Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate
Business & Economics Podcasts
A podcast hosted by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting. The show that brings you illuminating interviews with today’s most relevant and motivating leaders throughout all corners of the real estate sector. Each episode will feature different masters in real estate, revealing challenging lessons they’ve learned, their secrets to success, and opinions regarding the state of the market. For more than 50 years RCLCO helps clients make strategic, effective, and enduring decisions about real estate investment, repositioning, planning, and development. Learn more about RCLCO at www.rclco.com.
Location:
United States
Description:
A podcast hosted by RCLCO Real Estate Consulting. The show that brings you illuminating interviews with today’s most relevant and motivating leaders throughout all corners of the real estate sector. Each episode will feature different masters in real estate, revealing challenging lessons they’ve learned, their secrets to success, and opinions regarding the state of the market. For more than 50 years RCLCO helps clients make strategic, effective, and enduring decisions about real estate investment, repositioning, planning, and development. Learn more about RCLCO at www.rclco.com.
Twitter:
@RCLCO
Language:
English
Contact:
3103417157
Website:
https://www.rclco.com
Episodes
Best Minds: Special Episode – RCLCO + CEL Compensation Advisors: Talent Management in Today’s Economic Environment
11/9/2023
In this special episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, listen to the recent webinar where leaders of the new partnership, Eric Willett, Adam Ducker, Ellen Klasson, and Jim Wright, discussed challenges real estate companies are facing today regarding talent management, trends in employee and executive compensation, and answered questions from the audience.
Duration:00:35:05
Best Minds: Ellen Dunham-Jones
9/22/2023
In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate episode, RCLCO's CEO Adam Ducker interviews Ellen Dunham-Jones
Duration:00:44:32
Best Minds: Jon Paul “JP” Testwuide and Andrew Lang of Alterra Mountain Company
4/28/2023
In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate episode, RCLCO's CEO Adam Ducker interviews JP Testwuide and Andrew Lang of Alterra Mountain Company
Duration:00:53:24
Best Minds: Dan Biederman, President of Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, Bryant Park Corp., & 34th Street Partnership
3/16/2023
In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate episode, RCLCO's Joshua Boren interviews the President of Biederman Redevelopment Ventures, Bryant Park Corp., & 34th Street Partnership Dan Biederman
Duration:00:36:37
Best Minds: Nancy Lashine, Managing Partner & Founder of Park Madison Partners
11/9/2022
In this Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate podcast episode, RCLCO Fund Advisors' CEO Taylor Mammen interviews the founder and managing partner of Park Madison Partners, Nancy Lashine
Duration:00:43:51
Best Minds: Robert Seldin, CEO of Highland Square Holdings
10/28/2022
In this podcast RCLCO interviews CEO of 2HSQ Robert Seldin, who is the US Patent Inventor for the proprietary 2HSQ live/work building conversion and construction method and apartment operating system.
Duration:00:44:19
Best Minds: Kirsty Jenkinson and Julie Donegan, California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
6/15/2022
In this podcast RCLCO interviews CalSTRS' Investment Director of Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies and Portfolio Manager responsible for residential assets.
Duration:00:32:52
Best Minds: Lili Dunn, President & CEO, Bell Partners
5/24/2022
In this podcast RCLCO interviews Bell Partners' President and CEO, Lili Dunn, discussing her career journey, how as the new CEO she is positioning Bell Partners for success, and her five pieces of advice for people breaking into the industry.
Duration:00:27:55
Best Minds: Ellen Klasson, Managing Director, RCLCO Real Estate Consulting
4/26/2022
In this podcast RCLCO welcomes Ellen Klasson to the firm, discussing her 20-year career journey, experience as a female leader in real estate, and insights into executive recruiting.
Duration:00:37:29
Best Minds: Eddie Lorin, Co-Founder & CEO, Alliant Strategic Development
3/28/2022
Managing Director Joshua Boren speaks with Alliant Strategic Development Co-Founder & CEO, Eddie Lorin, about his personal journey, including how an orphaned 17 year old became the co-founder of a multifamily real estate investment firm, as well as his passionate mission to increase affordable and workforce housing across the country.
Duration:00:36:20
Best Minds: Anne Olson, Chief Operating Officer, Centerspace
2/16/2022
Managing Director Eric Willett speaks with Centerspace’s Chief Operating Officer, Anne Olson, about growing up on a farm before starting a career as a lawyer. Olson discusses the value proposition that Centerspace is providing in their selected markets and addresses how the firm is creating the internal infrastructure to support increasingly critical ESG efforts.
Duration:00:37:43
Best Minds: Sandy Sigal, President & Chief Executive Officer, NewMark Merrill Companies
1/16/2022
Managing Director Joshua Boren speaks with NewMark Merrill Companies’ President & Chief Executive Officer, Sandy Sigal, about how learning computer programming at a young age led to a career in real estate. He also addresses the remarkable resiliency of consumer demand for in-store retail experiences, especially within the context of the rapid growth of e-commerce and the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Duration:00:42:19
Best Minds: RCLCO CEOs Review the Trends that Defined 2021
12/10/2021
In this special episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO Fund Advisors, Taylor Mammen, speaks with Adam Ducker, Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO, about the state of the market, how RCLCO is helping clients respond, and what real estate practitioners can expect for 2022.
Duration:00:41:54
Best Minds Special Presentation: Real Estate Enterprise Strategy – Telling both the Big Stories and the Small Stories
11/22/2021
The big stories and macro-trends that every real estate company needs to be embracing.
Duration:00:45:56
Best Minds: Brian O’Looney, Principal, Torti Gallas + Partners
10/14/2021
Principal Kelly Mangold speaks with Torti Gallas + Partners’ Principal, Brian O’Looney, about starting a career as an intern for the legendary architect Cesar Pelli and choosing architectural design as an alternative to an automotive design career. O’Looney discusses the process of writing his book, Increments of Neighborhood: A Compendium of Built Types for Walkable and Vibrant Communities, and RCLCO’s contribution of original research and analysis.
Duration:00:28:08
Best Minds: Justin Papadakis, COO & Chief Real Estate Officer, United Soccer League
9/14/2021
Managing Director Joshua Boren speaks with United Soccer League’s Global Chair/Founder, Justin Papadakis, about starting a career working for real estate companies before transitioning to join the “family business” of USL. Papadakis discusses the changing landscape of live entertainment, the impacts on stadium and venue design, and how USL responds to these long-term trends. He addresses the complexity of stadium deals and the importance of creating partnerships with local communities across the municipal, business, and philanthropic sectors throughout the U.S.
Duration:00:38:43
Best Minds Podcast: Earl Santee, Global Chair/Founder, Populous
8/26/2021
Chief Executive Officer Adam Ducker speaks with Populous’ Global Chair/Founder, Earl Santee, about what’s next in the decade ahead for venue development. Santee discusses Populous’ history of planning and designing Olympic venues through collaboration with local and international Olympics committees. He addresses the potential urbanizing impacts of venue development on surrounding neighborhoods and delves into how his firm has adapted to the challenges of the hybrid work model in an international context.
Duration:00:40:18
Best Minds Podcast: John Cecilian, Jr., CEO & Co-Founder, Cecilian Partners
7/22/2021
Managing Director Todd LaRue speaks with Cecilian Partners’ CEO & Co-Founder, John Cecilian, Jr. about his personal career journey and thoughts on the evolving homebuilding industry. Cecilian Jr. discusses beginning his career in retail before transitioning to the “family business” of real estate, and what lessons he learned that gave a unique perspective into that industry switch. He addresses the importance of equally prioritizing work, family, and self to create balance and grow as a person and leader, and delves into the issues that businesses are facing as digital transformation brings more technology into the daily work of the real estate industry.
Duration:00:49:41
Best Minds: Colby Cox, Founder & Managing Partner, Convergence Investments
6/30/2021
Managing Director Todd LaRue speaks with Convergence Investments’ Founder & Managing Partner, Colby Cox. Cox discusses his unique professional work history, starting the company at age 22 after finishing his undergraduate degree, falling in love with the pace and momentum of real estate dealmaking, and how he balances risk-taking between personal endeavors (such as paragliding and snowboarding) with the professional risk management of real estate development.
Duration:00:41:58
Best Minds: Warren Fields, President & CEO, Pyramid Hotel Group
5/27/2021
RFA CEO Taylor Mammen speaks with Pyramid Hotel Group’s President & CEO, Warren Fields. Fields discusses his career journey, from entering the workforce at Wendy’s, and going to Cornell. He addresses what operators and investors of other property types can learn about running a business from the hotel sector, and how traditional expectations about qualifications needed to succeed are changing throughout the industry.
Duration:00:32:36