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Impact on CRE: What to Expect from the Incredible Rise of AI 

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has everyone talking about the possibilities across many industries. The co...
May 25, 2023
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Founder Profile: SwiftConnect’s Matt Kopel on Developing the World’s First Street-to-Seat Experience for CRE 

SwiftConnect is the leader in providing connected access enablement that focuses on delighting users with elegant ways to interac...
May 11, 2023
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VergeSense: Occupancy Intelligence for a True Understanding of the Workspace 

Hybrid work is here to stay, prompting CRE leaders and workplace designers to address a burning question: how do you create commu...
April 26, 2023
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The Science of Smart Buildings: PropTech to Improve Workspaces

If you listen to the market, you would be inundated with a myriad of different interpretations of what really makes a building sm...
April 12, 2023
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Founder Profile: Tom Wallace of Re-Leased for a More Meaningful Future of Work 

At JLL we have been thinking and talking about the future of work for years, long before remote and hybrid work became a hot topi...
March 16, 2023
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Unlocking the Future of Work: Building an Engaging Workplace with HqO

The workplace has permanently changed, and now more than ever, companies are searching for creative solutions to provide a better...
March 1, 2023
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The Future of Company Culture

Fostering a successful remote or hybrid company culture is a challenging yet rewarding task. For this to be successful, technolog...
February 16, 2023
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Tech for the Future of Work: Thinking Inside the Boxes

How and where we work has permanently changed. To help adapt their operations, companies can tap into a flourishing number of wor...
February 2, 2023
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JLL Spark China Ventures – PropTech to Enable CRE Innovation in China

In the past decade, China’s tech startup scene has grown rapidly, leading to the disruption of traditional industries in the regi...
January 19, 2023
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2023 PropTech Predictions from the JLL Spark Team

While as VCs we think in longer time frames, the start of the new year does allow us to reflect on our investment themes and how ...
January 5, 2023
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