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LISTEN | Covivio’s Philippe Boyer talks to Blandine Laffargue
Innovation director Philippe Boyer is responsible for the tech solutions in a portfolio worth €27bn across France, Germany and Italy, specialising in offices, hospitality and residential. He spoke to Paris-based journalist Blandine Laffargue to get behind the buzzwords in corporate real estate.
In this episode
- Covivio launched its coworking offer, Wellio, in 2018
- Tech cannot solve all problems
- Covivio is working with 50 proptech companies, on air quality, mobility and more
- Value lies in the comfort and happiness of clients
- Partners include Octopus Lab and Witco
- Covivio has experimented with meetings in the metaverse but is not investing yet
- Data volumes can be overwhelming. Decentralising decision-making and access to data is key to overcoming that as an organisation
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