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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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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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CVC series, part 4: JLL Spark brings more than money
It’s no secret that the best startups get to pick their investors. Rather than desperately seeking venture money, they have multiple offers in every funding round.
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American vs. European PropTech investment
While the fundamental drivers of investment and adoption are similar everywhere, in this post we would like to offer a comparative analysis of how PropTech capital is deployed in Europe and the United States.
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JLL Spark’s CVC series, part 3: What sets us apart
JLL Spark Global Ventures stands out for our unique approach to investing in PropTech and built world technology. With a strong focus on commercial real estate, we strive to make a profound impact on the future of the built world.
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JLL’s Global Technology Survey: JLL Spark investments align with client and investor tech focus
In the face of challenges within the VC market and the persistent uncertainties of the broader economic landscape affecting the commercial real estate sector, technology remains a paramount focus for investors, landlords, and occupiers.
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JLL Spark’s CVC series, part 2: Achieving financial and strategic returns
In a recent blog post, JLL Spark introduced our corporate venture capital (CVC) series, and discussed why corporations establish CVC units. In the second part of this series, we’ll talk about how to structure a CVC unit to achieve maximum value for the parent corporation.
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Founder Profile: Dealpath’s Mike Sroka and the Next Generation of Real Estate Investment Performance
Dealpath, a JLL Spark portfolio company, is transforming how real estate investment managers maximize their investment pipelines and portfolio performance.
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Proda’s AI power: Increasing the value of data for real estate markets
FinTech applications will particularly benefit from the increased access to qualitative and large data sets generated by AI models. Proda is a perfect illustration of how this will play out in the specific case of rent roll data.
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FinTech: The pivotal role financial services and technology will play in the future of CRE
It’s all connected. Nothing could be truer when analyzing the symbiotic relationship of the financial and real estate markets.
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JLL Spark’s CVC series, part 1: The goal of corporate venture capital
Corporate venture capital (CVC) has captured our attention for a couple of decades, having started off in high tech companies and steadily expanded more broadly into other industries such as FinTech as well as carbon and emissions tech in recent years.