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Mapping the Strategic Direction of Allegion in the Smart Building & PropTech Space
December 8th, 2022Mapping the Strategic Direction of JLL in the Smart Buildings Space – Part 2
November 1st, 2022
Leading Building Automation Players Invest in Occupancy Analytics
In this Research Note, we examine two strategic investments in workplace occupancy sensing and analytics platforms by leading building automation incumbent players, Carrier Global Corporation and Johnson Controls. Sensors and sensing platforms in the commercial office space are technology solutions being adopted for occupancy analytics, people counting and location services. As a result of the adoption of revised working […]

$180m Flows into Occupancy Analytics Companies as Market Anoints its First Unicorn
In the space of three days this week, two already well-funded Occupancy Analytics companies closed Series C and D rounds, underscoring (in case anyone was in doubt) investor confidence in the move to hybrid working driving demand for digital workplaces. On Monday, California-based Vergesense announced that it had closed a $60m Series C round led […]

Opportunities for Smart Buildings as a Service in Commercial Real Estate
This article was written by Daphne Tomlinson, Senior Research Associate at Memoori. In a challenging economy, customers will be demanding more value from their investments and will be less willing to commit to upfront capital expenditure; making Smart Buildings as a Service even more attractive than 6 months ago. This business model is defined as […]

Recording: How Data Will Facilitate Your Office Re-Entry Strategy
Here are the Audio Stream & Video from our 5th Free Webinar of the 2020 Smart Buildings Series. How Data Will Facilitate Your Office Re-Entry Strategy. Dan Ryan from VergeSense joined Memoori to discuss the practical strategies and tactics companies are deploying as they prepare to get back to the office in a post-COVID-19 world. […]

Webinar: How Data Will Facilitate Your Office Re-Entry Strategy
** The Recording of this Webinar can now be found HERE ** Please Join us on Thursday 7th May 1700 CET | 1100 EDT | 0800 PDT for our 5th FREE Webinar in the 2020 Smart Buildings Series. How Data Will Facilitate Your Office Re-Entry Strategy. Dan Ryan from VergeSense joins Memoori to discuss the […]

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 […]

Modern Workers Need Agility to Navigate the Challenges of the Open-Plan Workplace
Startups and co-working spaces are leading the transition to dynamic workplaces according to the VergeSense 1H Workplace Experience & Office Space Employee Survey, released in August. Their results showed that employees at startups (11-50 employees) were the most likely to be working in agile or hot-desking environments, with 23% in contrast to the 8% of […]

Short-Termist Real Estate Mindsets Could Polarize Smart Building Landscape
Buildings may last decades but their ownership is likely to change multiple times. In fact, short-term hold strategies are becoming increasingly popular in the property market. Flipping, wholesaling, and bird-dogging have long been in the wheelhouse of savvy real estate investors but the strengthening short-term rental market in major cities around the world has seen […]