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.

Read more from him in our latest blog post – Bridging real estate and technology: Growth Principal Arnaud Bouzinac.

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PORTFOLIO COMPANY UPDATES
What’s new with our startups

These are the 2026 CNBC Changemakers: See the full list of women transforming business
EliseAI Co-founder and CEO Minna Song is recognized on the list of women transforming business and philanthropy across sectors including energy, financial services, health care, media, retail, sports and technology.

Quantum cities and the real estate experience: Workplace strategy as an economic engine with Chase Garbarino
Chase Garbarino, Co-Founder and CEO of HqO joins host Frank Cottle in an eposide of The Future of Work® Podcast.

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EVENTS
Connect with our team at the following events

GCVI Summit
Monterey, CA | March 24-26, 2026
Raj Singh will speak on the panel “The Future of CVC AI Infrastructure: Perspectives from Builders and Users.”

JLL’s Management U
Nashville, TN | March 25-27, 2026
Carolyn will attend.

CRETI Venture Summit
Dallas, TX | April 2-4, 2026
Ajey Kaushal will attend.

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INDUSTRY NEWS
CRE and technology topics on our radar

How commercial property management firms are using AI — and hope to use it tomorrow
facilitiesdive.com | March 4, 2026

How agentic AI can reshape real estate’s operating model
mckinsey.com | March 4, 2026

Energy availability, reliability becoming defining factors in commercial real estate: JLL report

bdcnetwork.com | March 6, 2026

Real estate is insecure about its relationship with data and AI
commercialobserver.com | March 10, 2026

Who is really footing the AI energy bill? Inside the debate about data center electricity costs
cnbc.com | March 13, 2026

Data centers overtake offices in US construction-spending shift
bloomberg.com | March 16, 2026