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Spark Notes, featuring Dealpath Connect
Dealpath Connect is the first structured, real-time exchange purpose-built for institutional real estate listings, replacing the outdated email-and-PDF distribution model that buries billions in potential transactions. Launched by JLL Spark portfolio company Dealpath with JLL Capital Markets as a launch partner, Connect delivers direct listing feeds into investor platforms, partnering with brokerages representing roughly 65%…
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Spark Notes with a milestone update on qbiq
For decades, the commercial real estate industry faced a persistent bottleneck: the time and dependency required for manual architectural plans. Deals slowed down while stakeholders waited for “test-fits” to determine if a space met their needs. We recognized that to lead the PropTech revolution, we needed to move faster. Daniel Correa, JLL Spark Growth Principal,…
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Spark Notes and insights on AI-driven organizational transformation
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.
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Spark Notes, featuring 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.
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Spark Notes and our take on the “AI Scare Trade”
The “AI Scare Trade” has brought major attention to AI’s disruption potential of the CRE sector. While the fear is that AI will automate strategic and operational components – from asset management to leasing and property management – JLL Spark views AI as a pivotal opportunity for the industry. Principal Sean Wright describes JLL Spark’s many…
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Spark Notes and our view of Physical AI in CRE
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 our latest newsletter.
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Spark Notes with a deep dive on AI’s impact on data centers
AI is pushing today’s data centers to the brink and accelerating a whole new wave of innovation. With nearly 100 GW of new capacity projected this decade, the industry is being forced to rethink everything and that pressure is unlocking smarter, faster and more sustainable solutions across the stack. JLL Spark’s Ajey Kaushal and Carolyn Trickett break down…
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Spark Notes and highlight on JLL and VergeSense’s partnership
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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Spark Notes with a robotics research feature and JLL Spark’s 2026 forecast
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?