Dislocation is a podcast dedicated to innovation in real estate — exploring technology's impact on the way in which assets are planned, designed, financed, built, marketed, and operated.

This week, David and Dror discuss Starbucks's decision to allow non-customers to access its bathrooms and spaces, the merits of building a proper business around coworking and bathrooms, and what Steve Jobs would have done if he was in charge. We also discuss Senior Housing and the Silver Tsunami of babyboomers who are retiring, how Jimmy Buffer is using his Margaritaville franchise to develop residential communities, and NYC's latest RFP to use modular construction in the service of affordable housing.

Are you in New York? Next week, David and Dror will present at an informal gathering with friends from the city real estate and technology industries. Pizza and Proptech — please join us! Full details here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pizza-proptech-with-david-friedlander-dror-poleg-tickets-46041605682

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Dror Poleg is Managing Partner of NYC's Rethinking.RE, where he advises institutional real estate investors on innovation and investment in emerging technologies. His insights have been featured in reports and events by KPMG, Urban Land Institute, JLL, PERE, NYU, Savills, Estates Gazette, and EPRA. Read more here: https://www.rethinking.re/dror-poleg/

David Friedlander is the founder of Hothouse.co, a marketing communications, public relations, and trend consultancy with a narrow focus on the future of real estate. Hothouse work has been featured in the New York Times, Wired, Dwell, CNN, and many other outlets. Read more here: http://hothouse.co/about/