Dislocation is a podcast dedicated to innovation in real estate — exploring technology's impact on the way in which assets are planned, designed, financed, built, marketed, and operated.
This week, Dror and David discuss a recent UCS study about the impact of climate change on RE markets, PMG's new shared/social housing expansion, Harvard's report on the state of housing, Breather's new institutional backers, MetaProp's new Proptech venture fund, and ING's analysis of technology's impact on traditional real estate owners.
Contents:
- 02:25 Union of Concerned Scientists research report on the potential impact of climate change on real estate
- 8:30 PMG, a large residential developer, and their PMGx shared/social/coliving projects in Chicago, Denver, Miami and beyond
- 13:11 Harvard Center for Housing Study's report on the state of the nation's housing
- 16:50 Breather, a space as a service operator, raises $45m from Temasek and CDPQ
- 23:35 MetaProp closes a new $40m Proptech fund, with LPs PGIM, RXR, Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE, and JLL
- 30:15 ING report about the impact of technology on the real estate industry
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Dror Poleg is Managing Partner of NYC's Rethinking.RE, where he advises institutional real estate investors on innovation and investment in emerging technologies. His insights have been featured in reports and events by KPMG, Urban Land Institute, JLL, PERE, NYU, Savills, Estates Gazette, and EPRA. Read more here: www.rethinking.re/dror-poleg/
David Friedlander is the founder of Hothouse.co, a marketing communications, public relations, and trend consultancy with a narrow focus on the future of real estate. Hothouse work has been featured in the New York Times, Wired, Dwell, CNN, and many other outlets. Read more here: hothouse.co/about/