Xior Student Housing selects Yardi for pan-European platform

What do you see as the purpose of environmental, social and governance? Luke Cross of Social Invest unravels the latest communications trends around ESG.

In an industry as physical as real estate, venture capital investors shouldn’t overlook the vital role of hardware in getting to net zero, write Conan Lauterpacht and Reid Carroll of Sustainable Future Ventures.

Backed by Fifth Wall and Franklin Templeton, Our Next Energy secured a $1.2bn valuation as it aims to fill a gap in the global transition to clean electricity.

The investment platform, which acquires and manages rental homes on behalf of institutional investors, plans to invest £1bn to buy and retrofit at least 3,000 rental homes across the UK by 2024.

Office jobs still make up 35% of all new jobs created globally, writes Melis Karabulut of Spaceflow. This year, we will see investments rebound stronger and faster than expected in the office landscape.

Cities need meaningful policy reform to ensure they will thrive in the future amid “challenging circumstances”, the UK developer has said in a new report.

Gropyus, a startup that designs, builds and manages prefab homes, doubled its total funding with a Series B fundraise led by German residential giant Vonovia.

Promising uninterrupted greener, cheaper power to tenants at Symmetry Park Biggleswade, the industrial developer has partnered with BasePower to create its first on-site energy centre.

The hybrid working platform has teamed up with DragonPass, the airport and rail lounge service provider, to offer flex office space at 1,100 lounges worldwide.

Sublime Systems has developed a low-carbon alternative to the most fossil fuel-intensive parts of the cement making process.

The VC firm completed the first close of Fund II, which has a target size of €100m to invest in real estate innovation.