Six months after a pioneering technology company chose Leeds as the location for its UK headquarters, Morta.com’s specialist software is already proving popular with property developers, construction firms and project managers across Yorkshire and beyond as they strive to manage time and reduce costs in a challenging market.

At the end of last year, Morta.com expanded into Worx at 2 Great George Street in Leeds city centre. The grand former Victorian schoolhouse that has been transformed into a mixed-use development with high quality, Grade A office space on the ground floor, and 83 luxury residences on the upper floors.

Prior to that, Morta.com, which was founded in the UAE, had spent two years creating and testing its property development software before it began selling it last year.

Now the company’s software is being used across a wide range of developments across the UK, from city centre apartment schemes and new housing schemes through to office, leisure, industrial and mixed-use developments.

Alyssa Castillo, Marketing Manager from Morta.com, explained: “With the UK’s property and construction sectors navigating both inflationary and economic challenges, as well as a tougher lending environment, developers must remain laser-focused on safeguarding profitability.

“In these conditions, specialist technology is needed to help capture issues, key data and leverage time. As a result, Morta.com is immediately proving popular with property developers and we’ve had a great response during our first six months in the UK.

“Backed with AI tools and a vertically integrated platform, Morta.com brings together land opportunity management, appraisals, delivery, cost management and document control, as the only all-in-one solution on the market.

“Whilst many tools promise automation, dashboards and collaboration, Morta.com has been designed by property and technology experts to address structural issues rather than cosmetic ones.

“Most development firms do not design operational systems from the ground up. Instead, they add tools as deal flow increases, introduce platforms as accounting grows more complex and store documents across multiple locations.

“Over time, this creates fragmentation, with financial oversight, project management and pipeline tracking separated. Summaries attempt to communicate portfolio health, but they are often outdated by the time they reach the boardroom. In a strong market, this friction can be absorbed, but it becomes costly in a softer one. Developers often lose money not simply because markets turn, but because problems are not identified early enough.

“As a purpose-built tool, Morta.com eliminates these problems by providing a single environment where the development lifecycle is visible from acquisition to completion. This differentiates Morta.com from generic construction tools. It understands how deals progress, how feasibility assumptions influence delivery and how live cost data shapes decisions.

“Tasks sit within project context, financial implications update alongside changes and documents are stored with programme data. Morta.com supports decision-making by embedding clarity into daily operations, and this is key to its success.”

Finally, Alyssa added: “Software alone cannot solve wider economic pressures, but it helps developers maintain internal coherence and respond more effectively by identifying risks early. It also aligns teams around a single source of truth.

“Although technology does not remove risk, it significantly mitigates it and improves awareness, offering a competitive advantage in a steadier market. The UK’s building industry is unlikely to return to unrestricted growth quickly and the future will favour disciplined developers that combine ambition with operational precision. The right software will support this by reducing complexity, saving time and protecting margins, whilst connecting the full lifecycle of a development within a consistent environment.”