PropTech

For many people in Jamaica, the idea of a Multiple Listing Service (MLS) already feels fairly advanced. Listings are shared among brokerages. A property that appears on one brokerage website will often appear, in some form, across several others. It may also appear on international portals like Realtor.com and a handful of satellite platforms. But imagine something far bigger. Imagine a Jamaican...

We are living through a revolution. Not the kind that announces itself with muskets and marching boots, nor the kind that replaces one flag with another. This one hums quietly in data centres, whispers through smartphones, and calculates behind the scenes while we rebuild homes, businesses, and communities. The question is not whether change is happening. The question is: what kind of change is...

In recent years, conversations about artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and the so-called “uploading” of human consciousness onto silicon have shifted from science fiction into serious public debate. What once sounded like a late-night university argument now appears in boardrooms, tech conferences, and even church halls. The promise is grand: transcend mortality, outsmart disease, redesign the...

Across Jamaica, buildings have always done more than provide shelter. A home is where family rhythms unfold. A hotel is where the island’s economy meets the world. A university campus is where ambition takes shape. But something subtle is beginning to change. Artificial intelligence is quietly starting to reshape operational real estate — buildings whose value is created not only by their...

There was a time when the office tower was the ultimate symbol of progress. Glass, steel and confidence rising floor by floor into the sky. A statement that work — serious work — happened here. But the mood has shifted. Across global markets, commercial property stocks have wobbled again, this time not because of a virus or a banking collapse, but because of a quieter, more unsettling force:...

There is something deeply hopeful about standing on a piece of land just before the foundations are poured. The earth is still exposed. The lines are marked out in chalk. Possibility hangs in the air. You can almost hear the future whispering through the breeze. Jamaica today feels a little like that. Not empty. Not undone. But poised. We are a country that understands rebuilding. We understand...

In Jamaica today, conversations about artificial intelligence are no longer reserved for tech conferences in California or lecture halls in London. They are happening in boardrooms in Kingston, in classrooms in Montego Bay, in real estate offices in Mandeville, and even in small entrepreneurial spaces across rural parishes. AI is here. The question is not whether we will encounter it. The question is how...

There’s a quiet shift happening online. Not loud. Not dramatic. Just subtle enough that many businesses won’t notice it until their phone rings less often, their website traffic feels “off,” and the usual tricks no longer pull their weight. This isn’t a tech trend in the abstract. It’s a behavioural change—how people now ask for information instead of searching for it. And for Jamaica, a...

The recent reporting by The Gleaner on an alleged property-fraud scheme involving fake identification and stolen land titles has reignited a long-standing concern in Jamaica: how secure is our property system in a world where identity fraud is becoming more sophisticated, faster, and increasingly digital? While investigations remain ongoing and no conclusions should be drawn beyond what has been...

There is something deeply human about putting words in order. From the chatter in Coronation Market to the careful reasoning of a Supreme Court judgment, from a sermon in St. Mary to a valuation report in Kingston, thinking involves arranging words and concepts into meaningful sequence. Order creates sense. Sense creates understanding. Understanding shapes action. Now we are told that our new...