What the Notre Dame Fire Tells Us About the Social Purpose of Real Estate

Author Jonathan Westeinde
Notre Dame Is Prompting Discussions About Social Impact Real Estate and New Models for Old Establishments

Why It Matters

Notre Dame will be rebuilt, much of it with philanthropic money, prompting healthy debates on wealth, inequality, and impact. Adjacent to these debates, is the social purpose role real estate plays in communities today and the changing nature of real estate within the world of impact.

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