COVID-19 Required Reading: April 2020 Edition

Below are three sets of COVID-19 focused articles, insights, and thought-provoking discussion starters from three of real estate development’s top-tier consultants + collaborators. I’ve found their perspectives very helpful as I look for companies that possess a global and big picture perspective alongside depth of experience. I hope that these provide strategic thought inspiration for the discussions that all of us are having internally during these difficult times.

Savills
In order to understand your locale better, you must also be aware of how the global landscape is adapting.
➤ Global Market Sentiment Survey

Sometimes it isn’t big changes or decisions, instead, it begins with small adaptations for floor plans.
➤ How residential developers are adapting to trends in working from home

I predict “secondary” cities will become anything but in the future; our biggest cities are now some of the hardest hit. The overhead cost savings to companies coupled with affordability + employee quality-of-life will make these locales even more viable to some.
➤ Why tech companies are increasingly looking to secondary cities

Resonance
COVID-19 has exposed how fractured our society has become both socially and economically. Let’s do our best to not continue that.
➤ How developers built inclusive public spaces and won

Thought-provoking — does not pretend to predict the future yet lays out thoughtful, structured ideation for the various paths to a “new normal.”
➤ The future and COVID-19

Intelligently combines the idea that prosperity and community can coexist happily when approached with the proper mindset.
➤ Why placemaking is now place marketing

Gensler
Global, social and personal wellness. How will they be defined? How will we adapt to those definitions?
➤ Redefining Wellness in the Face of Pandemic

Ideas to adapt, build, and encourage human interaction in a community setting.
➤ Redesigning Mixed-Use Environments for a Post-Pandemic World

How do we continue to spark, encourage, and engage thought starting discussions in the virtual + social-distancing realm?
➤ Fostering Casual Collisions —and Creativity —in a Virtual World

I’ll be sharing more required reading as I continue to immerse myself in the many perspectives being shared during these times. Until then, I hope that you and the ones that you care about continue to stay safe and healthy.