AI Takes Center Stage at CREtech 🎤

Leaders Put AI to Work Across CRE

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Anne Morgan
October 22, 2025

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Hello, Commercial Real Estate Pros! 🏢

AI and electrification are shaping the next wave of commercial real estate innovation.
Day 1 of CREtech revealed how early pilots are evolving into scalable, measurable impact.

Are you ready to turn experimentation into enterprise value?

📰 Upcoming in this issue

  • 🏗️ 5 Takeaways From CREtech Day 1

  • 📉 A Turning Point For Big Property Funds

  • 🏘️ Deploying AI in Multifamily Requires a Deliberate Strategy

🏗️ 5 Takeaways From CREtech Day 1

Sessions highlighted AI, electrification, and tenant experience as key value drivers. Industry leaders shared practical playbooks for turning pilots into portfolio-scale results.

Key Takeaways:

  • 🤖 AI to ROI: Teams standardize data and guardrails, then focus on underwriting, maintenance, and leasing workflows for measurable returns.

  • ⚡ Electrify and Optimize: Grid constraints drive battery storage, smart controls, and retrofit sequencing that cut emissions and operating expenses.

  • 🧭 Tenant Experience: Mobile access, indoor air quality tracking, and amenity analytics enhance retention and increase NOI without requiring significant capital expenditures.

  • 🧱 From Pilots to Scale: Playbooks stress governance, vendor consolidation, and training to enable consistent wins across assets and regions.

📉 A Turning Point For Big Property Funds

AFR reports that sentiment is improving as valuations stabilize and buyers re-enter the market. Debt markets are easing slightly, and selective dealmaking is back on the table.

Key Takeaways:

  • 🧭 Stabilizing Values: Write-downs are slowing, giving funds clearer NAV signals and renewed confidence to restart transactions.

  • 💸 Financing Eases: Lenders are showing more appetite for quality assets, improving refinancing options, and narrowing spreads.

  • 🧰 Selective Deals: Capital is flowing toward logistics, living, and prime retail, while legacy office remains a focus for restructuring.

  • 🔄 Recaps and Sales: Managers are pursuing asset sales, joint ventures, and recapitalizations to reset leverage and fund new growth.

🏘️ Deploying AI in Multifamily Requires a Deliberate Strategy

Leaders who begin with clear objectives, reliable data, and governance guardrails achieve measurable gains. This piece outlines where to start and how to scale responsibly.

Key Takeaways:

  • 🎯 Outcome First: Define problems and success metrics at the outset, then select use cases that enhance leasing speed, resident experience, or NOI.

  • 🧱 Data Foundations: Standardize property, lead, and work order data to ensure quality and access controls before introducing new tools.

  • 🛡️ Governance Matters: Establish privacy standards, bias checks, and approval workflows so vendors and staff follow consistent processes.

  • 🔁 Pilot, Prove, Scale: Run controlled trials, measure improvements against baselines, then expand rollout with training and change management.

Why It Matters

Standardized data and strong governance turn technology potential into real operational savings and higher tenant retention. Begin by focusing on workflows with proven ROI potential.

Portfolio-scale success depends on training, vendor alignment, and disciplined execution.

Catch you in the next issue,

Anne Morgan
Editor-in-Chief
Commercial Real Estate Weekly

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