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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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.
Pete Gaynor, former FEMA Administrator and President of Bright Harbor, discusses the preparedness, systems and infrastructure our country and our industry needs to effectively respond to disasters.
Lew Horne, President for Advisory Services for CBRE in Greater Los Angeles, and David Waite, Partner at Cox, Castle, & Nicholson LLP discuss Project Recovery, Rebuilding Los Angeles after the January 2025 Wildfires.
In this revisit of our conversation from 2023, Brett White, the outgoing Executive Chair of Cushman & Wakefield and prior CEO of CBRE, tells the story of the growth and evolution of these now giant global real estate services firms.
Tyler Christiansen, CEO of Funnel, a multifamily prop tech company, discusses how Funnel fundamentally changes the owner-renter relationship and how that facilitates change in the operating platform in the apartment business, opening the door to greater centralization, the use of AI, and a changed workforce.
At the 25th Anniversary of their firm, RealFoundations, Co-Founders David Stanford and Chris Shaida give a masterclass on how information technology and AI are impacting the real estate industry.
At the firm's 60th anniversary, the next generation co-CEOs of Lincoln Property Company, Clay Duvall and David Binswanger, discuss the company’s new business model, succession, leadership, legacy, and approach to the challenges and opportunities of today's business.
Ben Miller, CEO and Co-Founder of Fundrise, talks with Matt about Fundrise and his vision for disrupting the real estate industry with his online, direct-to-consumer, low-fee real estate (and now also venture capital) investment funds.
Brad Korman and Lea Anne Welsh of Korman Communities share the meaning and tradition that drive their high touch, fifth-generation family apartment business to success.
Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings, discusses the history of the Trammell Crow real estate businesses and how that legacy guides the business of Crow Holdings today.
Shannon Loew, Amazon’s Vice President of Global Workforce Solutions, discusses his global role leading the real estate aspects for Amazon's 350,000 person office workforce and the company’s return to office policy.
Owen Thomas, Chairman and CEO of Boston Properties, discusses the state of back-to-office and outlines the threats and opportunities arising in the current market.
Don Kuemmeler, Co-Founder and Senior Managing Partner, and Bryan Thornton, Managing Partner, of PCCP, discuss the market, their business, and the values and partnerships within the real estate industry that have fueled their success.
Jeff Giller, Partner and Head of StepStone Real Estate, and Margaret McKnight, Partner and Head of Portfolio Solutions, talk about guiding real estate strategies for institutional investors, providing capital to fund managers and their broad view of where, how and when to invest in the real estate market.
Neil Slater, CEO of Redevco an Amsterdam retail and mixed-use vertically integrated developer, operator and fund manager, talks about his new(ish) role at Redevco, opportunities for the company and shares his broad perspective on investing in real assets across the globe.
Gilda Perez-Alvarado, Chief Strategy Officer of Accor Hotels and President of Accor’s Orient Express luxury brand, returns as a guest on Leading Voices to talk about the hospitality business generally and starting up a luxury hotel and leisure brand.
Jeff DeBoer, Founding President and CEO of The Real Estate Roundtable, provides an insider’s view of what to expect for the real estate industry going into the new Trump Administration.
Cedric Bobo, Co-Founder and CEO of Project Destined, and Adrian Foley, Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group, discuss how his training and education nonprofit has transformed lives and businesses through real world experience.
Originally recorded and released in the Fall of 2022, Ross Perot Jr., Chairman of the HillwoodCompanies, talks about his varied businesses, inside and outside of real estate, including thedevelopment of the giant Alliance project in Fort Worth, developing public private partnershipprojects in the US and abroad, and about his father’s legacy.
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.
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.
