The Coliving Code Podcast

Bart Sasim is the CEO & Founder of SPX Agency, a creative branding agency based in Amsterdam specialised in creating future-proof real estate brands. With its niche expertise, SPX Agency helps brands adapt fast to the changing landscape of the real estate industry, where the new generation of young professionals and students are changing the way we live, work and learn together. By helping to shape and build student housing, co-living and co-working brands from concept to development, SPX Agency strives to foster a sense of social responsibility & sustainable growth in brands to positively influence the cities & communities of tomorrow.

As creative partners in business, SPX Agency supports its clients in the full spectrum of branding and marketing-related activities to help roll-out their brand and take the overall customer experience to new heights. In addition, it offers innovative tools within new media such as 360-degree video & photo, VR & AR to help its partners adapt to the digital-driven times and take on a more 'hospitality-like' approach to attract customers, providing them with an information-rich & more memorable customer experience.

SPX Agency has worked to help shape brands ranging from The Student Hotel, The Class of 2020 and Staytoo Apartments (operated/managed by MPC Capital) to OurCampus & OurDomain (operated/managed by Greystar) and BONARD (formerly known as StudentMarketing) among others.

https://www.spx-agency.com

Roman Bodnarchuk bought his first investment property at the age of 14 in Toronto. He has purchased and renovated and rented hundreds of homes across North America since then.

20 years ago he founded a company called N5R.com in Toronto and started helping real estate developers pre-sell and market over 150 large condo projects in 15 countries on 5 continents.

After having sold over 10,000 condos in 15 countries like, Australia, India, China, several Europe countries, across North America, and South America he noticed that people living alone in these high rise apartments and condos were not socializing or making friends and were suffering from loneliness.

Today Sociable Living is solving the loneliness issue by creating a real community using new luxury 3-bedroom townhomes and matching each townhome with compatible people and the results have already been life changing for some of the members.

Sociable Living created the first Coliving community in Toronto and is very proud of its roots in the fastest growing city in North America.

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This show is a passion project of Christine McDannell, the Co-founder of Kndrd, the first management software platform and global directory for Coliving. She is also the Founder of Kindred Quarters in California and published the first book on Coliving in 2018: The Coliving Code.

One of the biggest problems plaguing modern society is real estate and social challenges. People are signing away their paychecks on rent and feeling increasingly isolated. Christine is on a personal mission to solve these problems through the CoLiving movement by helping redefine the term ‘housemate’ with something meaningful, sustainable, and flexible on a global level.

People now are choosing access over ownership and new real estate projects need to be built specifically for the way humans are now deciding to live together.

These interviews feature experts in the field who share their own successes and journeys.

Enjoy!

The State of CoLiving 2019

By Christine McDannell

First, thank you so much for following the show.

I’m grateful for the incredible guests from around the world we have had on already. These are truly Pioneers in this space, some started as early as 2012 and are so open sharing their journey and their insight which is so valuable for the new ones coming into the space.

Everything I write and talk about is based on MY personal knowledge, my experience in this space as a CONSUMER of CoLiving on a global level AND as an actual CoLiving OPERATOR in San Diego and Los Angeles.

We recently published ‘The State of The Coliving Industry 2019- Q3 Report.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jiqmwgrdaefhwn/Kndrd_Key_Insights_CoLiving_Industry_Report_Q3_2019.pdf?dl=0

On this annual "State of CoLiving 2019" video, I dive into some key insights of that report and also answer the questions I get asked the most when I am speaking to leaders in this space or at any CoLiving real estate events or conferences, like...

-Who’s going to be the #1 global player??

-When was the Biggest shift/tipping point for CoLiving so far?

-When will it be an OFFICIAL ASSET CLASS?

-European Market vs. North American Market?

-What concepts are my personal favorites?

-Are they a REAL ESTATE COMPANY or a TECHNOLOGY COMPANY?

-What the heck does “Proprietary Technology”, “Urban Tech”, “AI”, “Big Data” even mean when it comes to CoLiving?

-IS TECH more important than grabbing REAL ESTATE?

-Asset Heavy vs. Asset Light?

-A Quick Kndrd Update?

-ANY TIPS for the Industry?

-Things to look out for?

Let me wrap up by saying that I am really excited to be speaking at some incredible Proptech, Real Estate, and CoLiving events coming up.

Please let me know if you will be there, I’d love to say “Hi!” and meet you in person:

The first one is the big Proptech Summit XIX

Oslo, Norway | October 10th

https://proptech-2.confetti.events

Class of 2020

Berlin, Germany | November 6-7th

https://theclassof2020.org/the-class-conference-2019/

ReCoTech - Real Estate & Construction Technologies 2019

Helsinki, Finland | November 20th

https://recotech.fi

Coliving Hub Global Conference

Location: Los Angeles, USA | April 2020

https://www.colivinghub.co/conference

The State of CoLiving 2019

By Christine McDannell

First, thank you so much for following the show.

I’m grateful for the incredible guests from around the world we have had on already. These are truly Pioneers in this space, some started as early as 2012 and are so open sharing their journey and their insight which is so valuable for the new ones coming into the space.

Everything I write and talk about is based on MY personal knowledge, my experience in this space as a CONSUMER of CoLiving on a global level AND as an actual CoLiving OPERATOR in San Diego and Los Angeles.

We recently published ‘The State of The Coliving Industry 2019- Q3 Report.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jiqmwgrdaefhwn/Kndrd_Key_Insights_CoLiving_Industry_Report_Q3_2019.pdf?dl=0

On this annual "State of CoLiving 2019" video, I dive into some key insights of that report and also answer the questions I get asked the most when I am speaking to leaders in this space or at any CoLiving real estate events or conferences, like...

-Who’s going to be the #1 global player??

-When was the Biggest shift/tipping point for CoLiving so far?

-When will it be an OFFICIAL ASSET CLASS?

-European Market vs. North American Market?

-What concepts are my personal favorites?

-Are they a REAL ESTATE COMPANY or a TECHNOLOGY COMPANY?

-What the heck does “Proprietary Technology”, “Urban Tech”, “AI”, “Big Data” even mean when it comes to CoLiving?

-IS TECH more important than grabbing REAL ESTATE?

-Asset Heavy vs. Asset Light?

-A Quick Kndrd Update?

-ANY TIPS for the Industry?

-Things to look out for?

Let me wrap up by saying that I am really excited to be speaking at some incredible Proptech, Real Estate, and CoLiving events coming up.

Please let me know if you will be there, I’d love to say “Hi!” and meet you in person:

The first one is the big Proptech Summit XIX

Oslo, Norway | October 10th

https://proptech-2.confetti.events

Class of 2020

Berlin, Germany | November 6-7th

https://theclassof2020.org/the-class-conference-2019/

ReCoTech - Real Estate & Construction Technologies 2019

Helsinki, Finland | November 20th

https://recotech.fi

Coliving Hub Global Conference

Location: Los Angeles, USA | April 2020

https://www.colivinghub.co/conference

Gui Perdrix is the founder of Coliving Diaries, a platform for coliving news, while being the global ambassador at Co-Liv, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting coliving, and currently writing a book on coliving operations.

As a former coliving operator, with four spaces between Mexico, Bali and Barcelona, Gui realised the value of coliving after numerous accounts of personal growth and transformation by the residents of his own spaces.

Being on a mission to bring intentional coliving to the world, Gui is currently visiting 100+ coliving spaces to write his new book, Art of Coliving, on best practices for coliving spaces to scale while maintaining the feeling of community.

After meeting in person several times, and being on the Coliving Code show back in 2018 as an operator, Gui is now interviewing Christine for the first time on her own learnings as a coliving founder, operator, and CEO of Kndrd.

Gui Perdrix is the founder of Coliving Diaries, a platform for coliving news, while being the global ambassador at Co-Liv, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting coliving, and currently writing a book on coliving operations.

As a former coliving operator, with four spaces between Mexico, Bali and Barcelona, Gui realised the value of coliving after numerous accounts of personal growth and transformation by the residents of his own spaces.

Being on a mission to bring intentional coliving to the world, Gui is currently visiting 100+ coliving spaces to write his new book, Art of Coliving, on best practices for coliving spaces to scale while maintaining the feeling of community.

After meeting in person several times, and being on the Coliving Code show back in 2018 as an operator, Gui is now interviewing Christine for the first time on her own learnings as a coliving founder, operator, and CEO of Kndrd.

Zenos Schmickrath's mission at Hmlet is to ensure every member is being taken care of, feels connected to the community, and is empowered to live a more fulfilling life.

As people increasingly feet the bite of expensive isolated living, Zenos and his business partner Yoan Kamalski wanted to create a solution for affordable, flexible, and secure accommodations. Hmlet was launched to address this need, as co-living fast became a necessity to the lifestyle of a mobile workforce.

Prior to Hmlet, Zenos co-founded Opscotch with Yoan, a property management startup that maintained a portfolio of shared houses in Singapore and Tokyo.

Originally from the USA, Zenos landed in Singapore after taking some time to travel the world, living in Japan, China and Mexico and learning all three languages. Arriving in Singapore in 2012, Zenos founded several startup companies, each with a strong focus in tech.

In his downtime, Zenos enjoys reading, working out and learning more about other cultures via his travels throughout Asia Pacific.

www.hmlet.com

Zenos Schmickrath's mission at Hmlet is to ensure every member is being taken care of, feels connected to the community, and is empowered to live a more fulfilling life.

As people increasingly feet the bite of expensive isolated living, Zenos and his business partner Yoan Kamalski wanted to create a solution for affordable, flexible, and secure accommodations. Hmlet was launched to address this need, as co-living fast became a necessity to the lifestyle of a mobile workforce.

Prior to Hmlet, Zenos co-founded Opscotch with Yoan, a property management startup that maintained a portfolio of shared houses in Singapore and Tokyo.

Originally from the USA, Zenos landed in Singapore after taking some time to travel the world, living in Japan, China and Mexico and learning all three languages. Arriving in Singapore in 2012, Zenos founded several startup companies, each with a strong focus in tech.

In his downtime, Zenos enjoys reading, working out and learning more about other cultures via his travels throughout Asia Pacific.

www.hmlet.com

Determined to set up a new type of business, focusing their Clients on the Participants of places and spaces as the starting point for development, Charlotte set up Conductor. The business has firm foundations in research, understanding and evidencing the wants and desires of Participants and the actual needs of communities. The aim of Conductor is to combine this practice with industry leading development strategies to create both the best social and financial returns.

Growing up in South Africa, Charlotte was acutely aware of the delicate social fabric of communities and the effect that people’s living conditions have on their wellbeing, state of mind and ability to move forward in life. Her aim is to make a difference to the way people live; focusing on their homes and living environment, so that individuals feel happy, supported and secure and in turn can look after themselves, their loved ones and contribute to their community in a positive way.

Charlotte has 17 years’ experience working within the built environment for highly regarded real estate businesses. Her enterprising, entrepreneurial and empathetic nature led her to set up Conductor in 2014. The business has grown considerably and currently works with some of the most forward thinking developers, funds and social housing providers both in the UK and on a global scale.

Determined to set up a new type of business, focusing their Clients on the Participants of places and spaces as the starting point for development, Charlotte set up Conductor. The business has firm foundations in research, understanding and evidencing the wants and desires of Participants and the actual needs of communities. The aim of Conductor is to combine this practice with industry leading development strategies to create both the best social and financial returns.

Growing up in South Africa, Charlotte was acutely aware of the delicate social fabric of communities and the effect that people’s living conditions have on their wellbeing, state of mind and ability to move forward in life. Her aim is to make a difference to the way people live; focusing on their homes and living environment, so that individuals feel happy, supported and secure and in turn can look after themselves, their loved ones and contribute to their community in a positive way.

Charlotte has 17 years’ experience working within the built environment for highly regarded real estate businesses. Her enterprising, entrepreneurial and empathetic nature led her to set up Conductor in 2014. The business has grown considerably and currently works with some of the most forward thinking developers, funds and social housing providers both in the UK and on a global scale.