CCIM Connections Podcast

The podcast, “Exploring the ‘E’ in ESG with David Amerikaner the Duane Morris’ Real Estate Practice Group,” discusses what commercial real estate is doing in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) arena.  David Amerikaner is special counsel with the Duane Morris’s Real Estate Practice Group, with a focus on sustainability, land use, project development, and environmental law. He joins the podcast to detail how tenant demand for sustainable practices and shortening ROI on green investment are changing the equation for developers and owners.

The podcast, “Meeting Demand in the Booming Biotech Sector with the Kevin Perry, Principal with HED,” discusses growing demand in the biotech sector of commercial real estate, noting low vacancy rates and rising rents in primary markets like Boston, San Francisco, and San Diego.  Kevin Perry, principal with HED, an architecture design, engineering, and planning firm with eight locations across the U.S., joins the podcast. Perry details the challenges in site selection for biotech lab and office facilities that come with the sector’s specific infrastructure requirements, while also highlighting the opportunities associated with a growing market.

The podcast, “Multifamily’s Bright Future and Making Affordable Housing Work with Leste Group’s Josh Patinkin,” discusses an approach to investment in affordable housing that focuses on a fundamental imbalance in supply and demand that can produce opportunities in various markets, especially those in the Southeast U.S. and Texas. Josh Patinkin, managing director of real estate for Leste Group, joins the podcast. Leste Group is a leading global alternative investments platform with more than $280 million in assets undermanagement. Patinkin also eyes health care and cold storage as CRE markets that pack plenty of potential heading into 2022.

The podcast, “Growing Interest in Land and Manufacturing with National Land Realty’s Ben Crosby, CCIM,” advocates for investors and commercial real estate professionals to keep a long-term perspective in examining potential properties, emphasizing population trends and demographics over day-to-day headlines and short-term issues. Ben Crosby, CCIM, managing broker with National Land Realty in Florida, joins the podcast. He sees a bright future for land investment in Florida and throughout the Southeast, while also speculating on what the reshoring of manufacturing could mean good things for the Midwest.

The podcast, “The Retail Rebound in Commercial Real Estate with Coldwell Banker Commercial's Dan Spiegel”, discusses the retail market’s prospects in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While shutdowns and public health restrictions have made life difficult for some retail sectors, demand for investment properties looks to remain strong.  Dan Spiegel, managing director at Coldwell Banker Commercial, emphasizes the available opportunities for CRE professionals who can think creatively and find new solutions.

The podcast, "Tech’s Vital Role in Returning to the Office with Parkside Realty’s Bob Wislow," details the challenges and opportunities in the office sector amid the delta variant of the coronavirus. Bob Wislow, chairman and CEO of Parkside Realty, a boutique real estate venture in Chicago, discusses his firm’s Fulton East development, a 12-story, 90,000-square-foot office and retail building in the West Loop, a booming work-live-play area in Chicago, and how the property leverages an array of technology to address public health and employee safety concerns. He also highlights aspects of downtown markets to help ensure cities rebound from COVID-19.

The podcast, “Mitigating Leasing Risk in Turbulent Times with Soozi Jones Walker, CCIM, SIOR,” discusses the challenges faced by industry professionals in lease negotiations, the importance of communication between tenant and landlord, and creative solutions for troubled assets, including adaptive reuse in a market upended by COVID-19. Soozi Jones Walker, CCIM, SIOR, president and broker of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services in Las Vegas, joins the podcast.

The podcast, “Creating Iconic Real Estate Hubs and Innovative Capital Sourcing with Jamestown CEO Matt Bronfman,”  discusses the secret to the firm’s, Jamestown, enduring success throughout its 37-year history, supporting tenants during COVID-19, and strategies for approaching the retail space from a unique perspective. Matt Bronfman, principal and CEO of Jamestown, joins the podcast. Jamestown is a global real estate investment and management company that has completed iconic downtown projects including Chelsea Market in New York, Ponce City Market in Atlanta, and San Francisco’s Ghirardelli Square.Bronfman details Jamestown’s new direct-to-consumer platform to encourage investment from new sources.

The podcast, “REITs as CRE Emerges from COVID-19 with David Bonser with Hogan Lovells,” discusses the opportunities and challenges facing REITs in various commercial real estate sectors including office, retail, and industrial. David Bonser, co-head of Hogan Lovells's global REIT practice, joins the podcast to share that he sees a bright future for institutional investment in commercial real estate as the country begins its recovery from COVID-19.  He also examines consolidation in the REIT market, noting what such activity could mean for CRE on the whole.