Construction Magazine August 2018 | Page 34

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P roptech is the latest segment of technology to be handed its own single-word title , joining the likes of fintech , insurtech and edtech as mainstream channels in its own right .

For the real estate industry , proptech is already transforming the way companies go about their increasingly digitised business .
$ 6.8bn JLL is one of the real estate industry ’ s household names . Its history can be traced back two centuries , with innovation through the years key to its longevity . Now , through its JLL Spark division , it is looking to futureproof itself and the industry through investment in the brightest proptech ideas .
Construction Global posed the following questions to Co-CEO Mihir Shah .
AUGUST 2018