Willow, a provider of digital twin solutions for modern, efficient and smart infrastructure and real estate, has recently become a corporate partner of the MIT Center for Real Estate (MITCRE). Willow will participate in opportunities to collaborate on research, engaging MIT expert voices in customer working groups and will take part in MITCRE’s global calendar of events. Willow will also become one of the founding partners of MITCRE’s newly formed Real Estate Technology Initiative (RETi), which explores advanced research in new areas of real estate technology.
MITCRE’s partnerships aim to benefit each of the Center’s constituent groups — students, faculty, researchers and the partners themselves — in a positive collaboration that serves the industry as a whole. By establishing a partnership with the center, industry sponsors such as Willow will help advance key research into real world application while gaining special access to the Center’s intellectual capital and global network.
MITCRE brings together MIT’s academic institution with corporate enterprise, partnering with groups that align with its core values. Willow is a technology that supports and aligns with MITCRE core values as it helps meet the challenges of an increasingly interconnected world.
“To see true industry change, we must first see collaboration across academia, technology, private and public sectors,” said Joshua Ridley, Willow Global CEO and co-founder. “Digital twins are a new and emerging technology in the built world, and [Willow’s] ambition is that the partnership with MITCRE will continue to strengthen our value proposition through joint collaboration and research. We see this partnership as an opportunity for us to collaborate with one of the world’s leading educational institutions.”
The MIT Center for Real Estate is a department at MIT which offers a Master’s of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED), and interdisciplinary research linking academia with industry to meet the need for more informed decision-making and leading edge research in science and technology.
