Balfour Beatty appoints chief technology officer

The online estate agent has teamed up with Amazon to bring the household voice technology to its UK customers for updates on the sale of their home.

The developer's app will offer room bookings, issue reporting, events planning, inventory management and communication.

The Salford housing association, which owns over 8,000 homes, has given its tenants the option to manage their own tenancy digitally, with the introduction of a portal and a chatbot.

The New York property tech fund has grown its advisory team with Jerry Coleman, co-founder of home leasing company Invitation Homes and home-sales platform Offerpad, joining as a venture advisor.

Ryan Freedman, CEO, shares his investment outlook and how the developer has managed implementing tech.

The fourth edition of MIPIM PropTech New York welcomed 1,500+ property and technology professionals from 50 counties to the Metropolitan Pavilion.

Josh Sirefman, Sidewalk Labs' chief design officer, gave an up-to-date perspective on the new district of Sidewalk Toronto, which combines people-centered urban design with cutting-edge technology.

In the run-up to PlaceTech Big Night Out on 28 November 2019, where the winners for our PlaceTech Prize and PlaceTech Startup Prize will be announced, meet the companies chosen by our esteemed judging panel.

While exploring MIPIM PropTech New York, PlaceTech chatted to senior figures from specialist funds MetaProp and JLL Spark to reflect on the main events of 2019 and where they will be focusing in 2020.