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Mapping the Strategic Direction of JLL in the Smart Buildings Space – Part 2
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of JLL in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped M&A, divestments, strategic partnerships and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the company, by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period. This article, Part 2 of a 2-part analysis, is intended as […]

Mapping the Strategic Direction of JLL in the Smart Buildings Space – Part 1
This Research Note examines the emerging strategic priorities of JLL in the smart commercial buildings space. We have mapped M&A, divestments, strategic partnerships and investment activity to ascertain the growth ambitions of the company, by categorizing the various business relationships by technology and investment type over a 3-year period. This article, Part 1 of a 2-part analysis, is intended as […]

Funding and Investments in the Smart Buildings Space Q2 2022
This Research Note highlights our analysis of investments in the smart buildings space in the second quarter of 2022. We review the number of rounds and values compared with Q1, the technology areas attracting investment and highlight 14 funding rounds we consider worth mentioning. Memoori has tracked 85 funding rounds amounting to almost $2.3 billion across the smart […]

Real Estate Service Firms Continue to Invest in Smart Building Tech in 2022
Acquisitions, partnerships and investments are playing an increasingly important role in implementing strategic goals for major stakeholders in the built environment, particularly in providing access to the range of innovative technologies being developed in the smart buildings space. We have seen a wave of investment by real estate services firms into technology solutions in 2021 with […]

Corporate VC Accounted for 38% of Q1 Investments in the Smart Buildings Space
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. Corporate venture capital continues to play an important role in funding innovations in the smart building space. The major incumbents providing building technologies and real estate services in commercial and industrial facilities are facing competitive pressure from a wave of smart building startups, […]

Space Utilization for Commercial Real Estate Continues to Drive the Occupancy Analytics Market
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. At the World Economic Forum event in Davos in Jan 2020, Christian Ulbrich, CEO of JLL spoke with Business Insider remarking that space utilization technology was likely to have a particularly high impact for the company by lowering costs and creating better employee […]

“The Office has to be Interesting, or Else People are Just Going to Work from Home”
“Technology is exponentially advancing, delivering innovations that will fundamentally transform consumers’ lives and business operations. This rapid technology adoption means companies have to be light on their feet,” states a recent opinion piece from global real-estate firm JLL’s Australian office. “How can you create an agile workplace that allows you to quickly shift your business […]