From top to bottom, “Cushman & Wakefield is now laser focused on the future of real estate,” says MetaProp NYC's Aaron Block, founding partner and managing director. “They are in touch with client needs, they know their internal strengths and they have begun to establish deep relationships with the broader PropTech community to take advantage of the best new real estate technologies.”

Brett White, Cushman & Wakefield's chairman and CEO, says that given the pace of change in the world today, “we have to remain quick and agile to deliver value to our customers. We favor new organizational models that leverage strategic partnerships and reject our industry's convention to self-perform every aspect of the value chain. By partnering with some of the best and brightest minds in real estate technology, our partners succeed, and our clients succeed,” White adds. PropTech startups interested in further information can click here.

NEW YORK CITY—Cushman & Wakefield said Monday it had partnered with MetaProp NYC to provide a point of entry for real estate technology startups into Cushman & Wakefield's resources and client base. It's intended to provide qualified startups with, among other things, fast-tracked technology and business diligence; matching with appropriate Cushman & Wakefield clients; and pilots, partnerships, investments and acquisition opportunities.

“We believe in a 'partner first' approach when it comes to the next generation of real estate innovation,” says Adam Stanley, global CIO and chief digital officer at Cushman & Wakefield. “MetaProp immediately gives our professionals the broadest vision into the property tech space and supercharges our platform for analyzing, partnering and implementing best-in-class real estate technologies from around the world. Top startup partners can now offer our clients, as well as our brokerage, consulting, management, and valuation professionals, the most forward-thinking software, hardware and tech-enabled services to improve their businesses.”

Stanley adds that optimizing productivity “requires diversity at the edge and our relationship with MetaProp supports this philosophy. In a few months, we have been able to evaluate more than 100 potential partners, selecting about 10% of the relationships to cultivate. Our talent and energy is focused on our clients and not in the evaluation, acquisition and integration of technology platforms.

“Real estate has lagged other industries in adopting technology, but that is now changing at digital speed in every area of our industry,” he continues. “Cushman & Wakefield is in a position to lead the charge.”

From top to bottom, “Cushman & Wakefield is now laser focused on the future of real estate,” says MetaProp NYC's Aaron Block, founding partner and managing director. “They are in touch with client needs, they know their internal strengths and they have begun to establish deep relationships with the broader PropTech community to take advantage of the best new real estate technologies.”

Brett White, Cushman & Wakefield's chairman and CEO, says that given the pace of change in the world today, “we have to remain quick and agile to deliver value to our customers. We favor new organizational models that leverage strategic partnerships and reject our industry's convention to self-perform every aspect of the value chain. By partnering with some of the best and brightest minds in real estate technology, our partners succeed, and our clients succeed,” White adds. PropTech startups interested in further information can click here.