I was joined by JLL's lead Life Sciences researcher, Amber Schiada. If you are interested in the big picture and hearing more about this, Amber is basically the best of the best. She leads JLL's industry research team and is responsible for the significant annual JLL Life Science Report. Join me and Amber in this great conversation about Life Science and Real Estate!

Rebecca Charbauski, an Emmy-winning journalist, serves as Steelcase Brand Communications manager, reporting on global research exploring how people do their best work and how we can create places to help us all work better. Our conversation hit on all those things and more. If you want the latest in thinking from one of the biggest names in furniture, listen to Rebecca's incredibly well-rounded and knowledgeable insights. Show notes: Steelcase Global Report ht...

Welcome to what I am calling the second season of The Fly Through! We're back with a great conversation with Bob Gardner, Founder and CEO of Gardner Builders. Bob has always been incredibly thoughtful and intentional around how he built and envisioned his company - centered around valuing employees as the experts they are (and making sure they know they are valued), challenging folks in a good way and providing a positive environment for the whole team (and that team is not...

Frank Jaskulke knows literally everyone in the Twin Cities Life Sciences world. He knows everyone and has a pulse on what is going on - hang out to hear what his take is on the scene and as an accomplished networker being pulled in a million directions, he shares some of his secrets on how he does it all.

To celebrate May as Mental Health Awareness month, we are bringing you a conversation with Shawn Gaither, Principal and Senior Architect at DLR Group. We discussed Neurodiversity in the built environment, and how and why we should all include neurodiversity as part of the Diversity and Inclusion conversation. I was struck in this conversation by the overlap of good design for inclusion, also means good design for all employees. Join Shawn Gaither and me for this important...

Joining me today is Bob Greenberg, President of the 614 Company and owner of Frog's Leap winery and Russ Nelson now retired founder of NTH, one of the first tenant representative only real estate firms in the country, and active mentor/board member/speaker. Bob and Russ have known each other for years, so it made sense to ask them to join me together to share stories of how they both built their businesses. Key themes that came out of it : Honesty, trust, rela...

Please welcome Kimarie Ankenbrand to the Fly Through. She is the JLL Market Leader for the Raleigh Durham market, after relocating there for the job from Dallas about 2 1/2 years ago. Kimarie is one of my favorite people to bounce ideas off of (she always has great ideas) new ways of thinking about things and is always open to discussing what she's seeing and hearing - which is what we did on the podcast today. We talked about taking big risks, daily calculated risks,...

For those that don't know her, Erin Fitzgerald is a dynamic agency broker here in the Twin Cities that leads the market, and nation, with her focus on wellness and employee/human experience in an office building. Tune in to hear more about her creative, laser focus on creating a vision for space and what she sees in the continuing conversation about return to office. Show Notes: Find Jessica on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakmogilka/ Find Erin on LinkedIN:...

Ryan Severino, JLL's Chief Economist, joined me to discuss where his crystal ball is telling him the economy is going, when and what that means for the real estate market and decision making. His crystal ball is made of data models and lots of math that he uses to predict when the economy is going to get moving again and what that means for real estate markets. And it's good news, folks. Ryan believes we are entering a six month time of risk and continued uncertainty - but...

Welcome to my first solo-cast. I riff on an interview with Ryan Severino and bring it into a shorter form episode about office real estate with a Twin Cities focus. It's just me connecting the dots from what what I'm seeing in the Twin Cities market and the big economic talk. Check out the solo-cast if you are interested in: Twin Cities Market office update What I'm seeing /what companies are doingConnecting to the macro economic outlook What does that mean ...

Welcome to the first in a new series I'm launching on the The Fly Through called - "Corporate Real Estate Leaders" where I talk with people on the corporate side of the real estate equation. These are the leaders that sit on the inside of companies, that are the key folks who guide their companies strategic real estate direction, execution, oversee expansion and contraction. The first Corporate Real Estate Leader I had the honor to interview has been in real estate her enti...

Jon Commers , mountains of data and why he's not too worried (yet) about AI taking over the human side of data analytics. Jon is the founder and CEO of Visible City - they take various piles of the data out in the world and help make sense of it for companies in the physical and built environment. His team helps companies make data driven decisions and is answering the 'so what' question - adding that human interpretation of data points to drive towards answers and decisions and n...

The Highland Bridge - the Ford Site Redevelopment in St Paul, MN - is 122 acres of a mixed use vision created over the last 15 years. The Ryan Companies made the smart move and hired Maureen Michalski, a woman with a long resume in Twin Cities development to shepherd this one thru the complexities of developing a massive site with literally dozens of stakeholders and partners. Maureen Michalski joined me to talk about the history and nuts and bolts of a true mixed use deve...

Investors and building owners: How will the business model of buildings evolve? Ben Munn, JLL's leader of Flex joins me to discuss how flexibility can manifest in so many different ways in a corporate real estate portfolio for a company thru to flexibility and operating buildings as an owner and investor. The future of Flex isn't only co-working, but it is a piece of it so we talk about that too. A few links: LINK to JLL's Report: COVID Impact Flexible Spa...

Megan joined me to discuss one of the more pressing topics we see right now in commercial real estate - the future of the workplace. That really manifests as an exploration of the thought process: So I think I need an office; but some people are going to stay home, some days, some in the office." Megan links the theoretic theory of the future of workplace to the real, actual planning and work that goes into deciding what to do with your office in 2020 and beyond. I learned...

Supply Chain and Logistics and the THREE big trends that JLL's head of Supply Chain and Logistics practice sees in this pandemic world. Rich does a great job of making a topic like supply chain and logistics into a fascinating conversation that is all the more relevant given the spotlight on our global supply chains (empty store shelves anyone?) recently. Rich Thompson leads the Supply Chain and Logistics Solutions group at JLL. Rich was very early practitioner of Su...

Casey Shultz, executive director of BetaMN joins me to discuss the world of Start Ups, how BETA incubates the next generation of entrepreneurs and how Casey's life has been intertwined with startup's after growing up in a small town in Alaska. Casey has been loud and proud about her commitment to diversity and how the start up world (including Silicon Valley) can and must do better. You can find Casey at BetaMN.org and you can find Jessica Mogilka on LinkedIN. Links to ...

Format switch today! Jessica is interviewed by Peter Frosch chief executive officer of GREATER MSP COVID related impacts on real estate in the Twin Cities and greater metro area. Peter can be found at: Peter.Frosch@greatermsp.org You can find Jessica on LinkedIN at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicakmogilka/ or send me an email at jessica.mogilka@am.jll.com

James Cook, JLL Americas Retail researcher joined me for a conversation about what and where and how -- all on retail and what they are facing and how they might recover. Who is winning? James has two podcasts of his own - find him on all the podcast players: Where We Buy and Building Places A big thank you to James for the insightful conversation! You can find me, Jessica Mogilka, on LinkedIN or email me at jessica.mogilka@am.jll.com.

I was thrilled to welcome a woman who is one of the hottest designers/architects in Minneapolis. She founded her own firm, Studio BV, after deciding that she wanted to get back to hands on design work after spending years at a large architecture firm. Studio BV has been on a tear for 4.5 years where they help companies build their own stories and Studio BV applies those stories to their brand, logos, physical office space, campuses. Besty Vohs exhibits a joy and a pas...