NewMark Merrill Companies Completes AI Training Program and Deploys Employee-Built Solutions
NewMark Merrill Companies, Inc., a retail shopping center owner and developer based in California, Colorado, and Illinois, has completed its twelve-week AI Pioneer Program. The initiative trained thirteen employees from various departments to build artificial intelligence solutions for internal processes using an approach that emphasized employee-led problem-solving rather than adopting off-the-shelf tools. The program resulted in 53 custom-built AI applications across the enterprise, recovering over 3,700 hours of annual work capacity—equivalent to nearly two full-time positions. These improvements led to significant time savings and enhanced output quality, with notable gains observed in departments such as Acquisitions, Property Management, Accounting, and Information Technology. The program was praised for fostering collaboration across the organization and empowering employees to identify and solve real-world bottlenecks. Leadership emphasized that this approach created sustainable change by giving ownership of solutions directly to those closest to the problems.