08. Commercial real estate considerations for co-living communities

In this episode, we interview Craig Scafidi, CCIM, Senior Associate at Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT in the Tampa Bay, Florida area. Craig is currently helping Mark Stein, founder of Thrive Co-living Communities, search for and secure a viable property for the first Thrive Co-Living community. During this interview, we cover:

• How COVID-19 has impacted commercial real estate
  (in both expected and surprising ways)
  
• Why Craig is enthused about our project
  
• The differences in 3 site locations that Thrive is currently considering.
  

To learn more about Craig and connect with him, visit https://www.cbcworldwide.com/professionals/profile/B11AE189-95E5-42E3-A4A7-0DB5556E0CA1.

ABOUT THE HOSTS:

Mark Stein is the founder of Thrive Co-Living Communities. He’s also the principle at Outmarket.Pro, a digital marketing agency that helps clients grow their businesses using lean startup principles. Learn more at http://outmarket.pro/.

Jennifer Hooper is an Intuitive Life Coach specializing in helping divorced women write a very happy ending to their divorce story. For more information, visit https://jenniferhoopercoaching.com/. She’s as passionate about Thrive Co-Living Communities as she is about helping women grow their confidence and self-trust.

ABOUT THRIVE CO-LIVING COMMUNITIES:

Thrive Co-Living Communities are cooperative residential living communities in re-purposed big box stores for people of all ages. Thrive Co-Living Communities provide a concrete solution to the growing sense of isolation and despair that is leading to depression, addiction, and suicide among many sectors of the U.S. population. Serving young people, millennials, baby boomers, artists, young families and any other progressives in search of a harmonious community life, the organization promotes and supports the development of abandoned big-box stores into sustainable co-living communities, offering the exact balance of independent living and co-living experience that each resident member desires.

Thrive Co-Living Communities are charged with:

➡️ Educating communities about co-living options

➡️ Assisting with the design and development of big-box co-living communities

➡️ Providing grants or short-term loans for early development costs for new communities

➡️ Maintaining an archive of architectural designs and programming templates for members to access

➡️ Developing community and supporting cooperation among start-up and existing co-living communities

➡️ Fostering the development of community programs and activities (e.g. in-house mediation programs, opportunities for social interaction through movies, lectures, concerts, poetry readings, etc.)

To learn more about Thrive Co-living Communities, visit http://thrivecolivingcommunities.org/.