Why is knowledge centralized in individual heads in CRE

Physicality is commercial real estate’s biggest strength and weakness at the same time. Buildings are geo-specific - they don’t exist in the cloud. Unlike common commodities, buildings create spaces where people fulfill their Maslow’s hierarchy: security, sleep, family, work. This makes CRE fundamentally different from other industries (think finance, pharma, or FMCG).

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