[Adapted from The Rise of Climate Tech and NYC’s Developing Climate Hubs from Proptech Consulting LLC] New York City is the nation’s epicenter for the financial, real estate, and media industries. In recent years, climate technology has also become a growing new sector for which…

[Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on the Ivory Innovations website.] Lauded by many economists as an idea that could “fix just about everything”, the land value tax is gaining traction in the U.S. While it has recently garnered national attention, the land value tax is…

CityBldr is a marketplace used by large real estate operators, developers, and investors to locate, analyze, and trade underused properties in any real estate asset class through proprietary analytics. After working exclusively with enterprise companies since 2018, CityBldr launched its first SaaS product, Local, which…

In our latest real estate tech entrepreneur interview, we’re speaking with Eve Picker from Small Change. Who are you, and what do you do? I’m Eve Picker, the founder and CEO of Small Change. Small Change is an impact investing platform that focuses on transformative…

I’ve honestly never been a big fan of Uber as a company (I’m long Lyft), but the following video about urban mobility got my excited about the future of transportation (and cities): Slowly, but surely, Uber is changing their public perception and positioning themselves as a…

As you know, Fifth Wall’s portfolio event was last week in Venice. There were three panels held at their office, each covering a category Fifth Wall has made big bets on (the majority of panelists were from portfolio companies): Future of Cities Real Estate-as-a-Service Fintech and…

  Toronto was put on the “smart city” map by Google. Now, Bill Gates’ investment firm (Belmont Partners) is putting “Belmont Arizona” on the map with $80 million to purchase 25,000 acres. (via cnbc.com) If you don’t know where “Belmont” is, not to worry. The city…

BREAKING: @SidewalkLabs + @WaterfrontTO announce #SidewalkTO, a partnership to create new kinds of neighbourhoods on Toronto’s waterfront pic.twitter.com/728w90qIzX — Sidewalk Toronto (@SidewalkToronto) October 17, 2017 800 acres of waterfront in Toronto being developed by Sidewalk Labs (subsidiary of Alphabet) as an internet smart city. Over…

In 2014, 54% of the world’s population lived in cities. A UN report predicted that 66% of people in the world will live in cities by 2050. As cities grow at a rapid pace, they face an increasing number of problems. For instance, cities like New…

My interaction with IDX solutions has been an ongoing process for almost 20 years as a Real Estate company owner and as a Web Designer/SEO expert.  To clarify up front, I am not employed by Real Geeks nor by any other IDX company. I was…