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Sharing Won’t Change Real Estate
Coworking and coliving are all the rage, but focusing on customers’ needs points to a much larger opportunity.
Can housing become a service?
It takes 3 clicks to secure an apartment on AirBnB. It takes 3 weeks to secure an apartment using standard leasing procedures. Terms and fees vary but the underlying asset — an apartment — is the same. The boundary between travel and daily life is blurring. Why should the user experience be
Dislocation - The Future of Urban Housing
Technology is undermining the basic tenets of real estate value. It redefines location, accessibility, and visibility. It facilitates new business model and empowers consumers and competitors. What can real estate owners and developers do to protect their position? Recorded at Cushman & Wakefield's Future of Living event in
What might kill WeWork?
The company thrived on a superior understanding of its customers’ needs. But its business model makes it vulnerable.
Don't Think of a Building
Analyzing technology's threat to real estate owners, operators, and valuations. Originally published in Q4 2016 and updated in January 2017. Dont think of a building January 1 2017 Don't think of a building - January 1 2017.pdf 17 MB download-circle
Does the world need another social platform?
We think it does. We have Facebook to maintain ongoing, low-intensity interactions with people we know but hardly ever wish to spend time with; we have Twitter to follow celebrities or topics we care about, regardless of where we are; we have LinkedIn to put a face to a name,
