CREDA Podcast: Inside CRE
by CREDA
Inside CRE features interviews with commercial real estate leaders who share industry and career insights. The Commercial Real Estate Development Association is the development industry’s leading source for education, advocacy and connections that drive your business forward. Inside CRE is brought to you by Majestic Realty. To learn more about CREDA and join a network of over 20,000 commercial real estate professionals, visit www.credaglobal.org.
Episodes
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Geopolitical Strategist Peter Zeihan
Geopolitical Strategist Peter Zeihan returns to Inside CRE following his keynote at the CREDA Conference in Denver to expand on his predictions for the global economy. Zeihan explains why globalization as we’ve known it is ending, what China’s demographic decline means for manufacturing and...
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Megan Keyes, Johns Manville
Roofs rarely get attention until something goes wrong. But as data centers, rooftop solar and severe weather change how buildings are designed, the roof has become a critical decision point. Megan Keyes, preferred accounts leader for roofing systems at Johns Manville, joins the Inside CRE podcast...
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Sean Glavin and Morgan Hurley, HAH Parking
Parking is often treated as a fixed cost, not a source of value. In this episode, Sean Glavin, chief technology officer, and Morgan Hurley, chief revenue officer at HAH Parking, make the case that dynamic pricing, technology and smarter underwriting can turn parking into a meaningful revenue…
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Brian Murray, Ryan Companies
Ryan Companies CEO Brian Murray joins Inside CRE to discuss the culture behind Ryan Companies' recent recognition as Commercial Real Estate Development Association 2026 Developer of the Year, the organization’s highest honor. The nearly 90-year-old, family-owned firm's leader explains how family...
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Bob Hart, TruAmerica Multifamily
Bob Hart, president and CEO of TruAmerica Multifamily, joins Inside CRE to discuss why he remains bullish on multifamily despite higher rates and tighter capital markets. Hart shares his contrarian approach to acquisitions, how institutional capital has grown more selective, the durable demand...
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James Holbrook, Payson Smith Holbrook; Warehub
Industrial real estate has evolved rapidly, but the leasing process remains surprisingly manual. On this episode, James Holbrook, founder of Payson Smith Holbrook and executive chairman of Warehub, shares lessons from more than two decades in industrial leasing and explains how disconnected...
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Steve Neiger, CAST; CREDA Southern Nevada
Adaptive reuse is reshaping commercial real estate, but making projects financially viable remains a challenge. In this episode of Inside CRE, Steve Neiger, principal at CAST and president of CREDA Southern Nevada, shares how his team transformed an obsolete office campus into The Cliff at Green...
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Special Episode: A New Name for a New Era in CRE
As the association transitions from NAIOP to the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, 2026 Chair Celeste Tanner and Chair-elect Clark Machemer join President and CEO Marc Selvitelli to discuss why the change matters, what it means for members and the industry, and how it positions the...
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Rebecca Rockey, Cushman & Wakefield
On this episode, Rebecca Rockey, head of quantitative insights and principal economist at Cushman & Wakefield, joins Marc to examine how AI, demographic change, supply chain shifts and energy demands are reshaping commercial real estate. Rockey shares insights on industrial and office market...
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Leo Addimando, Alterra Property Group
Marc sits down with Leo Addimando, cofounder and CEO of Alterra Property Group, to explore the rise of industrial outdoor storage (IOS) from an overlooked niche to one of commercial real estate’s fastest-growing sectors. Addimando explains how IOS has evolved into an institutional asset class…
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Special Episode: Opportunity Zones 2.0
In this episode, Angel Rice and Dave Sobochan of Cohen & Co. join us to discuss the evolution of the Opportunity Zone program and the transition to Opportunity Zones 2.0. They break down how the program works, the tax incentives driving investment, the uncertainty surrounding new census tract...
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Chad Lavender, Newmark
In this episode, Chad Lavender, president of capital markets for North America at Newmark, breaks down today’s commercial real estate landscape, calling it a constructive market driven by strong debt liquidity and smarter capital. He explores recovery signals across asset classes – from…
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Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Leonard Brody
In this episode, Marc sits down with I.CON West keynote speaker, techno-economist and venture capitalist Leonard Brody to unpack the supercycle shaping today’s global economy. Drawing on 300 years of history, Brody explains how major shifts – often driven by technology – trigger waves of...
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Jordan Lott, Lake Washington Partners
In this episode, Jordan Lott, president and CEO of family-owned Lake Washington Partners, shares how his firm blends industrial roots with diversified investments across multifamily and mixed-use, with a growing presence and perspective that extends nationally. He discusses the company’s…
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Gina Baker Chambers, MCB Real Estate
Gina Baker Chambers, president of MCB Real Estate, joins us for this episode, discussing her transition from institutional investor to operator and MCB’s rapid growth to over $4 billion in assets, 22 million square feet across all sectors and holdings in 40 states. The firm has been in the...
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Carleton Riser, Transwestern
In this episode, Marc sits down with Carleton Riser, president of Transwestern Development, for a deep dive into development strategy, market timing, and how capital is navigating today’s multifamily and mixed use landscape. Carleton reflects on lessons from past cycles – from the dot com bust to...
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Jonathan Martin, POLITICO
Joining us on our 50th episode of Inside CRE is Jonathan Martin, politics bureau chief and senior political columnist at POLITICO. A veteran of the New York Times and co-author of the bestseller “This Will Not Pass,” Jonathan has spent his career in the rooms where decisions happen and often…
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Rick Tollakson, Hubbell Realty Company
In this episode, Marc sits down with longtime Hubbell Realty Company CEO Rick Tollakson to discuss four decades of leadership, growth and transformation in the real estate industry. Rick, also the author of the recently published book, “Think Bigger, Lead Better,” shares the origins of his “Eight...
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Celeste Tanner, 2026 NAIOP Chair
In this conversation, 2026 NAIOP Chair Celeste Tanner, co-founder, president and chief development officer of Confluent Development, shares the leadership principles that have shaped her career in the collaborative world of commercial real estate. She discusses why stepping outside your comfort...
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Special Episode: Policy, Politics and Progress in 2025 and Beyond
On this final episode of 2025, NAIOP’s Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Aquiles Suarez joins the podcast to break down a historic year for commercial real estate policy. From the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” – securing permanent tax provisions like 100% bonus depreciation…
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Parag Khanna, AlphaGeo
Global strategist and AlphaGeo founder Parag Khanna joins Inside CRE to explore how demographics, geopolitics, climate risk and new infrastructure are reshaping North American real estate. From regionalization and the Great Lakes “New North” to migration trends, climate-adaptation opportunities…
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Ryan Severino, BGO
In this episode, Marc sits down with Ryan Severino, chief economist and head of research at BGO, for a deep dive into the forces shaping commercial real estate across North America. Fresh off his keynote at the CRE.Converge conference, Ryan shares his data-driven outlook on the economy, interest...
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AI, Data and Emerging Tech in CRE
In this special episode, NAIOP Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Shaine Anderson, CAE, explores how technology is transforming commercial real estate in partnership with CREtech. She’s joined by three industry leaders – Carrie Denning Jackson, director of innovation and...
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David Greek and Matt Schlindwein, Greek Real Estate Partners
Industrial real estate is evolving fast. In this episode of Inside CRE, Greek Real Estate Partners’ David Greek and Matt Schlindwein share insights on today’s investment climate and the headwinds shaping logistics real estate – from rising interest rates to shifting community sentiment. They...
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Ada Healey, Vulcan Real Estate
On this episode of Inside CRE, we’re joined by Ada Healey, Chief Real Estate Officer at Vulcan Real Estate, recently honored as NAIOP’s 2025 Developer of the Year. Ada reflects on what this recognition means for the team and shares lessons learned since Vulcan first earned the award in 2013. She...
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Carey Heyman, CLA
In this episode, we welcome back Carey Heyman, managing principal for the real estate industry at CLA. Carey breaks down the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act and what it means for commercial real estate. He covers key provisions like 100% bonus depreciation, Section 179 expensing and...
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Mark Roberts, Crow Holdings
Mark Roberts, managing director of research at Crow Holdings, joins the podcast to share his insights – from macroeconomic trends to individual asset classes. He sees current valuation lags in open-end funds as a rare investment opportunity and predicts inflation will fall below 2% by year’s end....
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Gina Raimondo, Former U.S. Commerce Secretary
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo delivered a candid assessment of the U.S. economy in her keynote remarks at NAIOP’s I.CON East conference in New Jersey last month: strong at its core but held back by what she called “self-inflicted wounds.” On this special episode of Inside CRE,...
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Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics
In this episode, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi joins us to unpack the extraordinary uncertainty facing today’s economy – on par, he says, with the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing from insights shared during his keynote at NAIOP’s National Forums…
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Melinda McLaughlin, Prologis
In this episode, Melinda McLaughlin, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Research at Prologis, discusses the evolving state of global trade and its impact on logistics real estate. She highlights how trade disruptions, starting with tariffs in 2017 and intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Special Episode: CRE Leaders on Tariffs and Market Resilience
Commercial real estate leaders Amy Curry, Chief Strategy Officer of Dermody; Ed Griffin, CEO, Griffin Partners; and Kevin Hardy, Head of Eastern Canadian Office, Oxford Properties; join us for a special episode to discuss the impacts of tariffs on the industry. In this candid conversation they...
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Christopher Thornberg, Ph.D., Beacon Economics
Christopher Thornberg, Ph.D., founding partner of Beacon Economics and recent I.CON West keynote, joins the podcast to parse the growing disconnect between economic data and public sentiment. While U.S. households are financially strong and consumer spending drives growth, this prosperity is...
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Scott Jennings, CNN
Scott Jennings started his political career licking envelopes in a campaign office but went on to work for campaigns at both the local and national level, including four presidential campaigns. The CNN senior conservative political commentator – and keynote speaker at NAIOP’s 2025 Chapter...
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Phil Mobley, CoStar
As the national director for office analytics, Phil Mobley leads the development of CoStar's house view of the office market. In this episode, he examines the office sector from every angle, highlighting the misconception of a simple “flight to quality,” explaining that both premium and…
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Lawrence Armstrong, Ware Malcomb
Artist. Architect. Chairman. Philanthropist. Author. Lawrence Armstrong, chairman of leading international design firm Ware Malcomb, joined the firm nearly 40 years ago and served as CEO from 1992 to 2020. In addition to expanding the company from a Southern California firm to a national and...
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Shannon O’Neil, Council on Foreign Relations
Is the era of tariff-free goods on the North American continent coming to an end? Shannon O’Neil, Senior Vice President and Director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of “The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter,” joins us for this especially timely episode. Shannon...
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Alex Thomson, 2025 NAIOP Chair
Opening our third season of Inside CRE, Christopher Ware, NAIOP’s Vice President for Business Development and Strategic Initiatives, speaks with Alex Thomson, founder of Prevail Consultants and 2025 NAIOP Chair. With two decades of experience in commercial real estate, Alex has gained expertise…
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2025 Legislative Priorities, Policies and Realities
Aquiles Suarez, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at NAIOP, has the considerable task of overseeing the association’s advocacy efforts at the federal, state and local level, and managing the association’s political action committee, NAIOP-PAC. In his signature candor, Aquiles shares…
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Nikki Greenberg, Real Estate Futurist
Generational changes happening now are creating a fundamental shift in our society and the way people live and work, says Nikki Greenberg, a world-leading futurist focused on the trends and technologies shaping cities of the future. She joins NAIOP’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating...
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David C. Smith, Cushman & Wakefield
David C. Smith is the head of Americas insights for the Cushman & Wakefield global think tank. He joins the podcast and puts in a pitch for the office sector, which he said is experiencing a reckoning similar to the “retail apocalypse” that made headlines back in the mid-2010s through 2020. David...
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Brian Natwick, Crescent Communities
Brian Natwick, Chairman and CEO of Crescent Communities, our 2024 Developer of the Year, joins guest host Kathryn Hamilton, NAIOP’s vice president for marketing and communications, for this episode. “At the end of the day, real estate is an experience,” Brian points out – a principle that guides...
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Carey Heyman, CLA
Carey Heyman, CPA and managing principal of the real estate industry at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), joins us this time on the NAIOP podcast with guest host Christopher Ware, NAIOP’s Vice President for Business Development and Strategic Initiatives. Carey discusses his background, career journey and...
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Peter Cocoziello and Scarlett Miller, Penn State University
Get to know two special guests who lead the Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation at Penn State. Peter Cocoziello is the founder, president and CEO of Advance Realty Investors, a New Jersey-based real estate development, investment and management company, and the founding chair of the...
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The Las Vegas Experience Economy
In advance of NAIOP’s largest annual conference, CRE.Converge, Oct. 8-10 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, hear from two seasoned CRE pros working in the region. Cassie Catania-Hsu, managing director and market leader for Las Vegas, CBRE, and Julie Cleaver, vice chair for NAIOP’s Education committee,...
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Erin McDannald, Elevated
Erin McDannald, CEO of Elevated, started working with data centers back in 1998 during the dot-com boom, so she’s seen the sector evolve over decades. She joins podcast guest host Jennifer LeFurgy, Ph.D., NAIOP’s vice president of knowledge and research and executive director of the NAIOP…
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Greg Lindsay, Arizona State University Threatcasting Lab
An author, futurist and senior advisor to the Arizona State University Threatcasting Lab, Greg Lindsay guides institutions such as NATO and the United States Secret Service in identifying, disrupting, and mitigating future threats. He joins the podcast with guest host Shaine Anderson, NAIOP’s EVP...
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Spencer Levy, CBRE
Spencer Levy is global client strategist and senior economic advisor at CBRE, the largest commercial real estate services firm in the world. He studies statistics in his free time, so he was happy to offer his analysis on the ripple effects coming with a new era of deglobalization, share a Tom...
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Sean Burton, Cityview
As CEO of Cityview, named the most active multifamily developer in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Business Journal for the past four years, Sean Burton stays busy. He joins the podcast with our guest host, NAIOP Vice President of Knowledge and Research Jennifer LeFurgy, Ph.D., to share market...
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Christine Cooper, CoStar Group
As managing director and chief U.S. economist at CoStar Group, Christine Cooper, Ph.D., provides insights and analysis of national and regional macroeconomic conditions across the nation. She joined the podcast to share CoStar’s near-term forecast for the industrial sector, discuss the risk…
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Rebecca Rockey, Cushman & Wakefield
Can we stick the “soft landing”? Rebecca Rockey, Deputy Chief Economist and Global Head of Forecasting at Cushman & Wakefield, joins the podcast to catch us up on the current state of the economy with an eye to commercial real estate. She pinpoints the areas of the economy under significant...
About this show
Inside CRE features interviews with commercial real estate leaders who share industry and career insights. The Commercial Real Estate Development Association is the development industry’s leading source for education, advocacy and connections that drive your business forward. Inside CRE is brought to you by Majestic Realty.
To learn more about CREDA and join a network of over 20,000 commercial real estate professionals, visit www.credaglobal.org.
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