What is Hubexo (formerly BuildCentral)?

What is Hubexo?

BuildCentral rebranded to Hubexo in 2025 as part of Byggfakta Group’s global roll-up of construction-intelligence brands (U.S. brands include ConstructionWire, QuestCDN, Pantera, Construction Monitor, BidOcean). Branding changed, but the underlying U.S. “BuildCentral/ConstructionWire” project-intelligence products continue to run under the Hubexo umbrella.

Hubexo is a U.S. construction and real-estate project intelligence platform. It tracks private and public projects across multifamily and commercial asset types, with a strong emphasis on early stages (concept, planning, pre-construction).

What Hubexo Tracks

Project scope: private and public projects across multifamily/CRE (retail, office, hotel, medical, industrial, SFR, data centers, etc.). Emphasis on early-stage (pre-permit/planning) projects that are typically hardest to find.
Stage coverage: concept → planning/zoning → design/GC selection → permitting/bid → start → completion; pipeline tools highlight proposal/planning/pre-construction for forward-looking visibility.
Inclusion thresholds: common marketing copy notes >$500k project value minimum in several vertical pages (SFR, office, data centers, retail), useful for filtering out minor jobs.

Data Sources

Public records: Planning/zoning agendas, building permits, environmental filings, bid portals, RFPs.
Media monitoring: Local business journals, city/regional news, and trade publications for announcements and milestones.
Direct outreach: Researchers call and email developers/owners, architects, GCs, and consultants to confirm scope, timing, and contacts—this “human-validated” layer is a key differentiator.
Partner/brand network: Aggregation from affiliated plan rooms and bidding networks adds bid docs and activity signals.

Update frequency & freshness

Continuous ingestion: New projects and updates flow in throughout the day as sources change.
Daily refresh: Records are revised as soon as researchers verify new details (entitlements, permits, participants, dates).
Alerts: Users can set notifications for new projects or status changes in selected markets and categories.

What a record typically includes

Core details: Name, location (with map coords), type/use, units/SF, estimated value, stage, timeline milestones.
Participants: Developer/owner, architect, GC, key consultants—with direct contact information where available.
Notes & history: Entitlement and permitting status, design notes, bid windows, tenant/program details when public.

Strengths for investors

Earliest visibility: Strong coverage of pre-permit and planning phases for forward supply forecasting.
Human verification: Reduces stale/rumor projects and provides a curated call sheet for diligence.
Breadth: Multi-asset, nationwide coverage with deep participant data.

Practical investor workflows

Market screening: Filter by stage, units/SF, and timeline to map 12–36-month future supply in a metro or submarket.
Deal triage: Pull a 1–3-mile competitive pipeline around a site; call listed participants to gauge timing and absorption risk.
Permitting watch: Set alerts on comps and submarkets to catch upgrades (e.g., zoning approval → permit issued).
Cost & vendor triangulation: Use architect/GC histories to sanity-check budgets, schedules, and delivery risk.

Bottom line: Hubexo blends public records, media signals, and direct researcher outreach to surface early-stage projects and keep them current. Use it as an early-warning system and curated contact list—then corroborate key milestones (entitlements, permits, financing) before locking assumptions into a model.