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title: "Future Trendspots (Shanghai): real estate = ripe for disruption (Pt1)"
description: In this blog post, global futurist Anders Sorman-Nilsson, discusses 3 future trends that are going to impact the real estate industry.
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# Future Trendspots (Shanghai): real estate = ripe for disruption (Pt1)

Posted by [Anders](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/blog/author/anders) on May 11, 2015

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Good day, [Anders Sorman-Nilsson](http://anderssorman-nilsson.com/?__hstc=14646056.cbc5a79312d24004cf50e5e7a68dce16.1429683439433.1430752003853.1430829725893.22&__hssc=14646056.4.1430829725893&__hsfp=733392547) here, [futurist](http://blog.thinque.com.au/anders-sorman-nilsson-speaks-trends-sitecore-digital-trendspot-2014.php-0), and the founder of the research think tank - [Thinque](http://thinque.com.au/) - which is based in Sydney and Stockholm, today broadcasting from the [Grand Hyatt](http://shanghai.grand.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html) in Shanghai. This is a city transformed by the latest and the greatest in real estate thinking. The city used to be an old fishing village but nowadays it represents the idea of the future of cities.  

Shanghai was chosen as the location of the [Cushman & Wakefield](http://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/) Asia Pacific Leadership Conference where I have been keynoting and hanging out. The reason they chose me as a [**futurist**](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/australian-futurist-anders-sorman-nilsson-goes-digilogue-video.php) was to discuss some of the future trends that are going to impact the idea of commercial and corporate real estate.

In the video above I discuss 3 technological and digital trends that will shape the real estate industry in a world of [**digital disruption**](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/digital-disruption-adapting-shift.php). Check it out!

![on-demand economy real estate disruption](https://www.anderssorman-nilsson.com/hs-fs/hubfs/unnamed-1.jpg?width=1280&name=unnamed-1.jpg "on-demand economy real estate disruption")

The growth in the on-demand economy is not just shaping **[the future of the food industry](http://blog.thinque.com.au/-insights-on-the-future-of-the-food-industry)** as I wrote about in the previous blog post, it is also one of the key trends impacting the commercial and corporate real estate into the future. Here is a another interesting article, **[The Rise of the On-Demand Economy](http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2015/03/13/the-rise-of-the-on-demand-economy/), **which connects with the ideas I speak about in the video above. <http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2015/03/13/the-rise-of-the-on-demand-economy/>

#### Subscribe to my [YouTube-channel](https://www.youtube.com/user/andersofthinque) and make sure you watch part 2 of this trendspot video. Ciao! 

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