Leading Voices in Real Estate

Leading Voices in Real Estate

Cedric Bobo | Engaging Inner City Kids in Development via Real Deals

Mar 11 • 69 min

Cedric Bobo is the Co-Founder of Project Destined, a 501c3 that educates both inner city kids and military veterans in financial literacy and community development by their investing, shark tank style, in real estate deals in their communities. This…

NMHC Panel | Industry Leaders Discuss Challenges of Recruiting Talent

Feb 25 • 46 min

In this special edition, panel discussion from the 2019 National Multifamily Housing Council Meeting, we explore the centerpiece topic of recruiting and managing talent in today’s industry with four leaders in the apartment business: Bill Bayless, CEO of…

Lucy Billingsley | A Natural-Born Real Estate Leader

Feb 11 • 52 min

You might say that innovation, passion, and real estate are in Lucy Billingsley’s blood. As the only daughter of real estate legend Trammell Crow, Lucy wanted to make her own name for herself and co-founded the Billingsley Company with her husband. The…

Tackling the Supply and Demand Challenges in the Multifamily Market

Feb 4 • 35 min

Coming off the heels of the successful National Multifamily Housing Council Annual Meeting, we focus this special edition of Leading Voices on a discussion of current trends in the apartment market 2led by a panel of experts. We hear from Co-head of JLL’s…

Bill Stein | The Growth of Cloud Computing Hits the REIT World

Jan 28 • 56 min

Listen to this podcast interview with the CEO of Digital Realty Trust, Bill Stein. He discusses his career and the growth of Digital Realty Trust from its IPO in 2004 to becoming one of the best-performing and fastest-growing REITs. Digital Realty is now…

Daryl Carter | Balancing Returns and Impact in Avanath’s $1.5B Investments in Affordable & Workforce Housing

Jan 14 • 86 min

Daryl Carter is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Avanath Capital Management, LLC, a real estate investment firm that acquires, renovates, and operates affordable and workforce housing communities across the US. His dual focus on both investment returns…

John Stewart | Finding Opportunity, From Aerospace to Affordable Housing

Dec 31, 2018 • 64 min

John Stewart, Founder and Chair of the San Francisco based John Stewart Company, has shaped the affordable housing industry both in California and on a national scale in tremendous ways. Discover why tackling homelessness and innovative thinking are key…

Sam Zell | Building an Empire With Fearlessness and Drive (Rebroadcast)

Dec 17, 2018 • 54 min

Sam Zell has always had an entrepreneurial mindset, attributing his real estate success to it. After getting his start managing student apartments as a law school student, he grew his businesses and helped transform what we know as the modern REIT. This…

Colin Wiel | Pioneering the Single-Family Rental Space With Tech Innovation

Dec 3, 2018 • 68 min

As a co-founder of Waypoint Homes, Colin Wiel wanted to strike out on his own again after the company went public as Starwood Waypoint. So he founded Mynd, a tech-enabled property management company focused on the single-family home industry that allows…

Art Gensler and Riki Nishimura | The World’s Largest Design Firm Reimagines Design and Company Culture

Nov 19, 2018 • 56 min

Art Gensler founded the posthumously-named design firm in 1965, which has grown to become the largest architecture firm in the world. He and Riki Nishimura, the firm’s Director of Urban Development, discuss the evolution of the firm over the last 50 years…

Liz Holland | Analytics: The Secret to Survival in Today’s Retail Space

Nov 5, 2018 • 68 min

As the third generation to run Abbell Associates, the family-owned real estate company, Liz Holland has recognized the importance of changing with the times. As a large owner of retail space, Liz has ushered in the practice of deeply analyzing data to…

Lisa Picard | Creating a Vision for the Modern Workplace

Oct 22, 2018 • 91 min

Lisa Picard is President, CEO of EQ Office, the company formerly known as Equity Office Properties (EOP), one of the largest owners of office property in the United States, owned by Blackstone. She offers a timely perspective on the fast-evolving office…

Jon Geanakos | President, Americas of JLL Capital Markets Shares Why Tough Jobs Pay Off

Oct 8, 2018 • 71 min

As he entered the real estate market, Jon Geanakos felt outnumbered amongst his Ivy League colleagues and peers. With hard work and selfless leadership, he overcame his doubts and built a storied career from tough jobs. Today, he is the President,…

Ron Terwilliger (Part 2) | From Leadership in Market Rate Housing to Affordable Housing

Sep 24, 2018 • 48 min

In today’s episode, Ron Terwilliger, a great influencer in the apartment sector and dedicated philanthropist, shares part two of his story: his philanthropic and policy-driven role in affordable housing and education. This episode is made possible by our…

Ron Terwilliger (Part 1) | Risk, Intensity, and His Journey Leading Trammell Crow Residential

Sep 17, 2018 • 67 min

In today’s episode, Ron Terwilliger, a great influencer in the apartment sector and dedicated philanthropist, shares part one of his story: his leadership at Trammell Crow Residential and how he literally spawned the next generation of the apartment…

Chip Conley (Rebroadcast)

Sep 3, 2018 • 58 min

Chip Conley started one of the country’s first boutique hotel chains, Joie de Vivre, when he was just 26 years old. After selling the company, he joined the startup Airbnb at age 52, despite the fact that the young founders were primed to disrupt his…

Clara Brenner | Venture Capitalist Making City-Living Easier

Aug 20, 2018 • 58 min

Clara Brenner is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of the Urban Innovation Fund, a venture capital firm that provides seed capital and regulatory support to the tech startups addressing the challenges facing urban dwellers. Clara and I had a…

Karl Polen | From a Music Career to Managing a $40 Billion Fund

Aug 6, 2018 • 64 min

As a successful musician, playing with Johnny Cash and others in Nashville, Karl Pollen could not have predicted the future of his career path. Today he is the Chief Investment Officer for the Arizona State Retirement System (AZASRS), where he manages…

Matt Slepin | Discovering True Leaders

Jul 30, 2018 • 37 min

In this episode, you will actually hear me being interviewed, rather than me doing the interview. Jeff Large is the editor of Season 2 of Leading Voices. He interviewed me on his podcast, The Jeff Large Podcast, where he talks about tech, podcasting, and…

Lyric | The Innovative Newcomer in the Rental Space

Jul 23, 2018 • 54 min

Andrew Kitchell and Joe Fraiman saw an opportunity in new developments that had vacant apartments or unsold condominium units. By master-leasing a portion of these units and subletting them to users on a short-term basis, they could fill a need for both…

Ken Woolley | Turning Self Storage into an Integral Part of the Real Estate Industry

Jul 9, 2018 • 54 min

Ken Woolley is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Extra Space Storage, the country’s second largest self-storage company. In this episode, Woolley shares his experience as a serial entrepreneur and how his background in the airline, mining, technology,…

Jane Graf | Alleviating Poverty Through Affordable Housing

Jun 25, 2018 • 71 min

Jane Graf has been a leader in the affordable housing industry for over 35 years and is now the President and CEO of Mercy Housing, one of the country’s largest nonprofit developers dedicated to revitalizing lives and neighborhoods. In this episode, we…

John Rahaim | The Challenge of Planning for a Growing San Francisco

Jun 11, 2018 • 63 min

In college, John Rahaim was fascinated with the concept of how environmental and urban design affected human behavior. Today, he is the Planning Director for the City and County of San Francisco and arguably one of the most respected planning minds in the…

Fred Tuomi | Technology, Strategy, and Growth

May 28, 2018 • 63 min

A Technology Foundation Fred Tuomi was born in Minnesota, and went on to attend high school and college in Georgia, receiving a B.A. in Business Information Systems and a Masters in Business Administration from Georgia State University. While working for…

Gerald Hines | Industry Legend, Developer, and Visionary

May 14, 2018 • 43 min

Gerald Hines founded his business in 1957 as a developer of office properties. His namesake company now has a presence in 201 cities and 24 countries, and manages over $110 billion in property. Hines is renowned for not only creating the highest quality…

Dar Williams | Community Building From a Folk Singer’s Perspective

May 7, 2018 • 62 min

Community Building Music was everywhere. We played music, we were encouraged to play music, we sang in the car. But that was also the 70’s. Dar grew up in Chappaqua, NY during the 70’s. It was developing and becoming more progressive as a commuter city to…

Jim Ketai | Revitalizing Detroit

Apr 30, 2018 • 53 min

Jim was born and raised in the Detroit suburbs. He has positive memories of the dynamic neighborhood full of families raising their kids and a strong public school environment. Also clear in his memory is a downtown visited on special occasions or to shop…

Keith Oden | Creating the Ultimate Company Culture

Apr 16, 2018 • 65 min

Creating and Building: Born in McComb, MS, Keith says he could have written the book “Hillbilly Elegy,” about his own life. Since his parents weren’t really in the picture, his grandmother raised him from a young age in Pasadena, TX. He went on to…

Leading Voices Transitions

Nov 13, 2017 • 6 min

While we prepare the next season of Leading Voices for you, we wanted to let you know about some changes behind the scenes. Look for new episodes in early 2018!

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Sam Zell

Sep 5, 2017 • 53 min

Sam Zell has always had an entrepreneurial mind-set, attributing his real estate success to it. After getting his start managing student apartments as a law school student, he grew his businesses and helped transform what we know as the modern REIT.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: A-P Hurd

Aug 23, 2017 • 46 min

A-P Hurd was not planning on going into the real estate industry. After working in journalism and on the trading floor, she then landed a leadership role at Touchstone. Her unique perspective on business encourages people to use their skillsets to allow…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Gadi Kaufmann

Aug 8, 2017 • 45 min

After growing up in Israel and serving in the army, Gadi Kaufmann came to the U.S. on a scholarship to Brigham Young University. His drive led him to an interview with RCLCO during college; and now, after 38 years and four careers at RCLCO, he has…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Ellen Winkler

Jul 25, 2017 • 46 min

Ellen Winkler became an accidental developer when she moved her video production firm to Denver and failed to find a fun, yet collaborative work environment. Now she is creating coworking spaces all around the city.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Jonathan Rose

Jul 11, 2017 • 27 min

Jonathan Rose left his family’s multigenerational real estate company to start his own for-profit mission-driven development firm. His passion for creating communities of opportunity is strengthened through the belief that we all share a compassion that…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Phil Freelon

Jun 16, 2017 • 44 min

Leaving a legacy is easy for Phil Freelon, who founded one of the largest African American–owned architecture firms. With numerous cultural institutions under his belt, including the newest Smithsonian museum, he is motivated to design places where the…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Mary Ann Tighe

Jun 13, 2017 • 45 min

Mary Ann Tighe didn’t know what commercial real estate was until she was 36 years old. With a successful career in the Carter/Mondale White House before launching the A&E network, she recognized her knack for deal-making and is now one of the country’s…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Chip Conley

May 30, 2017 • 59 min

Chip Conley started one of the country’s first boutique hotel chains, Joie de Vivre, when he was just 26 years old. After selling the company, he joined the startup Airbnb at age 52, despite the fact that the young founders were primed to disrupt his…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Tom Geddes

May 16, 2017 • 38 min

A chance meeting on a playground led Kevin Plank, Under Armour’s founder, to ask Tom Geddes to oversee his private investments. Tom’s leadership is enhancing Baltimore’s waterfront and how the public experiences the city.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Janet Marie Smith

May 2, 2017 • 39 min

Janet Marie Smith had a homerun vision for Camden Yards, the first baseball stadium in 70 years that was built within the existing urban fabric of any U.S. city. With stadium work in Boston and Atlanta also under her belt, she is now enhancing 55-year-old…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Andrés Duany

Apr 19, 2017 • 40 min

Following the advice of his grandfather, Andrés Duany knows he can either be popular or indispensable, and he’s chosen the latter. Made famous by his traditional neighborhood design of Seaside, Florida, Duany has led the charge in creating new urbanist…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Scott Cowen

Apr 5, 2017 • 41 min

How does one prepare for an unexpected crisis? Scott Cowen managed to lead Tulane University through Hurricane Katrina, strengthening the student body and city of New Orleans in the process by strategically integrating the two.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: MaryAnne Gilmartin

Mar 22, 2017 • 48 min

MaryAnne Gilmartin defies many conventions in the real estate world. She wears high heels to construction sites of major New York City projects and has achieved the top leadership position in a family business where she has no relation.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Toby Bozzuto

Mar 8, 2017 • 46 min

Growing up, Toby Bozzuto did not want to work in the family business—yet now he is the CEO. Toby began his career in the music industry but was drawn into the real estate world because of the foundational values his father set for the Bozzuto Group.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Alex Gilliam

Feb 21, 2017 • 37 min

Teens using power tools? That’s the foundation for Alex Gilliam’s two nonprofits. He brings together youth to physically build amenities in their struggling neighborhoods. These students learn how to engage civically while changing the urban landscape.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Kimber Lanning

Feb 7, 2017 • 38 min

Kimber Lanning has operated an independent record store in downtown Phoenix for 30 years. Her experience as a small business owner led her to start Local First Arizona, advocating for self-reliant, unique downtowns that can support the little guy.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Steve Leeper

Jan 31, 2017 • 48 min

Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood was one of the most blighted in the country, impeding on the city’s economic development. Leveraging creative financing as well as civic and corporate partnerships, Steve Leeper has led 3CDC in the transformation…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Egbert Perry

Jan 24, 2017 • 41 min

Egbert Perry of the Integral Group developed the national model for mixed-income housing. He has since been changing the notion of which industry sectors people of color are accepted, and successfully forging into market-rate commercial projects.

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Alicia Glen

Jan 24, 2017 • 38 min

A lifelong New Yorker, Alicia Glen serves as the city’s deputy mayor for housing and economic development. Why did she leave the private sector for public service, and what are the challenges for New York given one of its own is entering the White House?

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Steve Wilson

Jan 17, 2017 • 40 min

Steve Wilson is the founder of 21c Museum Hotels, started in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2006. These unique concept hotels, which incorporate gallery space for Wilson’s expansive art collection, are a unique way to help revitalize the downtowns of midsized…

Leading Voices in Real Estate: Honorable Marilyn Strickland

Jan 17, 2017 • 49 min

As an African American and Asian American woman in office, Mayor Marilyn Strickland challenges our notion of what makes a strong leader. She talks about her journey, starting with a job at the headquarters of Starbucks to earning the top post of an…