
Best Minds: Disrupting the Urban Doom Loop with Chris Leinberger, Co-founder & Managing Director of Places Platform, LLC
From Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting
October 31, 2024 · 46 min
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Chris Leinberger discusses strategies for cities to avoid the Urban Doom Loop and the importance of balancing office and residential real estate.
Best Minds: Disrupting the Urban Doom Loop with Chris Leinberger October 31, 2024 By Gregg Logan, Managing Director, RCLCO How Can Cities Avoid the Urban Doom Loop? In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate , RCLCO Managing Director, Gregg Logan, sits down with Christopher B. Leinberger — co-founder of Places Platform LLC and RCLCO Alumnus — to discuss Reimagining Cities: Disrupting the Urban Doom Loop, a recently released report from Cushman and Wakefield, in collaboration with Places Platform. The report puts 15 U.S. cities under the microscope to identify the real estate portfolios cities currently have versus what they need , given how much the economy has changed post-pandemic. “We’re not saying to get out of the office business; we’re just saying build up the residential…people living within 2 miles of work are far more likely to come back to work–the worst thing people have in their life is a commute, that has always been viewed as the worst aspect of modern life. Getting the workers to live closer to their work is going to shore up office occupancy as well. There are all sorts of benefits to balancing the portfolio, but it is a…
People in this episode
Host: Gregg Logan
Guest: Chris Leinberger
Topics covered
- Urban Doom Loop
- Real Estate
- Post-Pandemic Economy
- City Planning
- Office and Residential Balance
Keywords
- Urban Doom Loop
- Real Estate Portfolio
- Post-Pandemic
- City Planning
- Office Occupancy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Places Platform, LLC, Cushman and Wakefield, RCLCO
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