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Bike2Box launched a modular bicycle parking box, which allows to transform a car parking slot into a locker accommodating 12 bicycles. It is designed to meet a growing demand in parking bicycles in post lockdown era, when people return to offices and seek for safe ways to commute. It’s quick, safe, uses existing spaces, does not require any mounting and can be rented for as long as needed.
Read MoreID 360 is an interactive product that offers clients a comprehensive overview of their retail property, along with in-depth information on the space’s assets. It allows customers to have property information all in one place, from anywhere in the world, so they can focus on quickly leasing vacant space and generating revenue online.
Read MoreThe 6 Feet Office solution includes the 6 Feet Routing, a visually displayed routing for each office, making traffic flows safe, the 6 Feet Workstation, an adapted and fully equipped workplace at which the user can work safely, and a 6 Feet Facility, a trained employee who advises on and ensures an optimally functioning and safe facility environment.
Read MoreWorking with the company Optimus Ride, Brookfield will use self-driving vehicles to deliver boxes of nutritious food and groceries, One-Week Boxes, to families in need, expecting to feed thousands of people in the coming weeks.
Read MoreThe tech giant shares an eight-story building in Seattle with a nonprofit called Mary’s Place to open a unique new type of homeless shelter, serving 200 people. The building is divided in half lengthwise: half of it is divided for use by Amazon, the other side is used by Mary’s Place.
Read MoreLOADS, a co-working space based in Amsterdam is currently open for people who cannot work from home due to confined workspaces that prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Read MoreBobobox and Li Ka Shing Foundation in Collaboration with IDI Jawa Barat donated 100 sleeping pods for COVID-19 hospitals in Jakarta & West Java. The pods are intended for medical workers to take rest in between their long shifts.
Read MoreThe Tokyo-based company is marketing its empty fully-furnished apartments as a way for stressed couples to get some time apart during the lockdown, like "temporary shelters" for people to escape the family, whether to work or just get some peace and quiet.
Read MoreArchitect Francesca Perani has designed a mini-flat which is just 25-square metres in size, that could be perfect for self-isolation. The space was designed for a couple living in a small Italian town, Albino, and has been added by transforming the couple’s porch, turning a storage space into a mini self-contained living area.
Read MoreDwellito's mini offices are quiet places to work from that can be built next to your home, or in your garden. In 6 to 8 weeks, a pre-built office can be delivered to your front door, starting at $9,000.
Read MoreDocked Living is opening one of its 8-bedroom, 9.5 bath co-living properties to healthcare providers who need to quarantine themselves away from loved ones. The temporary housing will be provided for free and will include all offerings in Docked Living's normal co-living spaces.
Read MoreOutpust Club provides dedicated housing in its 25 co-living communities for traveling doctors and nurses treating COVID patients. Outpost will offer these under special discounted rates.
Read MoreTo allow people to continue buying and selling homes during the COVID outbreak real estate companies in the U.S. like Sotheby’s International Realty are providing virtual reality tours with 360-degree views of the properties.
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