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SEP 4, 202615 MIN READ6 SOURCES

APS Has Not Committed to Serve a New Large Load Since 2024

Closing briefs in the Arizona Public Service rate case were docketed on August 27, and they carry a fact no site selection memo in metro Phoenix can ignore. Microsoft, an intervenor, told the Arizona Corporation Commission that APS has been unable to commit to serve any new large load customer since January 1, 2024. APS’s own brief describes a large queue of uncommitted customers. PSV read the briefs.

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DEVELOPING STORY / 01

CRE CAPITAL NEWS

01 / 04

Fifth Wall Backs Atoms: Why the Biggest Proptech Fund Just Bet on Robots as Tenants

Travis Kalanick’s Atoms announced a $1.7 billion equity round on July 22, led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Ben Horowitz joining the board and Bain Capital, Uber, and Fifth Wall participating. Fifth Wall’s check has been reported at $135 million, which would be the real estate fund’s largest single investment. The read that matters for CRE: physical AI treats real estate as its storage layer, and the tenants it creates are robots.

JUL 23, 20267 MIN READ3 SOURCES

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DEVELOPING STORY / 02

CRE PROPTECH NEWS

02 / 04

SwiftConnect Buys HID SAFE: The CRE Read on Access Governance

SwiftConnect said on July 22 it acquired HID’s Workforce Business Unit, including HID SAFE, the physical identity and access management suite, and is folding it into its cloud AccessCloud platform. HID keeps a minority, non-controlling stake, and financial terms were not disclosed. For real estate, the deal pushes building access toward one system that both credentials people and governs who is allowed where, and revokes that access automatically when roles change.

JUL 23, 20267 MIN READ2 SOURCES

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DEVELOPING STORY / 03

CRE PROPTECH NEWS

03 / 04

RealPage Acquires Cherre: The CRE Data Consolidation Read

RealPage says it has acquired Cherre, the data intelligence platform institutional owners use to resolve more than 4 billion entities across roughly $4 trillion in real assets. Terms were not disclosed. The companies promise operational independence and an open platform. For operators, the durable question is contractual: who now owns the pipes your portfolio data runs through, and on what terms.

JUL 15, 20266 MIN READ2 SOURCES

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DEVELOPING STORY / 04

CRE AI NEWS

04 / 04

Guthrie AI’s $4M Seed: The CRE Implication for Bid Coordination

Guthrie AI says its new funding will expand a hybrid bid-assistant program for glazing contractors. For developers and owners, the useful signal is not autonomous pricing. It is faster, more visible preparation of the bid package before an estimator makes the call.

JUL 13, 20266 MIN READ3 SOURCES

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