Leading Voices in Real Estate

Oct 21 2024 183 ep. 62 mins 311

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The Leading Voices in Real Estate podcast series interviews some of the most successful, interesting, entrepreneurial people who shape our cities and the built environment. Host Matt Slepin gets to the personal side not often heard from these legends and visionaries, their career stories and advice, and their role in creating vibrant communities with character, beauty, and a high quality of life.

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Jon Lin | EVP and General Manager of Data Center Services at Equinix

Oct 21 2024 76 mins

Jon Lin, EVP and General Manager of Data Center Services at Equinix, talks through the major trends, drivers, and challenges of the data center business, the hottest sector in commercial real estate.

Mike Kingsella | President of Up for Growth

Oct 07 2024 88 mins

Mike Kingsella, President of Up for Growth, explains how basic supply and demand drives the housing crisis in our country, how multiple levels of public policy have exacerbated the situation, and suggestions for how we, as an industry and advocates for housing supply, can turn this around.

Matt Kelly | CEO of JBG Smith, Owner of National Landing, Current Chair of NAREIT

Sep 16 2024 85 mins

Matt Kelly, CEO of JBG Smith and Current Chair of NAREIT, tells the story of his company’s winning Amazon HQ2 for their National Landing site and shares his wisdom on corporate ethos, placemaking, and winning deals.

Steve Wechsler | President/CEO of Nareit

Sep 03 2024 76 mins

Steve Wechsler, President and CEO of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, discusses the history of REITs, the current policy agenda, and the impact of institutional real estate, and REITs specifically, across the global economy.

Andy Lubershane | Partner and Head of Research at Energy Impact Partners

Aug 19 2024 73 mins

Andy Lubershane, Partner and Head of Research at Energy Impact Partners, breaks down how real estate and climate tech can work towards creating a clean energy future.

Rohit Aggarwala | Chief Climate Officer of New York City

Aug 05 2024 80 mins

Rohit Aggarwala, Chief Climate Officer of New York City, discusses the city’s approach to concurrent solutions towards sea level rise, storm water management, transportation, congestion pricing, city infrastructure, and other pressing climate-based issues and the real estate industry’s role in helping build a more sustainable future.

Jackie Brady | Head of Global Debt Solutions for PGIM Alternatives

Jul 15 2024 83 mins

Jackie Brady, Head of Global Debt Solutions for PGIM Alternatives, discusses the state of the commercial real estate debt markets, with challenges, opportunities, and change coming out of the current market.

David Stanford | Founder of RealFoundations

Jul 01 2024 72 mins

David Stanford, Founder of RealFoundations, talks about optimizing real estate business platforms for profitable decisions, smart operations, and value creation at both the property and business entity levels.

Kevin Marchetti | Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Lineage Logistics, Co-Founder of Bay Grove

Kevin Marchetti, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Lineage Logistics and Co-Founder of Bay Grove, shares how he built the world’s largest cold-storage portfolio.In this rebroadcast episode, we revisit Kevin’s interview from early 2023. Bay Grove is a real estate private equity firm that claims the world’s largest portfolio of cold-storage warehouses. Its operating company,

Jesse Stein | Global Head of Real Estate at Airbnb

Jun 03 2024 77 mins

Jesse Stein, Global Head of Real Estate at Airbnb, brings us up to date on Airbnb generally and focuses on Airbnb’s partnerships with institutional owners of apartments to facilitate the option for their residents to “Airbnb” their units.