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The Critical Lane — 94 episodes
From Footfall to Behavior: Tracking Behavior Without Tracking People inside Shopping Malls
Riding the Grey Wave: The Coming Urgent Need for Senior Housing
EFrom Forced Labor to Fortune: 230 Years of Building America (and Bending the Rules)
How Toronto Became an AI Powerhouse And Why Tech Companies Choose Canada
The New Software Layer: How AI Agents can Run your GTM (Go to Market) and Stay Smart at Scale
Juniper Square: The GP’s (General Partner) Playbook for a Shifting Real Estate Market
Ottawa Unlocked: Planning Risk, Land Constraints and Hidden Opportunity
The Housing System is Broken: How Missing Middle Housing Offers a Real Solution
Your Voice or AI: Who is Leading?
Lauretta.io: How to Make Buildings Intelligent Without Ripping Them Apart
Everyone’s talking about AI Agents now; But we called it last year
Why Security Awareness Fails and How to Fix It
From Gut Instinct to Data-Driven: The Tech Powering Smarter Real Estate Deals
The Quantum Computing Threat: What happens when tomorrow’s tech breaks today’s systems?
Inventing Fire Again: How AI Will Reshape Everything We Know
No One’s Safe: Inside the Relentless Rise of Cybercrime
E01 - Zighra: AI Patents in Cybersecurity and Dealing with Deepfakes
E25 - CMLS: Navigating Real Estate Lending in a Shifting Market
E24 - RBC: Capital Markets and REITs with William Wong
E23 - Ontario Home Builders’ Association: Bold Strategies to Solve the Crisis
E22 - Dream: The Urgent Need for an Emergency Package to Solve the Housing Crisis
E21 - Waterfront Renaissance: Richard Florida's Vision for Toronto
E20 - Sustainability Unlocked: Practical Ways to Build a Greener Future
E19 - Mattamy Homes: Navigating Housing Challenges
E18 - Stantec: How Planning Reforms are Shaping Housing Across Canada
E17 - Rosenberg Research: Managing Risk, AI Power Demand, and Top Investment Strategies
E16 - Shaping Cities: Global Perspectives on Housing and Urban Innovation
E15 - Mayor Mark Sutcliffe: Fairness for Ottawa
E14 - BECC Modular: Buying Your New House Online with Modular Construction
E13 - Lepine Apartments: $350M Purpose Built Rentals Development
E12 - Simon Mass: The Real Truth about the Condo Markets in Toronto and Miami
E11 - Windmill Development: Sustainability for Profit and for Impact
E10 - Minto Group: Expanding from 1000 Units to 4000 Plus Units a Year in Housing
E09 - CAPREIT: $740M Portfolio Sell and a Change in Investment Strategy
E08 - Benjamin Tal (CIBC): The Economy and Real Estate
E07 - Housing at High Speed with Modular Solutions!
E06 - BKREA (Bob Knakal Real Estate Advisors): AI in Commercial Real Estate
E05 - Construction Financing: MarshallZehr's 11,000 Units Under Development
E04 - $600M Multifamily Under Development: Paragon Living
E03 - Robots in Construction: Addressing the Labour Shortage and Increasing Productivity
E02 - CAPREIT: Housing Providers Not Landlords
E01 - CBRE Capital Markets: The Privatization of Real Estate in Ottawa
Housing Crisis: Rental Rescue and Rescuing Affordability
Costar: Interest Rate Prediction
Walkable Cities: Is this Practical in Ottawa's Six Month's of Winter and a Transit System that Needs Major Work?
Black Opportunity Fund: A Rising Tide Lifts all Boats
New Capital Gains Tax: What Property Owners Need to Know Now
TD Asset Management: Alternative Investments and Solving Real World Problems
FRPO: Representing Rental Housing Owners and Dealing with the Current Housing Crisis
Colliers Research: The Current State of Affairs in the Real Estate Market
Republic Developments: High-Rise Housing and Innovative Culture
Shindico: The three "R"s of Real Estate, Giving Back and Investing for the Long Term
Devcore and 1Valet: Tech in Real Estate, Caring for the Homeless and What Differentiates Devcore
Rosenberg Research: Productivity Vs Inflation and Why Productivity is More Important
Bob Knakal: No Plans of Retiring After Selling 2,330 Properties in New York!
SpaceWerx: Office Optimism and Adjusting Bureaucracy to Increase Housing
Councillor Brad Bradford: Shifting Culture and Attitudes Within Municipalities for Real Estate Development and Approvals Process
Crestpoint: Dry Powder, Downturns and Balancing Institutional and Entrepreneurial Strategies
Colonnade Bridgeport: Constraints on the Housing Supply and Demand Equation, and Boom and Bust Cycles
Skyline Industrial REIT: Disposing of Smaller Industrial Assets and Skyline’s Acquisitions Strategy
Fengate Asset Management: Looming Crisis?
Adrian Rocca: From Starting the Purpose Built Rental Division at Tricon to Building Fitzrovia with Partners
KingSett: New CEO on the Block, KingSett Culture and Decarbonizing the Royal York Hotel
Hazelview Investments: Using Tech to Fast Track Construction and Investing for the Long Term
Fiera Real Estate: Attracting Foreign Capital into Canada
The City: Creature of the Province, Following the Planning Act and Getting their Act Together
Skyline Group of Companies: The Government, Pension Funds and the Housing Crisis
ACM Advisors: Long and Successful Lending Track Record - What is the Secret?
Thomas Cavanagh Construction: A Unique View on the Long and Red Taped Development Approval Process
Figurr Architects: Transforming Parking Lots into Affordable Housing
Fotenn: Is the Long Approval Process Advantageous for Housing Developers with Deep Pockets?
KingSett Capital: The Deleveraging Cycle and The Not So Great Recession
Peakhill Capital: Debt Yields and Lending in the Current Real Estate Environment
Bassi Construction: The Nuts and Bolts of Adaptive Repurposing Office to Multifamily
What to Expect for the Real Estate Asset Class in 2024
Institutional Vs Private Investors: Whose Money is Building Rental Housing Now and is ESG Overrated?
Swords and Shields: Real Estate Development from a Legal Perspective
Alternative Assets in the Real Estate Market: WHAT ARE THEY?
Crisis in Ottawa’s Byward Market: What is the Solution?
The Real Truth About Affordable Housing
No GST More Housing: How's Does the Newly Announced Initiative to Remove GST on Purpose Built Rentals Impact Housing?
MUDs (Municipal Utility Districts): Would it be More Efficient and Cheaper if the Private Sector Built Municipal Services?
Property Values in Ottawa: Has the Market Bottomed Out?
Jon Love: What Needs to be Done Regarding Immigration, Taxes and Airbnb?
Increasing the Roster of Tenants and Residential Housing in Downtown Ottawa
Office to Residential Conversions Pilot by the City of Ottawa and Other Initiatives to Make Housing Supply More Efficient
Population Growth and other Fundamentals of Real Estate Development with Special Guest Michael Tsourounis, Managing Partner & Co-Head Real Estate, Hazelview Investments
The Value Add Strategy and Finding Off Market Deals
Steel Frame Buildings: Building Multifamily like Legos
Downtown Ottawa Office Buildings: Diversifying Away from the Government
Communication: The Key to Managing Unpredictability in Construction
Balance - A Strategy for Achieving Affordability and Energy Efficiency in Multifamily Housing
Keys to Success in Energy Efficiency for Multifamily: Podcast with Special Guest Dylan Desjardin from TCU
Efficiency in Multifamily Housing with Mateo Chiyangi and special guest Ross Farris from Windmill Development Group