Announcement
Surfaice and
Shadow Ventures
bring agents to
store development.
Nick Durham on why: repeatable construction already runs on playbooks, checklists and standard designs — and structured data is where an agent can be trusted to work.
Read the announcementRetail operators run leases, construction and facilities on Surfaice — across portfolios from 50 stores to 5,000+.
- Case study05/13
From Spreadsheet Punch Lists to AI-Assisted Punch Walks at Scale
How a national value retailer moved to CPM-guided punch automation without renaming its source of truth.
Read full story - Research report06/10
The Retail AI Blind Spot
Multi-agent research on 60 retailers: 23 of 25 apply zero AI to real estate and construction — their second-largest cost line.
Read the report - Blog post08/03
Where We Buy: Trust Is the Real Barrier to AI in Retail Real Estate
Alim Uderbekov with James Cook on the ICSC PropTech Stage — operator trust, and why adoption stalls when vendors disappear.
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