(Featuring Dror Poleg, Author, Rethinking Real Estate, Co-Chair, Urban Land Institute, Tech and Innovation Council, Co-Founder, Real Innovation Academy)

All of the middle class amenities much of the world takes for granted today are still relatively new—and were even considered radical when they first appeared on the real estate spectrum.

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. . . so as the world emerges from the pandemic into the new normal, what are the key lessons of novelty and economic evolution the real estate ecosystem should understand today in order to better plan for tomorrow?

In the second half of AFIRE's conversation with Dror Poleg, author of Rethinking Real Estate, the AFIRE Podcast explores the growing tide of service expectations and amenitization for all real estate asset classes.

As much as these expectations were ascendent before the pandemic, their nascence underscores a larger and more radical cultural shift that transcends the real estate business while also reflecting similar pivotal moments of social evolution in history to transform the basic principles of how the built world works—and where each person and building user fits into the mix.

How this fundamental transformation has upsides and downsides to all building types, but those that are the most flexible and adaptable may have the most potential—because they're already prepared for the changes ahead.

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