TECHTALK
Avison Young Leasing Digital Property in the Metaverse Add another company to the list exploring the
represent ownership, as the exclusive leasing
metaverse. Avison Young’s New York office has
agents for Everyrealm’s digital retail space.
been retained by Everyrealm as the exclusive
They also represent Everyrealm, the metaverse
leasing agent for its MetaMall in the metaverse
investment and developer company, in the
platform Decentraland. It is a turnkey, digital
leasing of its New York City headquarters at 335
retail property located at coordinates 100, 18, in
Madison Ave.
Photo courtesy of Avison Young
square feet of experiential retail space, includ-
Decentraland’s Fashion District. MetaMall sits directly across from Everyrealm
ing a lobby, two conference floors, a game
Peter Johnson, director of the growth technol-
and JP Morgan’s other experiential retail devel-
floor and three floors available for lease. The
ogy practice group and Leah Zafra, associate,
opment, Metajuku. Its six floors total 364,000
leasable space consists of 121,000 square feet.
HomeLight Agrees to Acquire Accept.inc Residential real estate tech firm HomeLight has
“In a time period with so much volatility in the
entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
capital markets, our business is stronger than
Accept.inc, a Denver-based fintech lender that
ever. This financing round is a testament to our
gives homebuyers a way to submit all-cash of-
growth and the future potential of our business,
fers on a home upon qualifying for a mortgage,
and it’s enabled us to go on the offensive during
in an all-stock transaction. With this acquisition,
uncertain times,” said Drew Uher, founder and
HomeLight will become the largest agent-
CEO of HomeLight. “That includes this acquisi-
focused cash offer program in the country, with
tion. We’re thrilled to welcome the Accept team
cash offers and are commi#ed to delivering the
$3 billion in referred transaction volume in Q1
to the HomeLight family. We share the vision that
power of contingency-free transactions to top
2022 alone, the company said.
all offers in real estate will eventually become
agents and their clients across the country.”
Drew Uher Photo courtesy of HomeLight
Simon Launches Platform for Consumers to Shop Mall Merchandise Online It’s been a much-discussed wish: for con-
located at Simon properties nationwide.
sumers to be able to shop a mall’s merchandise, and not just research stores, online.
“Simon Search brings new search capabili-
Now, it’s coming true: Simon has launched
ties to our retail centers, offering shoppers
Simon Search, a search platform designed
multiple ways to search for specific in-store
to enable shoppers to research in-stock
merchandise,” said Mikael Thygesen, chief
bar, delivering enhanced inventory visibility
products available at participating retailers
marketing officer, Simon. “Simon is com-
to our shoppers. Consumer research has
located within a Simon property. Simon
mi#ed to providing shoppers with the most
shown that almost 90% of shoppers are in-
Search is available through the Simon app,
enjoyable shopping experience possible.
terested in the enhanced search capabilities
property websites and interactive directories
This game changing search tool raises the
provided by Simon Search.”
42 MANN REPORT | AUGUST 2022
