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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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FEATURED RESEARCH – Is the tipping point for robotics in real estate coming? The rediscovery of robotics as physical AI
Traditional robots have been around in commercial real estate for years, doing tasks like construction work, cleaning, and building inspections. While functional, the results are not changing the game. Leveraging JLL’s latest Global Technology Survey, authors Yuehan Wang and Christine Langston of JLL’s Global Research team finds that the combination of better technology, willing clients,…
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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,…
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Unstable Foundations event recap
JLL Spark and Goodwin Law hosted, with sponsorship from Andersen, an audience of almost 90 people, expertly curated to speak and network about some of the most pressing issues in our business at Unstable Foundations: An analysis of CRE’s relationship with tech.
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Transforming project management: How JLL Spark’s partnership with INGENIOUS.BUILD is revolutionizing client service
Persistent challenges facing the construction technology industry boil down to three critical issues: inefficient communication among project stakeholders, siloed systems and processes, and poorly adapted technology ecosystems. The result? Unnecessary manual work, added complexity, and ultimately, project delays and cost overruns. In this post, we showcase how a strategic partnership between JLL Spark, our portfolio…
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Making innovation work: A conversation with JLL Spark’s Carolyn Trickett
Growth Principal Carolyn Trickett has lived and breathed the intersection of real estate operations and technology innovation at ground level for many years.With over 30 years of experience driving technology transformation across a range of industries, Carolyn brings a unique perspective shaped by hands-on systems delivery. Get to know Carolyn and how her role positions…
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How Ren has supercharged JLL’s AI-powered approach to client centricity
Following a groundswell in adoption among individual brokers across the organization, JLL Spark invested in Ren’s sales intelligence technology in 2024. Fast forward to today, nearly 1,000 brokers from various sectors utilize our AI to serve clients better and generate deals. Ren is dedicated to escalate JLL sales teams to perform at 10x the average.…
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Next gen solutions for real estate’s energy crisis
With energy demand forecasted to rise and electricity prices surging in the last five years, property owners and occupiers face unprecedented challenges in accessing reliable and affordable energy supplies. How are AI and emerging technologies helping these companies optimize building operations to reduce energy consumption? JLL’s Head of Energy Advisory and Sustainability Josephine Tucker weighs in…