CREtech Briefs March 21, 2022 - CREtech San Diego Starts Tomorrow, Coworking Giant in Venture to Create the Airbnb of Office Space + More

Today's Headlines

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NEWS | All Work

CREtech San Diego Brings Together Professionals From All Corners Of Real Estate

The two-day event will feature various in-person events that cover the world of real estate technology, bringing together professionals from all corners of the industry.

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NEWS | CREtech

Bjarke Ingels, World-Renowned Architect and Designer, to Keynote at the Inaugural CREtech Climate Global Leadership Summit in Copenhagen

CREtech launches first of its kind CREtech Climate Global Leadership Summit in Copenhagen, May 17-19, to address the most urgent global climate issues impacting the real estate sector. New York, NY (February 28, 2022) — CREtech, the world’s leading community of professionals devoted to technological

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NEWS | RET VC

REITs, Tech Execs, RET Ventures explore "rent tech" in new video

As tech innovation continues expanding globally and across industries, leaders throughout multifamily and SFR are increasingly turning their attention toward innovative, efficient tech solutions that drive operational improvements. For property managers, leasing teams, residents and other stakeholders, these digital platforms — commonly referred to as

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NEWS | CREtech

REaaS, Tokenization, and the state of CRE in Latin America, Part 2

Carlos Rousseau, Co-founder and CEO of Orange Investments, reveals how REaaS, or Real Estate as a Service, is transforming the landscape of commercial real estate, and how technology plays a pivotal role in this transformation.

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NEWS | EuropaProperty

CREtech Conference Returns to London with Sustainability Focus

CREtech, the largest community of professionals devoted to technological innovation in the real estate sector, has announced the return of Europe’s most important real estate technology networking conference, with Julie Hirigoyen, CEO of UK Green Buildings Council (UKGBC) set to deliver a Keynote Presentation. CREtech

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NEWS | Wall Street Journal

Coworking Giant in Venture to Create the Airbnb of Office Space

Entrepreneurs have long sought to create a big online listing site for office space similar to how?Booking.com?or?Airbnb?offer lodging options. Now the Covid-19 pandemic is breathing new life into these efforts.

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NEWS | Bisnow

Texas Offers A Sneak Peek Of What Return To The Office Might Look Like

With cases of the omicron?variant on a downswing and mask mandates lifting, companies that delayed bringing?workers?back to the office?for two long years are?starting to bite the bullet. And nowhere has been more successful in bringing employees back to their desks than the Lone Star State,

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NEWS | Straits Times

PropertyGuru to debut on NYSE as investors approve Spac deal

Shareholders approved the?merger of PropertyGuru and blank-cheque?company Bridgetown 2 Holdings,?paving the way for the online real estate marketplace to start trading in New York even as investor interest towards such deals wanes.

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NEWS | The Real Deal

Knock it off: Homebuying startup ditches IPO plans

Diminished investor interest knocked a homebuying startup down a peg, scrambling plans to go public and setting off a massive round of layoffs.

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NEWS | The Real Deal

Robert Reffkin’s net worth plummets as Compass shares tank

Compass agents?who invested in the brokerage?ahead of its hotly anticipated IPO a year ago can lament the 70 percent plunge in its stock price since then. CEO and co-founder Robert Reffkin has a lot more at stake.