After Big Industry Merger, Co-living is Poised to Enter a Growth Phase
At the beginning of the year, the country’s largest co-living operator, Common, announced it was merging with Habyt, the largest co-living company outside the US.…
The Problems Keeping Us From Tapping Real Estate’s Full Potential
From 2011 to 2016, I worked at the micro-apartment design and development startup, LifeEdited. While we never brought units to market, with our own TED…
Billionaire’s Controversial Student Housing Project Underscores Affordability Debate
If the name “Charlie Munger” doesn’t ring any bells, perhaps his business partner’s will. Warren Buffet, one of the world's most famous investors and at…
Workforce Housing is the Next Frontier of PropTech
For the better part of the last two decades, urban luxury apartments have gotten the lion’s share of the real estate industry’s attention, capital, and…
2021 Is the Year That Homesharing Comes To Multifamily
The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted all industries globally since its onset early last year. For the hospitality, accommodation and travel sectors (among the hardest hit,…
Co-Living Through a Pandemic
How much can something change and still be called the same thing? That’s the question facing brick and mortar businesses everywhere right now. Like the…
Bringing Today’s Renters Closer Together, Literally
In today’s most populated cities, many struggle to find a home within their budget, leading many to “think small.” Home trends, from those like Marie…
Designer Building Mania: Branded Spaces Change the Way We Think About Real Estate
I can say one word—Hilton—and immediately you think of two things: either you think of Paris Hilton or you think of Hilton Hotels. And the…