Key learnings from last year’s Summit

With the 2022 Co-liv Summit approaching, we wanted to go back in time and shine some light on last year’s Summit. Because we were wondering, did you know that… ???

• You have access to some key talks from the Summit on our Co-Liv Youtube Channel? ??
• We published the Co-Liv Summit Report, which features key learnings and insights from the event, and you can join 600+ other coliving professionals who downloaded the report for free? ??
• You can find insights and stats from live polls, including on coliving as a niche product, key needs of coliving professionals and challenges that need to be tackled in the industry? ??

Well, it’s time to highlight our favorite pieces of content from the 2021 Summit!

Enjoy this curated selection of high-quality presentations, new industry statistics and outstanding articles - and then have a look at this year’s Summit schedule to discover which talk you want to attend on May 2nd!

Let’s first adventure into some golden coliving nuggets and share our top 3 must-read or must-watch content ??

1/ Coliving Is Becoming Mainstream, What's Next? By Claire Flurin

Have you ever wanted to get a 15-minute masterclass to finally understand what coliving means as an industry, what financial models coliving operators use, and how coliving fits in a wider societal and industry chapter of change?

Then listen to Claire’s talk. Claire Flurin is the Head of R&D at Keys REIM, leading the research lab Curiosity Is Keys which brought out several high-quality publications in the last years.

In this incredibly valuable talk, Claire first starts breaking down what coliving is, how it fits within global trends such as increased mobilization, a loneliness epidemic and what current limitations coliving has as an industry.

She then takes us into concrete financial analysis of the sector, explaining how and whether operators deliver on their promises of affordability, and what coliving products and spaces are actually offering.

Watch Claire’s talk to have a real clear overview of where coliving is at as a movement, industry, and product - this is in our opinion one of the key and high-quality talks you could ever hear!

WATCH CLAIRE’S TALK

2/ History Definition and Overview of the Coliving Industry

A classic talk by our very own Connor Moore, former Head of Content and cofounder & lead at Coliving Resources, a quarterly update library of all coliving resources that summarizes and lists you the best resources for anything related to coliving concepts, industry updates, design and architecture, operations, community building, financial operations, and more categories!

Why is Connor’s talk important? Because he brings us back in time, explaining to us how and whether coliving existed in the last centuries.

Connor then gives us a broader view by showcasing how different parties define coliving, and drops some mind-blowing statistics on the current socio-economic trends.?

?Weird as it sounds, here is one research that indicated the need for connection in housing: “42% of millennial women are more scared of loneliness than a cancer diagnosis.”?

And from there, Connor goes further in mentioning all the latest coliving industry statistics, doing a deep dive into the latest media perceptions, and explaining what the success of coliving ventures and projects will depend on.

?Another must-watch talk from the 2021 Summit!

?WATCH CONNOR’S TALK

And before we go next: this was last year’s Co-Liv Summit in stats - a taste for what to expect this year!?

3/ Highlights from Expansion, Innovation, and Resilience: Insights from Brad Hargreaves and Reza Merchant

Our very director Gui Perdrix interviewed the founders and CEOs of two of the largest coliving companies, Common (in the US and Canada) and The Collective (mainly London with one operation in NYC).

Both companies have very aligned missions - offering a different way of living, based on convenience, community and cost-saving. And yet, they are very different in many aspects: for example, Common only leases their real estate or enters revenue-share agreements, while The Collective buys or even builds the asset. This allows Common to grow to 10,000 beds with lower but stable margins while The Collective remains at 1,000 beds with a holding company on the side.?

While The Collective offers both short stays (a few days) and long-stay (6-18 months), Common also diversifies its activities. The company operates half of its units as coliving spaces, while the remaining ones operate as multi-family. Coliving is seen as a typology within build-to-rent. This way, coliving is an entry point into a high-quality building or residential area.?

“25 million Americans live with roommates?? yet this demographic is under-addressed by those who build and rent apartments,” said Brad.

On the other side, the Collective undertakes an asset-heavy and vertically integrated approach that allows end-to-end control. The asset-light approach used by Common tackles market opportunities faster (i.e. developing homes for single-parent families) and scales rapidly.

Read more about Common and The Collective in the Summit Report on page 18!

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Oh, and know that in this report, we also published all our poll results!

Questions included “what is the #1 driver in the coliving industry”, which challenges in the coliving sector are high-priority, what the minimum stay is in order to create a sense of community, and which tech components need the most improvements.

Here are some of our favorites:

And finally, we asked participants for their opinions on which trend they see happening the most:

?Do you want to learn more? Head over to download the 2021 Co-Liv Summit Report - and make sure to attend this year’s Summit on May 2nd, 2022!

?Is this year’s Summit for you?

?The 2022 Co-Liv Summit is for you if you want to understand current market trends, industry numbers and learn about local developments:

• Learn from the Co-Liv team who curated and summarized highlights from the latest reports, internal surveys with worldwide Co-Liv members and industry growth updates!
• Dive deep into a handful of regional market updates, which will highlight key actors, trends, and product offerings of different countries, including Spain, United State, Portugal, Switzerland, India and Mexico.

The 2022 Co-Liv Summit is for you if you want to understand how to bring innovation to your product, or what new projects and trends to invest in:

• Get a sneak peak into the world’s most innovative products, from a highly modular and optimized pre-fab module called Polyroom to $HCK, an attempt to bring blockchain to coliving with the world’s first coliving coin.
• Learn how to design coliving for mental well-being, how to think about community building and understand financial dynamics behind investing into experience design, up to how to improve tenant dynamics and NPS through scientific matching!
• Find new revenue sources and business models for your company, with experts sharing about reinventing revenue management and the new trend of coliving for corporates.

The 2022 Co-Liv Summit is for you if you want to meet industry peers, future partners and new potential team members.?

• Join us for 1h-long virtual networking sessions, where you will have the opportunity to interact several times with a handful of coliving professionals in break-out rooms, meeting your industry peers and exchanging relevant contact information!
• Whether you’re in Asia, Europe, Africa or the Americas, we want you to join! This is why we’re hosting these networking sessions twice during the Summit - once at noon for Europe/Africa/Asia to join (12pm Paris / 6pm Singapore) and another in the afternoon for Europe/Asia and the Americas (4pm Paris / 10am New York City).

The 2022 Co-Liv Summit is for you if you want to receive high-quality, valuable information, frameworks and go beyond the one-day event:

• Get access to the Co-Liv Summit report, a 30-page document with recaps from key talks, exclusive data and Summit poll results, and further resources to explore
• Replay all the Co-Liv Summit talks on demand (lifetime access)
• And the best: receive 10 key documents shared by speakers, including a 50-page coliving development roadmap and reports mentioned on stage!

Browse through our 40 different experts talks in the Summit schedule and find out what you need to join:

BROWSE THE 2022 SUMMIT SCHEDULE Co-Liv Summit 2022 | Rise, Radar & Resistance (colivsummit.co)

We hope today will inspire you to join us on this special occasion.?

Moreover, if the Co-Liv ticket of 49€ (including all the talk recordings, networking sessions and resources) is not in your budget, simply write us an email and we will offer you a 50% discounted ticket!?

We also give out free tickets for those who can’t afford it. It’s our philosophy that education and growth shouldn’t be limited to having resources, while initiatives such as the Co-Liv Summit should be supported by those who can afford (and it’s a reasonable price, too).

We hope to seeing you there,

The Co-Liv Team

PS: Did you already get your?tickets for the Co-Liv Summit??