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The Impact of AI on the Built World

Artificial intelligence is moving into a stage where we are starting to see real, measurable impact instead of just speculation. But in the built environment, the picture is still uneven and clouded by hype, rapid shifts in the market and mixed messages about what’s actually happening. In moments of large-scale change like this, it’s crucial to stay grounded in data and clear analysis.

That’s what our AI Impact work is designed to do. We bring together economic modeling, sector-specific insights and real-time indicators to understand where momentum is growing, where risks are emerging and how the choices made today could influence performance for years to come.

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How Will AI Transform the Built World?

The implications of AI will not arrive everywhere at once, or at the same speed. Early signals point to highly uneven impacts across sectors, markets and assets, with some already showing strong positive momentum. As adoption accelerates, this divergence is likely to widen, reshaping occupier priorities and influencing real estate through power, productivity, space and network dynamics as much as through labor.

This hub brings together our latest thinking, tools and insights to help investors and occupiers navigate this complexity. From forward-looking sector perspectives and real-time barometer tracking to case studies, events and practical guidance, the goal is simple: to help you understand where AI is already starting to make a difference, and what that means for the decisions ahead.

 

AI Impact Barometer

The AI Impact Barometer is an industry-first, data-driven framework designed to track how artificial intelligence is moving from experimentation to core business infrastructure, and how that shift is shaping demand, risk, and opportunity across the built environment.

Drawing on a wide range of economic, capital markets, labor, and property-level indicators, the model synthesizes emerging signals into clear momentum scores that show both the direction and intensity of AI’s influence across sectors and markets. Rather than isolating a single driver, it focuses on tracking how multiple forces interact over time, helping investors and occupiers distinguish signal from noise, identify where AI is accelerating growth or creating pressure, and make more informed decisions about capital allocation, location strategy, and portfolio positioning in a rapidly changing landscape.

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AI SECTOR FORESIGHT SERIES

This series provides a structured, sector-by-sector view of how AI is likely to reshape underlying economic activity over the next decade, and what that could mean for demand, location strategies, and asset performance across real estate.

Anchored in a ten-year horizon, the analysis combines first-principles thinking about how each sector creates value, a perspective on how AI capabilities may evolve and diffuse, and backcasting to link long-term change to near-term strategy. Rather than making predictions, it maps the most plausible risk pathways, showing how shifts in cost, speed, and decision-making may cascade into real estate outcomes, with the goal of helping leaders identify what matters early and invest, adapt, and underwrite with greater confidence.


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HEAR FROM OUR EXPERTS

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Watch: AI Impact on the Built Environment U.S. Webinar

Catch the recording of our latest webinar in which our experts cut through the speculation surrounding AI to deliver data-driven clarity on how it's reshaping the U.S. economy and the built environment.

CONNECT WITH OUR EXPERTS

Kevin Thorpe Washington DC Chief Economist
Kevin Thorpe

Chief Economist
Washington, United States

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Richard Pickering
Richard Pickering

Director of Strategic Foresight & Intelligence
London, United Kingdom

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Abby Corbett

Principal Economist, Head of Investor Insights
Milwaukee, United States

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Dominic Brown

Head of International Research, Global Think Tank
Brisbane, Australia

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Adrian Ponsen

Senior Economist, Investor Insights
Philadelphia, United States

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James Bohnaker

Principal Economist, Head of Macro Insights
Boston, United States

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