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Breaking the Glass Unicorn: View Inc. Files for Bankruptcy
The “first smart building unicorn” has gone bankrupt. After receiving numerous warnings from NASDAQ that it could be delisted, View Inc. admitted it doesn’t have enough money to operate publicly beyond September. Last week, the company announced it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and continue operations under private ownership via an agreement with Cantor […]
3 Things We Learned About Smart Building SPACs in 2022
2021 was the “Year of the #SmartBuilding SPAC” when 9 companies completed a business combination. So what does that make 2022? We have analysed 17 companies, that fit our definition of a PropTech business, to determine what their financial performance looked like in 2022 and what we might expect to happen in 2023 and beyond. […]
Mapping Cushman & Wakefield Strategy in Smart Buildings
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of Cushman & Wakefield in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped M&A, divestments, strategic partnerships and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the business, categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period. This article is intended as a non-exhaustive indicator of Cushman […]
SoftBank Bets On Robotic Cleaning in Smart Buildings
It was not that long ago that a significant fall in the Yen was met with open arms by major Japanese companies seeking to be more competitive in the global market. However, when this month began with the currency at a 20-year low, the reaction from Japan’s biggest companies has been decidedly mixed. In recent […]
The State of SPACs in the Smart Building & PropTech Space
In this Research Note, we examine companies in the proptech and smart buildings space which have opted for a SPAC route to become publicly listed in 2021 and 2022 to date, based on their annual reports, investor presentations, our M&A transactions database and analysis of previous deals. SPAC acquisitions accounted for 11 completed transactions in the smart […]
Commercial Real Estate & the Sharing Economy
The largest hotel company in the world doesn’t own a single bed. The largest taxi company in the world does not own a fleet of vehicles. And, the largest content provider in the world does not make content. AirBnB, Uber, and YouTube have all become the leaders in their industry by creating platforms for a […]
Exploring the Psychology Behind the Hybrid Workplace
“It’s pretty obvious that those who are overly engaged with the company want to go to the office two-thirds of the time at least. Those who are least engaged are very comfortable working from home,” said Sandeep Mathrani, CEO of office leasing company WeWork, during The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything festival. Since the event, Mathrani’s comment […]
WeWork Differently Now
It wasn’t that long ago that WeWork’s rapid rise and fall was a regular feature in business and financial news but it soon faded into the background as the COVID-19 pandemic took center stage across all media. Taking the company out of the spotlight was likely already a strategy for Sandeep Lakhmi Mathrani when he […]
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