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Wee o the move, moe so th eve.Th ptts o iigtio d igtio ows showig

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wh. as Joth D. mill poitd ot i th2013 EmergingTrends in Real Estate pot, it is xtdig od tlsiss distits to h itotig ods io-s xpss ot ol od Tooto, Vov,clg, d motl, t lso hig v pt o thot, ildig th sll itis. Th shit i poplshois gdig wh th wt to liv hs qit po-od: th isigl hoosig i-tow livig ov s- sdivisio, hos-d-d listls.

Whil Tooto is still th pi ldig pl o w ii-gts oig to th povi, lg s o Otis ovig od withi th povi, spill thos o who thbig cit listl is ot o th, sh s og ilis o tivlsss pshd ot xoitt l stt pis. Sll tows tkig oti o this. as cdi l oitis spodto hgs i thi so-sd oo, is-igl lookig o divsiftio optios. So k th istko tig to plit vios ig it ppls to dw popl divstt, whil ot ogttig to look t so o th slltow gtiss tht k th pplig i th fst pl.

Th is ld pl poo tht ths sl l tow tt -tios oig o o dw o popl tvllig with-i Otio. rt dt tds show tht Otios toists isigl Otis tht tvl ov 40 kilots,

gi llt tht is th uitd ntios stddiitio o toist d tht hs doptd th t o Otio s o-w withi Otio to tv o-oti tip. Ths toists tvllig withiow povi lookig o xpis shpd lol diig, itis, vts d stivitis, th th joho tttios lik th pks. rl s povid il ppl to toists s o th stiq ssoitd l viot, with distit lt, histo, thigogphi htistis.

Ths xpis ld od i o Ottow ts d dowtows t gll lizssts. To ddss this withi th tois idst, oit-sd tois hs o to dstood s vlll i l tois pigs: it psts otto-poh to tois plig d dvlopt tht i opolol idividls i th plig poss, i igbt wht hs tditioll tool i th toolkit o gtois sttgis ow doptd it ildig

vlopt stos s wll.a vol popot o this sttg is ro Spi, s

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to Spi, tig podt dvlopt d ivsttsttg tht ivsts i oitis thslvs, coit

Tois Otios gtst oppotit to tgt O-tis thogh igoos poss o osss ildig, sstlvg, siss plig, ptship ildig, d ipl-

ttio to div o dvlopt.bt dot thow o th wod tois. Istd, lookt it s w to tivt dowtows. This is oppotit o dvlop to t dp d igl ltioship with it tht is tll fil, ss Spi. I dvloppositios thslvs s wtig to t sothig o dpsoil d ooi ft, th will iv gt -i o thi pojt, whih i xtd popl t o-os vl o th dvlop d th iiplit.

Ths gs i tois dot dstd oit, dgs i oit dot dstd tois, so I gv th phs tht ppls to oth: oit tois divdowtows. all th w tig to do is t ktig dsls pkgs to sll ni g Flls, o xpl, sd o to-is. bt wht I xplid to th is i th wt to k this wok, th th shold vitliz th dowtow. Thisdos o o th tow d povi th tig to gt othg to wlk tightop ov th Flls, ss Spi. I I ti-

vt fv ts i tows oss th povi dvlopigsssl pls, tht will do o o tois th o -

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Sll tows shold ot l tht, s th ot Tooto,th t k vitliztio wok. Qit th opposit! btt th s ti, this is ot o sll tows lo. Th -dtls t vwh: sssl ppovls, titl-ts, d sls o d o ig sd o tigpls popl lik, d popl lik itd ighohoodsd pls to .

Tk, o xpl, colligwood, Ot. Wh it ws opt-ig t ll pit, th colligwood shipd plod oth 1,000 popl i tow o lss th 5,000. Wh th -ilis o shipd woks d th sppot sisss w -tod i, stitd o i v th popl d thilivig o th shipd t th ti. Wh Th yd -od its los i agst o 1986, it s shok. L-os hd dstood d xptd, t t o th t o shipildig it ws hd to tho tht th shipd

ws losig d wold ot -op. Followig th o sll tows, losig its old idstil s colligwood wslt to dit sowht ilssl. bt wh it lizd it oldlvg its pi tois sst bl moti th tow ws td o slp wit dstitio ito ittioll ogizd, vit o ssos dstitio

(sothig LivWokLPl d spifll Spi, whospt fv s with Itwst copotio, hd hd i),

whih tttd popl to ov th, d so o. colligwoodtod os oppotitis o popl il tivitis,ildig skiig, gol, hikig, ikig d host o wt--

ltd tivitis. colligwoods wll-dvlopd tois s issppotd wid g o til, ttit d diigxpis. ad with this otoit gowth o viosidstil ss, sh s gowig kowldg-sd sto, s

wll s sigift ivstts i sidtil dvlopt, shs i 2004 wh Fram bildig Gop d Slokk rl es-tt phsd th shipd popt i od to hilittth sit d ild Th Shipds Ho rsids (Build-ing, J/Jl 2011).

not v sll tow hs oti, t v tow hssothig, d th d to lvg tht oppotit, ssSpi. Fgs hs histoi ill, elo hs dti wt-ll d histoi idstil ildig stok, Pth hs wtws,Pot Dov hs til h, d so o. O os, iths to o to th liztio tht th wt to do sothig.bt o o th fst thigs th d to do is to s thi dow-tow s sstil svi, ss Spi. I od to lto sssll gt th ll ollig, th st visio ot how toipov o wht thv ld got. Wht th shold otdo is look to sio o Fis whl jst s it dd w o toists.

at th s ti, s ll tows dot ssil hv tothik ot how to ot th ig pls th mks oFist Gls, who ost likl woldt o s th lth tow dost hv th popltio ss to sppot ig pojt. bt wht th pol hv pls i thiow kd tht old lld po, spill si thospls hv vstd itst i ipovig th kt odth, kig thi tow th st tht it , d dwigsss o tht.

Ohsttig di st o tils is til hl-lg o sll tows. Th tilig sto i v dowtow,ig d sll, ws svl iptd th tio o s- lls i th post w d th o o thg o th ig ox stos i o t d ds. This

ws ot phoo iq to th GTa; Glph, Kith- d Wtloo sw thi dowtow til ditd igoxs o th piph. Whil dowtows hv sttd toov d o log th potd xt v hl-lgs o th 1970s d 1980s, dowtow tilig is still hl-lgd optitio o s tilig. notwithstd-ig this gtiv sssst, poisig tds o dowtowtil gig. I th s w tht tils ollowdsidts ot to s s i th post w , so too tils ollowig popl k ito th o. To pitliz o

this, Spi dviss oitis to ogiz o d-ss, d dstd wht th skig, wh d wh.

Wishig o idl til to pld o mi Stt i o-d to t d ti std ow o idl dogphisl

woks. rtil ollows popl, ot th oth w od. So th

k is to dstd wh o d-ss o to o tow ith fst pl, d th dstd wht th os d-ss wt.

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O os dvlops ot ppovls, sls, d othsiss ds, t th lso pid thslvs o ig fst i kt. I tow st p siss s tht tivts it slt lol lvl to div ovll oppotit, d tht oppot-it pps pplig to dvlop, th th wds to hd o oth sids. Dvlops t tps,d idtiig dd th tkig th ipott fststps i pitlizig o itios visio. ad s w s-ig o d o, th is gowig dd o dowtowlivig i thti, pl-sd ighohoods.

bt vitlizig ighohood, o tig pl,ot jst sit o th sholds o o ildig. It is o

jst ildig o ildig. It gos od th ildig,Spi. I dvlops os o th god oo, d h

vstd it st i tht li, itis will high-fv th ll

Th old hvio o jst oig to ild pk isttig it with iiplitis o. all tds poit to dtows, d i o dot t gt pls o popl,

wot ssil w t to o p odt, d tows wwt to sig o o ildig o o th s. at lldos jst ildig pk lo to lfll pli sp qts hlp div vitlit, i its pogig ist lso sidd? How to tivt tht pk is sothig tht sh osidd fst. Th t o lig sod xt to 40-stodo tow is ot oit tivtio.

I I hd $100 illio dolls, Id spd it io os o jo dowtows i hdl o sll toss Otio, wh I old ipov th qlit o th dtow xpi o til ixd-s psptiv, d ti th oppotit to div of, sidtil-o-sl, stil-to-t o istittiol ss ov gd, ss Spiliv dowtows th t, d i o otol th otol th lili o oit i v positiv w

ultitl, popl t jst lookig o hp ld tf ogstio. Th lso lookig o tht thti tow h, d pt o tht xpi os o thgig d tivtio o spil ss sh s til dtts, vts, d o. Popl skig log-lstig, tiv ighohood xpis ok to th s lotios, w highl vld o thi iqss. coit Tois oth tool o itis d tows, d oppotit o

vlops to idti oppotitis wh th ivthi t odl to dvlop thi podt tpolog, wdstdig tht divig oit vitlit will hlp sll thi podt, ss Spi.

movig owd, tiv lss d kowldg-sd will thiv, gig s th w Fist Wold oitih dowtow will sv s th os tig d ps idtifl oit. coil l stt will otht td, d sll-ox tils will ov to wh th pliv. ad ost ipottl, this td will ot stop t kts, s iztio will oti d spd to sllis. u gowth is ot ssil stiltd tl pltio iss, t div lg it fts tht d

vstts d dtd woko. copot l sttot sttgi lotios o sss, d th dvlopt

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