— Laying the Data Foundation for AI-Driven Building Operations —

2026-04-01,  Stockholm, Sweden / Tokyo, Japan. RealEstateCore is pleased to announce that Re-grit Partners, Inc. has joined the RealEstateCore Consortium as its first member company in Japan. Re-grit Partners is a consulting firm with a dedicated smart buildings MSI capability, and its membership marks an important step in expanding awareness and adoption of open data standards for real estate and smart buildings in the Japanese market. 

As the real estate industry moves toward more autonomous, AI-enabled operations, the need for consistent, interoperable, high-quality data is becoming increasingly urgent. By joining the consortium, Re-grit Partners will help advance the use of RealEstateCore (REC) in Japan and support a stronger data foundation for smart buildings, portfolio-wide analytics, and future city-scale interoperability.

Artificial intelligence is shifting from a reporting and recommendation tool into an operational layer that can support continuous building optimization. To make that possible, building data must be understandable across systems, vendors, and domains. REC addresses this by providing a shared semantic framework for naming, structuring, and connecting real estate data.

For the Japanese market, this creates an opportunity to reduce fragmentation across building systems, improve the usability of portfolio-level data, and prepare organizations for more advanced AI use in operations, energy management, and cross-system automation.

RealEstateCore is an open-source data ontology for the real estate industry. It provides a common language for building and portfolio data and supports interoperability across systems, assets, spaces, and operational domains. 

Rather than replacing existing standards, REC can serve as a semantic layer that helps connect them. This makes it easier for property owners, technology providers, and service partners to work with standardized, reusable data across portfolios and use cases.

Re-grit Partners brings strong market relevance through its multidisciplinary smart building advisory and MSI capabilities. With expertise spanning strategy, architecture, facilities, BIM, AI, technology architecture, IT, property management, and project management, the company is well-positioned to support REC adoption focused on implementation in Japan.

Through its membership, Re-grit Partners is expected to contribute by:

– promoting awareness and adoption of REC in Japan,
– supporting implementation in REC-aligned projects,
– and helping create Japanese use cases and best practices for open, interoperable building data.

Together, RealEstateCore and Re-grit Partners share a vision of a real estate industry where buildings are no longer isolated by vendor-specific data structures, and where owners can combine technologies more freely to support better operations, better energy performance, and better long-term asset decisions.

“We are delighted to welcome Re-grit Partners as the first member of the RealEstateCore Consortium in Japan. Their market knowledge and cross-disciplinary expertise make them a strong partner for expanding the adoption of open real estate data standards in an increasingly AI-driven industry.” says Erik Wallin / Chairman of RealEstateCore

RealEstateCore is an open-source data ontology tailored for the real estate industry. It provides a standardized framework for modeling building data and enhances interoperability and smarter property management by connecting real estate assets with various infrastructures, facilitating seamless data exchange and urban collaboration.

By addressing key aspects such as building operations, energy efficiency, and occupancy, RealEstateCore drives the digital transformation of the built environment. It empowers stakeholders, developers, property managers, urban planners, and technology providers to integrate real estate assets into smart city platforms and broader digital ecosystems.

Aligned to open standards such as Brick Schema and ASHRAE 223p, RealEstateCore fosters scalable, vendor-neutral solutions that promote energy-efficient, sustainable urban environments and enable innovative business models. Through collaboration with partners and contributors, RealEstateCore is shaping the future of real estate digitalization and unlocking the potential for smarter, data-driven urban solutions.

For further information, visit realestatecore.io and follow us on LinkedIn.

Re-grit Partners is a consulting firm that helps clients build competitive advantage through end-to-end engagement, from strategy through execution and adoption, enabling holistic business transformation. In the smart building domain, Re-grit Partners operates Japan’s dedicated MSI consulting capability, providing cross-disciplinary support across all project phases.

Founded in August 2017, the company is headquartered in Tokyo and is led by CEO Satoshi Yamaki. Re-grit Partners has been recognized in the Financial Times High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific ranking for two consecutive years.

Contact
Re-grit Partners, Inc.
E-mail: smart_building_msi_advisory@regrit-p.com

Aligned to open standards such as Brick Schema and ASHRAE 223p, RealEstateCore fosters scalable, vendor-neutral solutions that promote energy-efficient, sustainable urban environments and enable innovative business models. Through collaboration with partners and contributors, RealEstateCore is shaping the future of real estate digitalization and unlocking the potential for smarter, data-driven urban solutions.

For further information, visit realestatecore.io and follow us on LinkedIn.