Blueprint: The Future of Real Estate

In this week's edition of our newsletter: US housing starts fell 9.8% in January; insurance costs have shot up for certain CRE properties; and Hudson Yards phase two is?facing?opposition. Lessen CRO Sean Miller joins the Tangent ?? Proptech podcast; and the 20for20 Annual Survey?is officially launched. Meanwhile CoStar?is preparing a $1.72B bid for Australian property classifieds firm Domain Holdings Group; fundraises for PropHero and Faura; Arthur Rollin has been appointed CEO France of?Casavo; and Measurabl has appointed Aislinn McCarry as Director of EMEA.

In this week's edition of our newsletter, check out our interview with Preston Grutzmacher of SALTO SYSTEMS LIMITED. Also, a look at how return-to-office orders are causing chaos for America's housing market; J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s strategic partnership with?Georgia Capital; "There’s a quiet revolution happening in property management," writes Alfred's Jessica Beck; and how data center technology is evolving?to catch up with AI. Meanwhile, new fundings for Beam, ICON, Genia, MattoBoard, AI–BOB, Billd, Nodes & Links, and InvestNext. Plus, Prologis announces the retirement of co-founder Hamid R. Moghadam from his CEO role, effective January 1; and Derrick Tate has joined JLL as EMEA consulting lead.

On this week's The Print Live interview,?Preston Grutzmacher?of?SALTO SYSTEMS LIMITED?shares with us how his team?is?designing access control products that can work across all asset classes of real estate. https://lnkd.in/ebjxqwZU

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In this latest edition of our weekly newsletter, home prices soared in all 50 major metros in December; multifamily renter demand outpaced new deliveries in Q4; and over 110K single-family rentals are under construction across the US. A look at how Industrious won the flex office race; Skanska's CEO sees "very stable" US operations; and Redfin?lays off approximately 450 employees.? Plus new funding for Trayd: Construction Payroll, and 75F; and a merger of security deposit startups Rhino and Jetty.

Who's headed to Blueprint: The Future of Real Estate in Las Vegas this fall? The HHX team will be there along with our visionary CFO Carlos Olea. We're looking forward to getting together with industry trailblazers and sharing progress.

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In this week's edition of our weekly newsletter, the US hotel construction pipeline hits a new record; what Trump's flurry of climate actions could mean for commercial real estate; and could WeWork’s collapse have been avoided with a Propco/Opco strategy?? Meanwhile, Placer.ai is?laying?off 150 employees in a push for profitability; Alpaca Real Estate, an alternative investment management firm, announced the closing of a $50M?credit facility with Stifel Bank; MetaProp?has announced its 10th accelerator startup cohort; Closinglock has?closed a $34M?Series B funding round; and LULA has raised $28M in new funding. And Spencer Rascoff, the tech veteran who co-founded and led real estate company Zillow, has been named CEO of?Match Group.

In this week's edition of our weekly newsletter, home prices are rising in every major U.S. metro; multibillion-dollar data center projects are coming up big; and Adam Neumann pushes Flow to turn Canada Global into a billion-dollar success. Metropolis Technologies acquires Oosto; Odin?acquires Verfico Technology. And new fundings for Craftwork and MoxiWorks.

In this edition of our weekly newsletter, once high-flying proptech startups Divvy Homes and EasyKnock are the latest to struggle;?housing advocates are warning?that the recovery process in LA risks deepening the region’s ongoing affordability crisis; Neo-builder?Diamond Age?is?shutting?down after hard battle for new investment; Fifth Wall?is?opening a new fund. Plus, new funds for Bedrock Energy; JLL?is boosting its sustainability services; and Doorvest?has acquired?Rubik.