The changing role of…property managers

For many companies, beginning to innovate can be an overwhelming experience, full of risks and challenges. Specialist proptech fund Concrete VC decided to tackle this head on by hosting an event looking at what works and what fails in commercial real estate innovation.

There’s a theory about buses and the media. When things go wrong on the buses you won’t see stories because national newspaper editors don’t take the bus to work.

New business models and competition, extensive use of technology, and changing tenant and investor expectations are redefining commercial real estate. Deloitte’s real estate team surveyed the world for investor sentiment. This is what they found.

Digital evidence collector eviFile and cloud-based BIM collaborator 3D Repo hope to encourage more use of BIM in construction through a strategic partnership to combine both tools.

Coyote and control.IT have partnered to make a joint strategic investment in Proda, a startup which uses artificial intelligence to organise messy data for asset managers.

Location analyst Locomizer has published a study with Centre for Cities that takes anonymous mobile phone patterns from 2017 to compare daily movements of workers in Manchester and Sheffield.

The big data startup has entered a strategic partnership with the two prominent tech firms and will see the platform integrated into both systems.

FenestraPro, a Dublin-based software company which provides software applications for the design of more energy efficient building façades, has announced a €1.2m funding round.

Bould will bring the tech firm over 40 years’ experience in the property industry.