12. Critical Shift w/ Dr Andrea Blake of QUT

Dr Andrea Blake is a Senior Lecturer in property economics from the Queensland University of Technology Business School, and in this episode we unpack her post pandemic predictions. In sum: we are witnessing a critical shift of power from the city centres to the suburbs.

Andrea brings a wide range of real estate expertise to the table in this episode, with research in such diverse topics as the impact on rural land values of carbon sequestration to the outcomes of projects involving seniors living being created on school campuses.

But following recent articles about what she sees as longer term trends arising out of the pandemic on the real estate market, we thought we’d get her on the pod and dig a little deeper. And as we did so a consistent theme emerges – that of structural change being under way which will see a broader distribution of commercial activity throughout greater city areas and a stronger focus on local community.

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00:00 Introduction

02:58 Andrea's work on intergenerational living

07:08 Quality of data and impact on valuations?

11:24 Andrea's future trend predictions

15:39 Suburban coworking?

19:33 Impact by industry sector

22:03 The shape of future retail

27:45 Office design of the future

32:35 What can employers do to bring workers back?

34:19 The impact of commuting, and public transport safety

37:04 Does a distributed city impact on economic power?

43:35 The role of regulation to manage post pandemic real estate industry

47:39 Higher education - what's next?

50:46 Andrea's drive for personal food security