VTS inks $200m tenant experience platform deal

Driven by strong growth in its US business, essensys has reported full year results that CEO Mark Furness said demonstrates the “resilience” of its business model.

Citing a “significant opportunity to scale adoption” amid the growth of hybrid working, JLL Spark has co-led a $9m fundraising round for software that connects access control across buildings around the world.

VTS, the global proptech software provider, has launched its marketing and leasing platform VTS Market in the UK, having signed up several industry-leading asset managers.

A recent £42m fundraise for development platform LandTech marks the next step in building an “ecosystem” of products for developers, the company’s co-founder has said.

Hubli has partnered with global coworking organisation Preferred Office Network to launch an on-demand workspace and meetings reservation platform for close to 1,000 venues.

Responding to the sector’s notoriously slow payments, construction management software provider Procore has agreed to acquire Levelset for $500m.

Paul Unger, editor of PlaceTech, was joined by Paul Speariett, former co-founder of Forge and now regional director at Yardi, to discuss Forge Bluepoint Visitor Management and its role in bringing people back to the office with confidence.

From more cost-effective designs to affordable workspace management, PlaceTech looks at the Sidewalk Labs products making development more efficient and sustainable.

Tapping into demand for flexible accommodation, JLL has launched a short-term rental service to compete with Airbnb and Booking.com.