May 27, 2022
Let's talk about the "liquidity" of real estate.
Sounds like an oxymoron, right? As long as the concept of real estate development has been around, it has gone without saying that investing in RE is time, capital, and material intensive.
However, with blockchain platforms becoming so normalized and tokenization expanding to almost every industry, it's interesting to consider how that may apply to real estate. Just as stocks can be sliced, so can pieces of RE equity. Author and cities expert Dror Poleg recently explored this subject and the possible fallout. An ability to fluidly invest and divest from built projects could allow tremendous new funding opportunities, and may also allow more laypeople to get a piece of the very, very big pie.
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MUST-READS
New digital tool "Balancing Act" allows residents to participate in city planning // FastCompany
The pros and cons of building in-house proptech // Propmodo
New line of IKEA furniture that can evolve and adapt to users' needs // Dezeen
Innovative light post design minimizes light pollution and spillover while illuminating outdoor walkways // Metropolis
A mass timber McDonald’s and a passive house cidery: Winners of the 2022 Planet Positive Awards // Metropolis Plant Positive
This futuristic office was designed for 5,000 people—and 100 robot coworkers // FastCompany
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IDEA SPOTLIGHT
SPACE 10
SPACE10 is IKEA's research and design lab exploring the future of living, based in Copenhagen. Their 29 person team comes from 11 countries as they work together to evaluate global trends and tangible solutions. In the words of founder Guillaume Charny-Brunet:
"Major societal challenges, such as urbanisation, resource scarcity, climate change, food security or loneliness provide the basis for our research. In collaboration with experts and trailblazers from around the world, we examine possible solutions to these challenges. We prototype, test, and try to turn good ideas into meaningful products or services."
