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Featured Article

The commercial real estate industry has never been short on shiny new tools — but in 2025, the question isn’t what’s available, it’s what’s worth using.

From lease tracking to AI-powered deal analysis, a wave of smart proptech is finally living up to the hype — and giving brokers, investors, and owners a competitive edge.

Here’s a roundup of the tools worth your attention this year:

📑 1. Lease Management Platforms

What It Solves: Lost rent escalations, missed critical dates, and poor visibility across portfolios.

Top Picks:

• Visual Lease for compliance-heavy portfolios

• Leasecake for simple NNN/retail tracking

• Prophia for AI-powered lease abstraction

Why It Matters: If your rent roll still lives in Excel, you’re flying blind. Lease platforms let you surface value—and risk—in seconds.

🤖 2. AI Underwriting & Deal Analysis

What It Solves: Time-consuming manual underwriting, scattered deal comps, and subjective decision-making.

Top Picks:

• Juniper Square for investor reporting + financial modeling

• Cherre and Lev for pulling comps and underwriting faster

• Valcre for appraisers and brokers

Why It Matters: These platforms don’t replace expertise—they accelerate it. Speed + accuracy = better offers, faster closes.

📊 3. CRE Data Aggregators & Mapping

What It Solves: Time spent chasing tax records, comps, and tenant footprints.

Top Picks:

• Reonomy for ownership and debt data

• Placer.ai for foot traffic and trade area analytics

• LandVision for GIS-based parcel research

Why It Matters: Whether you’re scouting a site or pitching a deal, the data arms race is real. These tools help you win it.

🔌 4. Tenant & Occupant Experience Tools

What It Solves: Vacant space, tenant churn, and lack of engagement.

Top Picks:

• HqO for tenant satisfaction tracking

• Building Engines for property ops + work orders

• Breezeway for automating maintenance in NNN-heavy portfolios

Why It Matters: Happy tenants = longer leases. These tools boost retention and operational efficiency.

🧠 Final Thought: Use Tech to Multiply Your Talent

The best proptech in 2025 won’t replace you—it’ll scale you. Whether you’re managing leases, underwriting acquisitions, or trying to land the next tenant, the right tools help you act faster and smarter.

Think of it this way: your competition is probably using these tools already. The real question is—are you?

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Need help selecting tech tools for your brokerage or portfolio?
Let’s connect. We’ll help you separate the signal from the noise.

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Hughes Commercial | Real Estate & Business Advisory

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