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EP 02242 December 2024 · 56 min

Hospitality Reimagined: Converting Offices into Lifestyle Destinations. Ft. Eric Jafari at AENDRE

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Converting offices into hospitality destinations is not just a design exercise. It is planning, finance, consumer behaviour, ESG, operations and understanding what people now want from places.

Stephen Drew speaks with Eric Jafari of AENDRE about office-to-hotel conversions, extended stay hospitality, lifestyle-led real estate and how underused buildings can become more active destinations.

The conversation covers:

How office buildings can become hospitality and lifestyle destinations

What extended stay guests expect from design and operations

Why planning, ESG and sustainability shape conversion viability

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  1. · Stephen Drew

    Stephen Drew

    Hello, hello, hello! 30 seconds and we're going! I can't wait. Grab that coffee, that cheeky wine. I don't know where you are, what you're doing. As long as you're not drinking at work, maybe you're thinking, maybe you're somewhere nice right now. Maybe you're in an office. Or maybe You're somewhere else.

  2. Hello everyone and welcome to this non live livestream special. I'm joined here by a fantastic guest who's actually been involved in creating

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