Nicolas Retsinas

Nicolas P. Retsinas is a senior lecturer in real estate at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses in housing finance and real estate. He is also director emeritus of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies and a lecturer in housing studies at the Graduate School of Design.

In the new China, demand for housing for seniors is real. The country’s rapid urbanization is affecting China’s centuries-old tradition of multigenerational living, says Harvard’s Nicolas P. Retsinas.
In a world that Confucius wouldn’t recognize, China is working to maintain the dignity of its elders, who increasingly are ending up in a heretofore rare facility: a retirement home.
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