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Rent roll: Leveraging data science and AI to standardize commercial real estate data sets

Rent roll, in the context of commercial real estate (CRE), refers to a document or dataset that provides a detailed summary of th...

July 24, 2024

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Streamlining CRE with FinTech: Tackling rising insurance costs with data-driven solutions 

At JLL Spark, we focus on making impactful investments in technology that reshape the real estate industry. A key pillar in our i...

July 11, 2024

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Who benefits when the CRE transactions market recovers? 

Since March 2022, central banks, led by the Federal Reserve, have aggressively raised interest rates to combat rising inflation. ...

June 26, 2024

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Breaking free from the binary ‘Home vs. Corporate’ office paradigm

Continuing our blog post series on the Future of Work, we’ve touched on the importance of technology in shaping the future of wor...

June 3, 2024

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Questioning the unquestionable: Building PropTech infrastructure for the hybrid future of work 

Curioser and curioser. Alice’s description of the rabbit hole leading to Wonderland is an apt commentary of the return to office/...

May 23, 2024

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The future is now: How technology is shaping the way we work

The past three years have arguably made the commercial world more connected than the previous hundred combined. The COVID-19 pand...

May 8, 2024

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From brown to green: How JLL’s technology investments help our clients achieve their net zero goals  

JLL Research recently published “The green tipping point” exploring the growing importance of sustainability in the r...

April 22, 2024

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Asia Pacific – part 2: Distinctive real estate trends and PropTech VC activity 

We recently explored the real estate industry in Asia Pacific and why it offers vast potential for Proptech solutions. Now we loo...

April 11, 2024

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Spark X: Pioneering the future of corporate venture studios with JLL  

Introduction  Welcome to Spark X. Founded in 2021, Spark X is the embodiment of innovation and strategic growth within the JLL fa...

March 27, 2024

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CVC series, part 6: The future of corporations and startups working together  

One way of thinking about a large corporation is that it’s a startup that became successful. That’s obvious for, say, Google or M...

March 14, 2024

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