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MRI Software has acquired Loci Solutions Group Pty Limited, an Australian property technology consulting and outsourced managed services company serving commercial, industrial, and retail property markets across Asia Pacific.

It's taken a while, but commercial real estate (CRE) and its property managers are finally realizing the importance of technology to their businesses. By bringing tech into property management decisions and communication with tenants, integrated software platforms have heightened the value of some properties while reducing costs.

Despite corporate giants like The Walt Disney Co. and Amazon.com Inc. demanding employees return to the office at least part of the workweek, and the increasingly prevailing sentiment from management that working from an office is best, office buildings in the 10 largest U.S. cities sit less than half full.

Proptech company Latch is laying off 59% of its U.S. and Taiwan-based workforce by November, or about 82 positions, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and putting new executives in place, including a new chief technology officer, chief financial officer, vice president of operations and other positions.

Commercial real estate is thought by many to be a change-averse industry but a new report from JLL says artificial intelligence is coming for it anyway — and that there is enormous potential in their meeting.

In a recent episode of Allwork.Space’s Future of Work podcast, Jamie Hodari, CEO and co-founder of coworking space Industrious, shared three actionable steps to build a sense of community in the workplace.

A strong ecosystem of associations, academics and U.S. investors is supporting tech startup growth in the country and in Latin America overall

Let’s start at the organisational level. It’s safe to say that an organisation or company that does not have a culture of innovation is going to struggle getting the most out of Generative AI. It is essential that there is a willingness to adopt new technologies, a preference against maintaining the status quo, and a desire to push for new opportunities with an acceptance of possible failure.

Yao Morin is not merely JLL’s chief technology officer. She convinced the global brokerage services firm to create the position — and then campaigned successfully to win the job.

As if it isn’t hard enough to find an affordable single-family rental home in the current U.S. market, an increasing number of housing search scams are plaguing renters.