Proptech

Schneider Electric and Lidl, Finland’s third-biggest grocery and retail store chain, will build the nation’s first 100% energy efficient, industrial microgrid and IoT-enabled building automation system for a new distribution …

Panelists discussed the technology trends and challenges poised the reshape the smart building of the future at the MIPIM PropTech NYC?s event this week. Among the top trends were managing …

A generation of tech-savvy millennials are not only demanding connectivity in the workplace but are also transforming the hospitality industry. While it?s no secret that millennials will make up more …

The resounding message from Michael Philips, president of Jamestown and a keynote speaker at MIPIM?s PropTech NYC conference is to create technology-enabled, frictionless workplaces that attract and retain top talent …

Fortune 500s driving adoption of workplace-as-a-service With its start as a business model largely associated with software and servers, the as-a-service concept is currently shaking up the commercial real estate …

NEW YORK–With nearly $6 billion invested this year from both venture capital funds and industry insiders, investment in Proptech is just beginning said panelists at the MIPIM PropTech NYC event. …

MIPIM and MetaProp NYC have partnered to organize the MIPIM PropTech NYC conference, a premier real estate technology event, which will take place amid New York real estate tech week …

Siemens? fast-paced acquisitions of J2, Enlighted and Comfy this year portend the company?s keen interest in maintaining a foothold in the coveted smart building sector in coming years. In a …

Hana property management service pairs users with co-working space After WeWork?s became the largest leaseholder in New York city with 5.3 million square feet, more players are entering the co-working …

The massive adoption of the internet of things ( IoT), data-driven analytics and machine learning in smart building applications has paved the pathway for a transformative technology once used in …

The world?s first fully-automated warehouse that requires no humans to fulfill tasks could be in warehouses and fulfillment centers very soon. ? Mujin, a Tokyo-base startup, claims to be the …

Today LED lighting systems not only provide energy savings to building owners and operators. Now, LED human-centric lighting systems are being used to improve patient well-being and workplace performance in …

In the in-building wireless connectivity world, progress is often viewed through the lens of enabling pervasive data connectivity for all employees working in a particular building at a given time. …

Recently, CBRS and shared spectrum solutions have become the darling of the in-building wireless world. At a simplistic level, CBRS is envisioned to use standardized LTE technology propagated over unlicensed, …

While DAS is essentially a prerequisite for equipping large venues with robust in-building coverage, it remains true that most commercial real estate buildings fall below the size threshold where DAS …

Although refrains such as ?DAS is dead?, and referring to new in-building wireless technologies as ?DAS killers? have become fashionable, both phrases are used more as clickbait than actual market …

According to a survey conducted by the Mobile Sports Report in 2016, nearly 90% of venues surveyed indicated that they had deployed at least a partial DAS, and 75% of …

FCC sets rules on priority access licenses for CBRS spectrum After a protracted process, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission finalized rules governing priority access to the shared 3.5 GHz Citizens …

JLL Spark, the Proptech investment arm of JLL, announced that it will invest $1.5 million in San Francisco-based VergeSense, a developer of a smart building sensor-as-a-service office utilization platform. VergeSense?s …

WeWork, the largest occupier of office space in Manhattan, has continued to rapidly expand in the enterprise market through innovative product offerings like Powered by We (PxWe), its office space …

IBW is taking off, driven by a convergence of technologies (small cells and CRAN, new DAS architectures, MEC, CBRS, MulteFire), connectivity needs (IoT, enterprise and venue applications, high-capacity/low-latency connectivity in …

Understanding the opportunity for private, in-building 5G networks HONG KONG–Millimeter wave frequencies are a key to delivering the multi-gigabit-per-second throughputs expected as 5G matures. As operators stand up outdoor 5G …

WiredScore, a New York-based technology firm that rates buildings on internet connectivity, announced this week it raised $9 million in Series A funding- the move signals that investors see digital …

While an increasingly tech-savvy workforce, the exponential increase in bandwidth and speed from 5G and changing business models are responsible for driving future technological innovation in the commercial real estate …

The resounding message to technology?companies in the PropTech sector at?CREtech’s event in Chicago last week was to create data-driven transparent solutions that can unify disparate systems to meet challenges faced …