The Coliving Code Podcast

Sachin Doshi is the Founder and CEO of Weave Co-Living, Asia Pacific’s pioneering collaborative living company that creates stunning rental accommodation spaces for millennials and young professionals across the region’s key gateway cities.

Weave recently received a USD181M investment from global private equity firm Warburg Pincus to expand its co-living offering throughout the region.

Prior to starting the company in 2017, Sachin spent over 16 years in real estate investment and investment banking working for global institutions like APG, Merrill Lynch and Citi in Sydney and Hong Kong.

Before this, Sachin was Head of Asia Pacific for €450 billion Dutch investor APG, based in Hong Kong. In this role, Sachin was responsible for all aspects of the firm’s Asia Pacific real estate portfolio. He was on the board of APG Asia and part of the firm’s global real estate management team. In 2016, APG won the “Asian Investor of the Year” in the PERE Awards – the first time the firm won this prestigious award, under Sachin’s leadership.

Sachin is passionate about conceptualising, creating and scaling up businesses. He is deeply interested in the behavioural patterns of the “smartphone generation” and addressing key challenges facing young people in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia – most importantly housing and social needs.

In 2016 Sachin was selected as Urban Land Institute’s 40-under-40 most influential people in global real estate and urban land use industries. He graduated from the Australian National University in Canberra with first honours in Engineering and Physics and was awarded the University Medal. Sachin enjoys playing tennis, boxing and keeping up-to-date with global current affairs.

www.weavecoliving.com

Sachin Doshi is the Founder and CEO of Weave Co-Living, Asia Pacific’s pioneering collaborative living company that creates stunning rental accommodation spaces for millennials and young professionals across the region’s key gateway cities.

Weave recently received a USD181M investment from global private equity firm Warburg Pincus to expand its co-living offering throughout the region.

Prior to starting the company in 2017, Sachin spent over 16 years in real estate investment and investment banking working for global institutions like APG, Merrill Lynch and Citi in Sydney and Hong Kong.

Before this, Sachin was Head of Asia Pacific for €450 billion Dutch investor APG, based in Hong Kong. In this role, Sachin was responsible for all aspects of the firm’s Asia Pacific real estate portfolio. He was on the board of APG Asia and part of the firm’s global real estate management team. In 2016, APG won the “Asian Investor of the Year” in the PERE Awards – the first time the firm won this prestigious award, under Sachin’s leadership.

Sachin is passionate about conceptualising, creating and scaling up businesses. He is deeply interested in the behavioural patterns of the “smartphone generation” and addressing key challenges facing young people in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia – most importantly housing and social needs.

In 2016 Sachin was selected as Urban Land Institute’s 40-under-40 most influential people in global real estate and urban land use industries. He graduated from the Australian National University in Canberra with first honours in Engineering and Physics and was awarded the University Medal. Sachin enjoys playing tennis, boxing and keeping up-to-date with global current affairs.

www.weavecoliving.com

Penny Clark is a PhD Researcher based in London, specialising in co-living and cohousing communities. Her research topic explores co-living and cohousing in relation to environmental sustainability, asking whether these housing typologies offer a much-needed innovative sustainable housing solution, and investigating what it is about communities that might foster sustainable practices.

Penny is also a co-founder of Conscious Co-Living, a consultancy which consults with property developers and operators on creating thriving co-living communities. Conscious Co-Living have developed a Manifesto (www.consciouscoliving.com/the-manifesto) which they believe offers a more holistic vision for the potential of co-living communities.

Penny Clark is a PhD Researcher based in London, specialising in co-living and cohousing communities. Her research topic explores co-living and cohousing in relation to environmental sustainability, asking whether these housing typologies offer a much-needed innovative sustainable housing solution, and investigating what it is about communities that might foster sustainable practices.

Penny is also a co-founder of Conscious Co-Living, a consultancy which consults with property developers and operators on creating thriving co-living communities. Conscious Co-Living have developed a Manifesto (www.consciouscoliving.com/the-manifesto) which they believe offers a more holistic vision for the potential of co-living communities.

PodShare was founded when Elvina couldn’t afford to live in the center of LA and asked why we must commit to one address or roommate. The concept of membership housing was born from a desire to travel the world without constraints. The growth of the sharing and gig economy helped push the concept.

There are 220 pods to share across 7 neighborhoods in LA and SF, for any duration of time. We redesigned the bunk bed in a tribal floor plan with a micro focus on neighborhoods in under utilized and commercial buildings.

PodShare was founded when Elvina couldn’t afford to live in the center of LA and asked why we must commit to one address or roommate. The concept of membership housing was born from a desire to travel the world without constraints. The growth of the sharing and gig economy helped push the concept.

There are 220 pods to share across 7 neighborhoods in LA and SF, for any duration of time. We redesigned the bunk bed in a tribal floor plan with a micro focus on neighborhoods in under utilized and commercial buildings.

Jorick Beijer is a born and raised urbanist - with a passion for all things co-living, the urban campus & sticky cities.

Jorick has a comprehensive and international approach to urbanism acquired through his studies in urban design and planning obtained in between Delft, Los Angeles and Buenos Aires. As an urban strategist, Jorick has vast experience in working on forward thinking projects for governments, real estate investors and universities, bringing together complex multi-stakeholder teams. Jorick is a visiting studio teacher at Delft University of Technology and a global keynote speaker in the cities space.

Over the last few years Jorick has been Director and driving force behind The Class of 2020, Europe’s leading think tank on student living, working and learning. With over 90 global partners, The Class is well positioned in the nexus of alternative investments, urbanism and talent management. The Class provides thought leadership through original research, advisory projects, publications, and organized events.

Jorick Beijer is a born and raised urbanist - with a passion for all things co-living, the urban campus & sticky cities.

Jorick has a comprehensive and international approach to urbanism acquired through his studies in urban design and planning obtained in between Delft, Los Angeles and Buenos Aires. As an urban strategist, Jorick has vast experience in working on forward thinking projects for governments, real estate investors and universities, bringing together complex multi-stakeholder teams. Jorick is a visiting studio teacher at Delft University of Technology and a global keynote speaker in the cities space.

Over the last few years Jorick has been Director and driving force behind The Class of 2020, Europe’s leading think tank on student living, working and learning. With over 90 global partners, The Class is well positioned in the nexus of alternative investments, urbanism and talent management. The Class provides thought leadership through original research, advisory projects, publications, and organized events.

Reza Merchant is the brilliant Founder and CEO of The Collective, a thriving CoLiving company taking the world by storm. With current expansions across the UK, US and Germany, Reza grew The Collective from a single idea back in 2010.

During his last year at the London School of Economics, Reza became frustrated by the lack of high-quality and affordable accommodation for those on middle incomes in London, along with soaring levels social isolation and loneliness that so many of us are still subjected to.

Having a bottom up insight into the market and what the end user fundamentally needed, he quickly saw the opportunity to build and activate spaces in a way that had never been done before. Focusing on the needs of their customers, they set out to redefine the way people live in cities focusing on community, convenience, and value – The Collective brand was born.

This approach has led their business to be recognized as pioneers of the Co-living movement, with their flagship development at Old Oak (a 546 unit mixed use development) exemplifying their intention to create flourishing large scale communities.

Their expanding presence in the UK, Germany, and the US has paved the way to build a truly game changing, global platform, and it’s just the beginning.

With more than 6,500 units already under development for future growth and plans to develop 100,000 units globally, The Collective aspires to be the global Co-Living leader by delivering an unprecedented quality of life for their people - both members and staff. To accomplish this they have raised over $700M to date, and this figure will more than double in the next 12 months.

Reza Merchant is the brilliant Founder and CEO of The Collective, a thriving CoLiving company taking the world by storm. With current expansions across the UK, US and Germany, Reza grew The Collective from a single idea back in 2010.

During his last year at the London School of Economics, Reza became frustrated by the lack of high-quality and affordable accommodation for those on middle incomes in London, along with soaring levels social isolation and loneliness that so many of us are still subjected to.

Having a bottom up insight into the market and what the end user fundamentally needed, he quickly saw the opportunity to build and activate spaces in a way that had never been done before. Focusing on the needs of their customers, they set out to redefine the way people live in cities focusing on community, convenience, and value – The Collective brand was born.

This approach has led their business to be recognized as pioneers of the Co-living movement, with their flagship development at Old Oak (a 546 unit mixed use development) exemplifying their intention to create flourishing large scale communities.

Their expanding presence in the UK, Germany, and the US has paved the way to build a truly game changing, global platform, and it’s just the beginning.

With more than 6,500 units already under development for future growth and plans to develop 100,000 units globally, The Collective aspires to be the global Co-Living leader by delivering an unprecedented quality of life for their people - both members and staff. To accomplish this they have raised over $700M to date, and this figure will more than double in the next 12 months.