LAVAL, Quebec, May 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Urbanimmersive Inc. (“Urbanimmersive,” the “Company” or “UI”) (TSX VENTURE: UI) (OTC PINK: UBMRF) today announced a partnership with FastOffice, a commercial real estate technology company providing a 3D data visualization platform for marketing and managing commercial real estate office space.
FastOffice has been gaining significant traction in the commercial real estate market with a low cost and fast solution that accelerates decision making for brokers, tenants, landlords and property managers.
FastOffice has started offering Urbanimmersive’s 3D tours to its commercial real estate customers as a cost-effective option to quickly digitalize scaled-to-life large office and building spaces using standard 360 off-the-shelf cameras.
The partnership will provide FastOffice with access to Urbanimmersive’s network of photographers in North America to serve FastOffice large footprint real estate commercial clients. Parties have also agreed to integrate their technologies to deliver a first-class, highly innovative final product to FastOffice clients that will enable going from a complete 3D drawing rendering environment to photo 3D tours.
“While residential real estate is our main market, the ability of our 3D tours emulator to cost-effectively digitalizing large environments is enabling us to reach many different industries and verticals. Our partnership with FastOffice is a first meaningful natural application of our technologies outside the world of residential real estate and further validates our potential in other markets. We are excited to work with the FastOffice team, to immediately begin delivering upon this exciting partnership,” states Ghislain Lemire, President and CEO of Urbanimmersive.
Casey Myhre, co-founder and COO of FastOffice, stated “The core purpose of FastOffice has always been to use visualization to facilitate understanding and therefore, decision-making, in all aspects of commercial real estate. Whether it is marketing, leasing due diligence or – critically today – configuring safer offices for people returning to the workplace, people need to experience a space in 3D, on their terms, not through hard-to-read plans. This is even more true today, at a time when people cannot visit sites in person. Integrating Urbanimmersive’s images into our 3D plans and virtual tours enhances people’s understanding of a space even further, while helping us maintain the simplicity and speed of our platform.”
The partnership has already commenced and both companies look forward to it accelerating in the weeks ahead, helping FastOffice deliver a superior product to its clients.
About FastOffice
Founded in 2019, FastOffice is a Commercial Real Estate technology company, providing 3D data visualization tools for marketing and managing real estate assets. Brokers, tenants, landlords and property managers use the 3D visualizations and virtual tours developed within FastOffice to collaborate on marketing, leasing due diligence and ongoing management of tenant and operational needs. The FastOffice visualizations are produced rapidly and at low cost, and are uniquely editable in real time, enabling evidence-based decision making on the fly. The FastOffice platform also includes dynamic costing estimates, a vast catalog of furniture suppliers, financing options and more. The company recently completed the 2019 Colliers Proptech Accelerator powered by TechStars, following the Summer 2019 launch of the platform. The FastOffice software is now available to leasing teams across North America and globally. Learn more at www.fastoffice.com and follow them on LinkedIn.
About Urbanimmersive
Urbanimmersive is a SaaS business management solution that provides mission-critical solutions to visual content providers serving the real estate residential, commercial, construction, and local business markets. Urbanimmersive’ platform helps customers to increase operational productivity and delivering the full potential of visual content creations through leading-edge websites builder tool, AI-backed image indexing, robust file transfer systems, and interactive visual technology solutions. The firm’s core technology is a 3D emulator powered by a visual content recognition post-production algorithm that delivers online and offline alternatives to traditional 3D engines for the creation of immersive digital environments. Learn more at urbanimmersive.com.
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HALIFAX – A village of tiny homes is set to open next month in a Halifax suburb, the latest project by the provincial government to address homelessness.
Located in Lower Sackville, N.S., the tiny home community will house up to 34 people when the first 26 units open Nov. 4.
Another 35 people are scheduled to move in when construction on another 29 units should be complete in December, under a partnership between the province, the Halifax Regional Municipality, United Way Halifax, The Shaw Group and Dexter Construction.
The province invested $9.4 million to build the village and will contribute $935,000 annually for operating costs.
Residents have been chosen from a list of people experiencing homelessness maintained by the Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia.
They will pay rent that is tied to their income for a unit that is fully furnished with a private bathroom, shower and a kitchen equipped with a cooktop, small fridge and microwave.
The Atlantic Community Shelters Society will also provide support to residents, ranging from counselling and mental health supports to employment and educational services.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 24, 2024.
Housing affordability is a key issue in the provincial election campaign in British Columbia, particularly in major centres.
Here are some statistics about housing in B.C. from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s 2024 Rental Market Report, issued in January, and the B.C. Real Estate Association’s August 2024 report.
Average residential home price in B.C.: $938,500
Average price in greater Vancouver (2024 year to date): $1,304,438
Average price in greater Victoria (2024 year to date): $979,103
Average price in the Okanagan (2024 year to date): $748,015
Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Vancouver: $2,181
Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Victoria: $1,839
Average two-bedroom purpose-built rental in Canada: $1,359
Rental vacancy rate in Vancouver: 0.9 per cent
How much more do new renters in Vancouver pay compared with renters who have occupied their home for at least a year: 27 per cent
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2024.
VANCOUVER – Voters along the south coast of British Columbia who have not cast their ballots yet will have to contend with heavy rain and high winds from an incoming atmospheric river weather system on election day.
Environment Canada says the weather system will bring prolonged heavy rain to Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Valley, Howe Sound, Whistler and Vancouver Island starting Friday.
The agency says strong winds with gusts up to 80 kilometres an hour will also develop on Saturday — the day thousands are expected to go to the polls across B.C. — in parts of Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver.
Wednesday was the last day for advance voting, which started on Oct. 10.
More than 180,000 voters cast their votes Wednesday — the most ever on an advance voting day in B.C., beating the record set just days earlier on Oct. 10 of more than 170,000 votes.
Environment Canada says voters in the area of the atmospheric river can expect around 70 millimetres of precipitation generally and up to 100 millimetres along the coastal mountains, while parts of Vancouver Island could see as much as 200 millimetres of rainfall for the weekend.
An atmospheric river system in November 2021 created severe flooding and landslides that at one point severed most rail links between Vancouver’s port and the rest of Canada while inundating communities in the Fraser Valley and B.C. Interior.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 17, 2024.
