Future of Office | The Boring Building Amenity That Makes CRE Investors Money, with Stuf CEO Kat Lau
Tangent 馃挌 Proptech - Un p贸dcast de Edward Cohen, Jeff Berman & Zach Aarons
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Katharine Lau is the CEO and Co-founder of Stuf, a self storage startup delivering modern, tech-enabled storage to consumers and businesses. Stuf partners with real estate owners to monetize basements, garages, and other spaces in commercial buildings as storage, creating new cash flow opportunities for landlords while providing neighborhoods with a new amenity. Stuf was recognized by Fast Company as one of The World鈥檚 Most Innovative Companies in 2022. Previously, Kat led the supply-side business of Industrious, the nation's leading premium workplace and coworking provider, where she pioneered an industry shift to asset- and liability-light agreements with property owners.(1:42) - Stuf origin story(5:46) - Target markets and type of buildings suited for conversions(10:00) - Business model & scaling CRE conversions(11:32) - Stuf's tech stack(15:02) - Feature: Housing Trust Silicon Valley(16:14) - Industrious transition from asset-heavy to asset-light(20:44) - WeWork's tumultuous office lease renegotiations(22:34) - Future of office uses(25:44) - Office-to-art space conversion(27:22) - Collaboration Superpower: Marie Kondo馃挌 Learn more:鉃★笍 Stuf's site鉃★笍 Katharine Lau on LinkedIn馃挌 Feature:鉃★笍 Housing Trust Silicon Valley's site - Housing finance & public-private partnerships to create more equitable & affordable communities.馃挌 Connect with Tangent:鉃★笍 Edward Cohen on LinkedIn鉃★笍 Edward Cohen on X鉃★笍 Jeff Berman on LinkedIn鉃★笍 Jeff Berman on X鉃★笍 Zach Aarons on LinkedIn鉃★笍 Tangent on LinkedIn鉃★笍 Tangent on XDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.
