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How Facility Managers Can Lead Urban Renewal

Episode Summary

As cities evolve, aging buildings present both challenges and opportunities. This panel explores how facility managers, sustainability leaders and asset experts can drive urban regeneration through retrofits, predictive maintenance and smarter long-term planning.

Episode Notes

What does it take to transform aging buildings into resilient, high-performing spaces?

Recorded at IFMA's World Workplace Asia-Pacific, this panel brings together Samuel Ma, Head of Account Management at JLL, Andrew Macpherson, Executive Director, Head of Asset Development at JLL, and Caitlin Shem, Head of Sustainability Consulting at JLL, to discuss the future of urban regeneration. They explore why retrofitting existing buildings is often more sustainable than rebuilding, how facility managers can play a larger strategic role in asset enhancement, and why predictive maintenance, AI and better operational data are changing how buildings are managed. The conversation also examines the growing importance of resilience, biodiversity and government policy in shaping the next generation of cities.

Timestamps:

  • 0:00 - The three pillars shaping future cities
  • 1:35 - Why aging buildings need a new approach
  • 4:55 - Why retrofitting beats rebuilding
  • 6:20 - Decarbonization, resilience and biodiversity explained
  • 8:10 - Bringing nature back into cities
  • 9:00 - What One Bangkok gets right
  • 9:40 - Why older buildings are losing tenants
  • 10:15 - World Workplace 2026
  • 11:00 - Why facility managers are essential to urban renewal
  • 11:45 - The rise of the "urban steward"
  • 12:20 - Moving from reactive to predictive maintenance
  • 13:00 - How better data drives better investments
  • 14:15 - Why AI is making predictive maintenance a reality
  • 15:10 - "Now is the age of predictive maintenance"
  • 15:35 - What governments can do to accelerate urban renewal
  • 16:20 - Public-private partnerships for better cities
  • 17:45 - How policy is changing sustainable buildings
  • 18:30 - Why building performance matters more than ever
  • 19:50 - The growing link between sustainability and property value
  • 21:00 - Why collaboration will shape the future of cities
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Show Contributors

  • Samuel Ma
  • Andrew Macpherson
  • Caitlin Shem
  • Elizabeth Shelton

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