost 10 percent year-over-year, while the number of hospitality property loans went down by more than 15 percent. Stats on office, multifamily and industrial originations were also down. NREIrecently talked with CrediF…
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Minta Kay & Salil Gandhi – 10 Biggest Forces Driving The PropTech Movement
REALCROWD
Welcome to the kickoff episode of the Goodwin Proptech Series, where Minta Kay & Salil Gandhi, co-chairs of Goodwin’s PropTech practice, discuss how the coming technology wave will impact real estate.
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Shadow Ventures hires former BuiltWorlds leader Nick Durham
REJOURNALS
Shadow Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on investing in startups in the underserved AEC and CRE tech markets, announced that former BuiltWorlds’ leader Nick Durham has joined the company as senior associate, expanding the company’s presence in Chicago. Durham has more than eight years of experience working with startups in the built environment.
