Can you own a slice of a building? This research deep-dive examines what tokenisation—blockchain-based fractional ownership of real estate—actually delivers, and where it's likely to gain traction first.

Martin explores Andrew Baum's Oxford FoRE report "Tokenisation – The Future of Real Estate Investment?" which objectively examines mechanisms for tokenising single assets, debt, and funds across Europe.

The evidence: • Funds and debt: most viable near-term path—structure and demand already exist • Single assets: sketchy demand, costly intermediate structures, obstacles significant • IPSX and BrickMark: early examples, but mass market for single commercial assets may be some way off

Why it matters: The report warns that focusing solely on single-asset tokenisation could set innovation back years. Funds and debt offer immediate opportunities to establish credibility.

Paper: Tokenisation – The Future of Real Estate Investment? (Oxford FoRE, January 2020)

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What happens when an entire city goes remote? This research deep-dive uncovers a shocking twist: remote work is actually pushing companies toward premium central locations, not away from them.
Martin explores Olivier Denagiscarde's breakthrough study "Remote Work and the Intracity Dynamics of Office Markets: Evidence from Paris" - a comprehensive analysis of 233 municipalities that challenges everything we thought we knew about remote work's urban impact.
The surprising findings:

✓ Office vacancy surged 2+ percentage points in remote-work areas

✓ Even brand-new, high-quality buildings sitting empty

✓ Investment activity crashed 10% with major price discounts

✓ Local restaurants and services lost 2.5-3% of jobs

✓ Supply side frozen - virtually no conversions or construction changes
The paradox explained:

When companies need half the space, they can afford twice the rent per square foot. This "flight-to-quality" creates winners (premium central districts) and losers (peripheral business parks).
Why this matters globally:

These aren't temporary pandemic effects. The patterns persisting through 2023 reveal persistent structural changes affecting investors, planners, and policymakers worldwide. This research provides the first solid empirical evidence of how remote work reshapes cities from within.
Essential for real estate professionals, urban planners, investors, and anyone curious about the future of work and cities.
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When do retail non-compete agreements help versus hurt market competition?
Camilla Schneier scraped thousands of documents from Chicago's county recorder office and found something unexpected about exclusive dealing contracts in real estate.
These agreements - where retailers tell landlords "don't rent to my competitors" - were overall pro-competitive in Chicago. But Camilla's framework examines when they might flip to anti-competitive.

Key insights:

• Contracts are highly heterogeneous and very local in scope

• Effects depend entirely on context - "aren't always good at every point"

• Different retailers block completely different competitor types
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