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AI-driven organizational transformation: Why people still matter more than technology
Organizational transformation isn’t just about technology—it’s about people. According to JLL’s 2025 Global Real Estate Technology Survey, while 92% of companies are now piloting AI in corporate real estate, only 5% have achieved most of their objectives. Carolyn Trickett, Growth Principal, dives into the fundamentals as well as the impact and expectation of AI’s revolution of CRE in our…
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Bridging real estate and technology: Growth Principal Arnaud Bouzinac
Arnaud Bouzinac, JLL Spark Growth Principal based in Paris, leverages his passion for international collaboration, architecture, and technology to drive real estate innovation within JLL’s corporate services division. With a background spanning property development and industry events, he specializes in integrating portfolio company solutions into JLL’s service delivery and commercial offerings. Read more from him in…
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Embracing AI: JLL Spark’s proactive approach to transforming commercial real estate
The commercial real estate industry is experiencing a shift from labor shortage concerns to actively pursuing technology-driven cost savings, with building owners and occupiers now exploring Physical AI and robotic solutions for measurable results. Growth Partner Danny Klein details JLL Spark’s viewpoint and pursuit of robotics orchestration in this latest blog post.
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From digital to physical: AI steps off the server and into buildings
The commercial real estate industry is experiencing a shift from labor shortage concerns to actively pursuing technology-driven cost savings, with building owners and occupiers now exploring Physical AI and robotic solutions for measurable results. Growth Partner Danny Klein details JLL Spark’s viewpoint and pursuit of robotics orchestration in this latest blog post.
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AI overload drives data center innovation
AI is overwhelming today’s data centers, but a comprehensive stack of infrastructure, energy, and software solutions is emerging to meet this challenge. JLL’s 2026 Global Data Center Outlook report projects nearly 100 GW of new capacity will be built between 2026 and 2030, with AI workloads accounting for roughly half of all usage by decade’s end. We anticipate that demand will still outpace this supply.
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JLL and VergeSense partnership: From investment vision to client value
The investment thesis is clear: enterprises need technology that answers critical questions such as whether to renew leases, how to right-size spaces, and how to balance cost optimization with user experience. Through a solid partnership between JLL Spark, VergeSense, and JLL’s partnership and account teams, we have been able to successfully deliver these outcomes to many clients.
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2026 industry forecasts from the JLL Spark team
Welcome 2026! It’s only fitting that we open the new year with our predictions on trending topics in CRE and venture circles. We polled the JLL Spark team for their outlook on AI’s transformation of CRE, industry tech adoption and implementation, and exit expectations. What were the overall sentiments and who carried the outlying opinions?
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From plant room to boardroom: a tech innovator’s guide to the $3 trillion facilities management market
The facilities management industry has little choice but to deploy technology to solve the immense challenges it faces. For tech innovators, this is a mandate: empower the industry’s shift from the plant room to the boardroom. Those who seize this opportunity will help create resilient, efficient, and engaging workplaces of tomorrow. The future of FM…
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Building foundations for venture scale: A conversation with JLL Spark’s Daniel Correa
In our latest team feature, get to know Daniel Correa, JLL Spark Growth Principal based in New York City. He is the powerhouse behind accelerating our portfolio companies within JLL’s transaction businesses – Leasing Advisory, Capital Markets, and LaSalle Investment Management.
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Partnering with PRODA to power JLL’s global data strategy
With operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of more than 110,000 employees, we face the immense challenge of managing vast amounts of property data from multiple sources, markets, and formats. To address this complexity data challenge, we invested in and deployed PRODA — a solution that has been essential in building a unified, scalable,…
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Smart sourcing: How our investment in Acelab will transform JLL’s material discovery and procurement
Our recent investment in Acelab reiterates JLL’s commitment to tech-enabling our core business functions and represents a strategic leap forward in enhancing one of our critical processes: material discovery and procurement. Acelab’s Material Hub, an all-in-one materials management platform, enhances efficiency for architects and designers in JLL’s PDS group, providing superior quality control and economic advantage,…
