Why American Cities Will Thrive After the Pandemic
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In this episode of Common Area podcast, David Bodamer talks with Matt Pestronk, president and co-founder of multifamily owner and developer Post Brothers.
The two discuss ground-level insights into the multifamily sector, how it has fared throughout 2020, and what can be expected in 2021.
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Seniors Housing's Post-Pandemic Future
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David Bodamer is joined by Beth Burnham Mace, the chief economist and director of capital markets outreach at the National Investment Center for Senior Housing and Care (NIC), a non-profit organization that provides options and support for seniors housing and care by bringing capital into the industry.
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Moving Past Hospitality's Very Bad Year
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David Bodamer is joined by David Duncan, the president and CEO of First Hospitality, a hotel management, acquisition, development, and consulting company.
Together, they discuss how the hospitality industry is navigating the global pandemic and national civil unrest.
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Is the Office Dead?
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David Bodamer is joined by Joe Brady, the CEO of the Americas for The Instant Group, a workspace innovation company that rethinks workspace on behalf of its clients.
David and Joe discuss whether workers in the knowledge economy will ever make a full return to the office, the rise of suburban flexible office spaces and how corporate real estate leaders are re-imagining the design of the traditional office space.
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The State of Tech Talent Markets
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David Bodamer is joined by Colin Yasukochi, executive director of CBRE's Tech Insights Center, and Lexi Russell, director of research and analysis at CBRE.
They cover the highlights from CBRE’s Scoring Tech Talent Report, discussing what impact tech talent is having on real estate markets.
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CREW's Study on Gender and Diversity
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David Bodamer has a timely conversation with Wendy Mann, CEO of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network about the organization's most recent benchmark study on gender and diversity in the industry.
In this episode, you will learn:
- About CREW Network and how they’re educating the industry to become a more equal industry
- About both the encouraging and concerning findings from the 2020 CREW Benchmark study
- What issues are affecting black, indigenous and people of color in the industry.
- What can and should be done to recognize wage gaps between men and women
- Whether millennials will face the same blockades as their predecessors
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An Update on Restaurants and Food Halls
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David Bodamer speaks with Phil Colicchio and Trip Schneck about how independent restaurants and food halls have been affected by the COVID-19 shutdown and what might need to change going forward.
Colicchio and Schneck, who are both executive managing directors with Cushman & Wakefield and managing partners with Colicchio Consulting, outline how, despite the recent challenges, independent restaurants remain vitally important when programming commercial spaces. They address what might need to happen with landlord/restaurant financial arrangements to help the sector survive.
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Navigating Through a Tumultuous Year
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David Bodamer talks to Brian Ward, CEO of Trimont Real Estate Advisors, about how COVID-19 has disrupted the industry in 2020.
They also discuss what opportunities have opened up for leaders, despite the pandemic’s unfortunate impact on several key sectors.
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How Logistics Real Estate is Thriving Amid COVID-19
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David Bodamer is joined by Chris Caton, the senior vice president of global strategy and analytics at Prologis.
They discuss how the world's logistical supply chain of the essential industries has outperformed during this lockdown period and where logistics real estate is heading for the foreseeable future.
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COVID-19's Effect on Higher Education Real Estate
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David Bodamer speaks with Kevin Wayer, CEO of the Public Sector and Higher Education group at JLL. Wayer outlined some of the specific challenges facing higher education institutions and the ways they are increasingly relying on real estate services firms to manage facilities and monetize assets.
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