Covid-19 highlights the merit of fundamentals and provides an opportunity for otherwise overlooked innovators – which is nothing new to Elsewhere Partners by Dave McKenna, Editor – CREB on June 2, 2020 Covid-19 is doing in a matter of months what might have taken years and years otherwise, including looseningRead More →
Fintech was already transforming mortgage lending prior to the Covid-19 crisis. The pandemic is actually accelerating the adoption of fintech because it offers socially-distanced interaction and better service by Dave McKenna, Editor – CREB on April 22, 2020 We’re all remote consumers today. The necessity of social distancing and state-wideRead More →
From coworking space to proptech, the needs of corporate occupiers are remaking the face of commercial real estate around the world by Dave McKenna, Editor CREB on April 7, 2020 Coworking has often been thought of as a product of the gig economy and the go-to space solution for aRead More →
Hemlane raises $2.5 million to make individual real estate ownership more practical and profitable for millions of small investors. by Dave McKenna, Editor- CREB, December 18, 2019 If you own rental houses on the side as a personal investment, you know it can be an awful, soul-killing, beat-down that makesRead More →
PropTech unicorn is investing in Retail when others won’t. The decade long decline in Retail real estate has scrambled portfolios and left operators scratching their heads about how to recover value. Technology helped create the mess, and it must might help solve it. by Dave McKenna, Editor CREB October 23,Read More →
The gold rush in PropTech VC continues through August 2019. Is Co-working overheating the space? by Dave McKenna, Editor CRETech Research August Monthly Funding Report indicates that PropTech investment year-over-year through 2019 has more than doubled. According to their accounting, the total PropTech VC volume through August has hit $2.6Read More →
MRI Software unveiled a two-fer M&A day with deals in the CRE space focused on AI and new accounting standards by Dave McKenna – Editor on July 31, 2019 MRI Software (“MRI”) announced two significant acquisitions in the commercial real estate vertical. Adding to its strong position as the leadingRead More →
The proliferation of cyber-relevant third parties created a massive headache for PE giant Blackstone. Keeping up with the cyber assessments of so many downstream vendors was straining the capacity of the portfolio companies. The solution was the formation of a ground-breaking one-to-many assessment platform that reduces friction in large techRead More →