How adaptive reuse principles can help transform global development
It’s exciting to realise that we don’t have to demolish older buildings, says Chris Dietz of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World; instead, we can transform them into something new & functional.

Chris Dietz is President, Global Operations, at Leading Real Estate Companies of the World Leading Real Estate Companies of the World is a selective global community of the highest quality independent real estate companies, with over 565 companies, and 130,000 sales associates in over 70 countries.
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