Buildings are THE cornerstone of modern smart cities , and in the digital economy, a new breed of buildings is emerging. Advances in mobile, cloud-based and IoT technologies are creating enormous opportunities for information gathering, sharing, and analytics impacting the way buildings are run. In parallel, occupants demand more and more control over their work space driven by a “there’s an app for that” mentality. Today, this technology is evolving and can help re-invent buildings and people’s experience living in them. There are some key megatrends behind the changes impacting cities and buildings for the years to come. First, our planet is facing an historic transition with the greatest urban migration of all times. 2.5 billion people are expected to migrate to cities by 2050. At a global level, it is the equivalent of building 30 cities the size of Paris every year for the next 30 years! This migration creates tensions for Buildings developers and owners, and for city planners.