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Excited for our partners at Lineage. The biggest stock offering of 2024 was far from an overnight success story. They have revolutionized the supply chain in an unmatched way over the past 15 years. We can't wait to see what they do next.

Thankful for Brendan Wallace sharing his top lessons from working with 110+ institutional real estate LPs in the latest Thesis Driven. Over the past eight years, Brendan has raised over $3 billion from a global mix of 110+ strategic limited partners from 20+ countries, including BNP Paribas Real Estate, British Land, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Hilton, Hines, Host Hotels and Resorts, Kimco Realty Corporation, Lennar, Marriott International, MetLife Investment Management, MGM Resorts, Related Companies, Starwood Capital, Toll Brothers, and more. His top eight lessons from working with them all: 1. “Proptech” might not be the best term for real estate technology 2. Every real estate org is on a different part of the tech adoption curve 3. Tech bloat is real, and organizations need help focusing 4. Innovation is not real estate’s core business, but they do care about tech 5. Real estate’s tech focus can change quickly 6. Real estate is an idiosyncratic industry, which hinders technology adoption 7. There’s not a lot of overlap between venture capital, real estate, and technology. Be the liaison. 8. “Not sexy” is often the sexiest when it comes to technology Full lessons learned in Thesis Driven - linked in comments and no paywall on this one!

We are thrilled to share that we have built a first-of-its-kind solar power plant from reused solar panels and it is actively providing energy to our recycling facility in Odessa, Texas! ☀ The panels are reused from various residential and utility-scale systems nationwide, including our customers Ørsted and Sunrun. In 5-10 years, once their power production shrinks, we will transfer the panels right into our nearby recycling lines and replace the panels with future feedstock. Our Todd Phillips explains how the new system works in our latest blog: https://lnkd.in/g5pCYSnm And you can read more in Solar Power World via Kelly Pickerel 👉 https://lnkd.in/g67_k6-s

How might fully autonomous vehicles change the real estate industry? Brad Hargreaves explains: - People aren't taking fully autonomous vehicles seriously because we've already been through a false hype cycle. The enthusiasm and claims of 2016 were premature. - But today, companies like Waymo and Cruise are now offering driverless vehicle services within a geofence in several major metropolitan areas. These services are currently at cost parity with other ride-sharing apps, but they technology is expected to mature and become more affordable. - Fully autonomous vehicles could nearly eliminate the need for car ownership, significantly impacting demand for parking spaces and garages. They could also impact commutable distances for workers, and the length of weekend trip people are willing to take. All of this impacts real estate, but Brad's perspective is the industry hasn't yet internalized what's coming with self-driving cars. #realestate #autonomousvehicles

As the Olympics kick off, I want to commend Paris for putting retrofitting front-and-center on the world stage. The Olympics are usually incredibly expensive to host. That's no secret. Host cities lose billions. And on top of that, cities build venues specifically for the Olympics and never use them again, leaving them to rot. What a waste of money, and not to mention the embodied carbon of the materials used to built these venues. Paris approached the Olympics differently...taekwondo and fencing at the Grand Palais. Equestrian and modern pentathlon in Château de Versailles. Beach volleyball right under the Eiffel Tower. Not only is this more sustainable -- "the most sustainable building is already built" -- but it's also beautiful and features the city in a way no new building could. #realestate #olympics

💰 Oslo's first-of-its-kind climate budget is producing results: the city is on pace for a 65% emissions reduction by 2030. This unique budgeting integrates climate targets and financial budgets, requiring the city's decisions to not only factor in financial decisions by also emissions reductions throughout the whole of Oslo's government. Could this model inspire more cities to act?

Excited to announce Fifth Wall has collaborated with Aroundtown on the launch of ATechX, their early-stage proptech growth program. I've long been impressed by Barak Bar-Hen and his team's commitment to leveraging the transformative power of innovation, and look forward to seeing the substantial impact this program has on the real estate industry. Designed to foster breakthroughs and enable rapid scale, it's crafted for early-stage startups that have a product and are ready to run it. Apply here to join their inaugural class of visionary entrepreneurs, apply here: https://atechx.de/

Our CEO & CIO Brendan Wallace wrote for Thesis Driven about our biggest lessons learned in partnering with institutional real estate firms. What started in our first fund as a consortium of 7 strategic LPs has grown to a network of 110+ firms from 20 countries. After almost a decade of working with some of the largest owners and operators of real estate globally from across every asset class, Brendan shares his unique perspective and hard-won lessons learned along the way. #realestate #venturecapital

🚀 Exciting News! 🚀 We're thrilled to announce the launch of ATechX, an early-stage proptech growth program powered by Aroundtown.✨ Designed in collaboration with noa (formerly A/O) and Fifth Wall, ATechX leverages Aroundtown’s expertise, scale, and strategic partnerships to accelerate the growth of innovative startups. 🌟🤝 📢 Are you a proptech startup ready to disrupt the real estate industry across Europe? Apply now and visit https://atechx.de/ for more info. 📈 #PropTech #Innovation #StartupGrowth #RealEstate #ATechX #Aroundtown #TechAccelerator #DisruptiveTech

❄️ Mojave Energy Systems CEO Philip Farese says air conditioning is the biggest unsolved climate change problem, and his company wants to fix that. Portfolio company Mojave Energy Systems, Inc. wants to change the nature of air conditioning by making it dramatically more efficient, saving owners money by wasting a lot less energy cooling their buildings. A win for the climate, and a win for building owners.