Scaler and Optiml have launched a new strategic partnership to combine real estate data infrastructure with advanced decision intelligence. The collaboration aims to help institutional investors and asset managers move away from static reporting and toward a dynamic financial system. Scaler specialises in sustainability data management while Optiml provides a Real Estate Decision Intelligence (REDI) platform. Together, the firms intend to link operational performance and decarbonisation goals with capital allocation across global property portfolios.

The partnership allows stakeholders to harmonise data flows across different systems and regions. It also helps users improve retrofit and capital expenditure (Capex) analysis while sticking to technical and financial limits. By using Scaler’s high-quality data backbone and Optiml’s AI algorithms, firms can create auditable records for investment committees and lenders. The system is designed to optimise decisions regarding whether to hold, sell or invest as market conditions shift.

This move comes at a time of significant pressure for the real estate sector. Industry leaders are currently dealing with high interest rates, a looming refinancing wall and strict new sustainability regulations. Many portfolios still rely on backward-looking reports that become outdated when interest rates or leasing terms change. This new partnership seeks to provide a continuous and auditable way to manage these risks at scale.

Luc Van De Boom, Co-Founder and CIO of Scaler, said: “Real estate investors sit on vast amounts of operational and sustainability data, but too often that data stays locked in reports instead of driving capital decisions. By connecting Scaler’s data infrastructure with Optiml’s decision intelligence, we’re giving portfolio leaders a closed-loop system where every investment decision is grounded in real performance data and continuously optimised as conditions change.”

Dr. Evan Petkov, Co-Founder & CEO of Optiml, added: “Partnering with Scaler closes the loop between operational data and institutional capital decisions. Data alone doesn’t create advantage investors need optimisation and governance to turn that data into underwriteable actions. Together, we’re giving real estate leaders a living decision system for the world’s largest asset class.”

The companies believe the combined platform will protect asset values and yield by ensuring Capex sequencing is handled efficiently. This level of transparency is becoming a requirement for lenders and investors who demand finance-grade pathways to protect their net asset values.