Kingston, Jamaica — 01 September 2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping global real estate investment strategies, but new research suggests many investors remain unprepared to translate experimentation into real commercial advantage — a gap with growing implications for Jamaica’s property market as technology-driven decision-making becomes embedded in land use, development, and valuation worldwide.
A 2025 global survey by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), covering more than 500 senior real estate decision-makers across 15 markets, found that while nearly nine in ten investors are already piloting AI tools, more than 60 per cent lack the strategic, organisational, and technical foundations needed to deploy these systems at scale. The findings come at a time when Jamaican developers, lenders, and investors are increasingly exposed to global capital flows and technology-driven benchmarks.
From experimentation to real estate impact
Globally, AI adoption in real estate has moved quickly fro…
