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Spark Notes – September 14, 2023
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AI is accelerating real estate’s consumption of technology as companies urgently adopt data-based solutions for overall efficiency. Tasks that used to be manual and tedious can now be automated with customizable software, eliminating the mundane and encouraging employers to focus talent and resources for greater gain. Tanguy Quero, Investment Principal based in Paris, provides a deeper look at Proda, a JLL Spark portfolio company, and how the platform is revolutionalizing rent roll data. Read about Proda’s AI power: Increasing the power of data for real estate markets |
PORTFOLIO COMPANY UPDATES What’s new with our startups Liberty Mutual Re, XS Global and Safehub Announce World’s First Sensor-Based, Parametric Reinsurance Treaty for Earthquake Risk The reinsurance group will begin by selling multiple policies through XS Global subsidiaries in Mexico, utilizing Safehub’s sensor technology. Hines Invests in Digital Ecosystem to Enhance Workplace Experience, Connectivity SwiftConnect is chosen to power employee badges for several Hines buildings in North America. Return to Office: Employees Have More Say in Where They Work, HqO CEO Says Chase Garbarino discusses the importance of employee experience. |
IN THE PRESS Insights in the media from JLL AI and the Evolution of Proptech Carolyn Trickett, Growth Principal based in Australia, contributes to the article. |
PROPTECH EVENTS Connect with our team at the following events CREtech New York September 19-20, 2023 | New York, New York Raj Singh is speaking. Eddie Carroll, Daniel Correa, Sonia El-Sherif, Laurent Grill, Javier Araujo O’Neill, and Meagan Riley are attending. The District September 20-22, 2023 | Barcelona, Spain Sean Wright is speaking on a panel discussing real estate best practices and pitfalls for PropTech entrepreneurs. CREtech Climate Day September 21, 2023 | New York, New York Raj Singh and Laurent Grill attending. The Future of Generative AI in Real Estate September 21, 2023 | 9:00 am Pacific Time Hear insights from key innovation and technology leaders within JLL on what the AI-enabled future of real estate will look like. Register for the webinar in the link above. EXPO REAL October 4-6, 2023 | Munich, Germany Arnaud Bouzinac is attending. |
INDUSTRY NEWS Learn more about the current landscape of PropTech investing Watching AI for Software Bias globest.com | August 31, 2023 Work Shift: What the Return to Office Looks Like Globally bloomberg.com | September 5, 2023 Real-Estate Doom Loop Threatens America’s Banks wsj.com | September 6, 2023 Microsoft’s New Manhattan Office is in a Growing Tech Hub propmodo.com | September 11, 2023 ‘We’re in the First Inning of the Commercial Real Estate Correction,’ Billionaire Real Estate Investor Jeff Greene Says fortune.com | September 12, 2023 Brooklyn Hip to PropTech commercialobserver.com | September 12, 2023 LMRE’s 2023 Salary Report lmre.tech | September 2023 To learn more about JLL Spark, visit our website or email us at contact@spark.jll. Interested in potential investment from JLL Spark? Apply here. |