Bricks & More is back for Season 3 – and it’s our biggest season yet.

Following an incredible Season 2, Adrian Strittmatter returns with even more global voices, sharper insights, and bolder conversations exploring how real estate value is created, unlocked, and sustained.

This season brings together international industry leaders, innovators, and thinkers who are redefining how places are designed, developed, operated, and experienced.

Season 3 also adds a new location to the journey: Paris – one of the world’s most influential real estate markets. Expect on-the-ground perspectives from the developers, investors, and advisors shaping the city’s future.

New episodes are coming soon.

Get ready to raise the bar – and unlock real estate value, one conversation at a time.

Season 2 of Bricks & More is officially a wrap.

This season took the conversation further than ever — more guests, more locations, and deeper insight into how real estate value is created, unlocked, and sustained.

From London to Dubai, we explored the forces shaping the future of real estate through candid conversations with developers, designers, investors, operators, and industry leaders from around the world.

A huge thank you to our growing global audience for listening, subscribing, sharing, and engaging – your curiosity and energy continue to shape what Bricks & More is becoming.

Season 3 is already in the works – and it’s only going to get better.

Until then, let’s keep unlocking real estate value together.

In the third of our ‘Dubai Special’ episodes of Bricks & More, Adrian Strittmatter is joined by Dan Von Barloewen and Lindsay McGinn from Accor One Living to unpack one of the fastest-growing – and most misunderstood – frontiers in global real estate: branded residences and mixed-use living.

The episode challenges the idea that value is created at the point of sale. Instead, it reframes branded residences as living ecosystems where value is generated through day-to-day operations, brand authenticity, resale performance, and lifelong relationships with residents.

Key talking points:

🏙️ Why branded residences succeed (or fail) based on service, governance, and long-term commitment — not branding alone

🏷️ The difference between a “labelled residence” and a truly hospitality-led branded home

📊 How demographic insight, psychographics, and local culture determine the right brand for the right place

🔁 Why resale premiums, homeowner satisfaction, and operational discipline matter more than launch-day price uplifts

🌍 How wellness, longevity, community programming, and global brand ecosystems are reshaping residential demand

🚀 What’s next: build-to-rent, private members’ clubs, yachts, and new models of lifestyle-driven investment

If you think branded residences are just about luxury positioning – or if you’re curious how hospitality thinking can future-proof real estate assets – this episode offers a masterclass in how value is really generated, protected, and sustained.

Lindsay’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsay-mcginn-3859081/

Daniel’s Linkedin: https://ae.linkedin.com/in/daniel-von-barloewen-58b08024

Accor One Living: https://accor-residences.com/

Adrian’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianstrittmatter

Saentys: https://saentys.com/