NAIOP Podcast: Inside CRE
Episodes
Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Leonard Brody
27 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marc sits down with I.CON West keynote speaker, techno-economist and venture capitalist Leonard Brody to unpack the supercycle shapin...
Jordan Lott, Lake Washington Partners
20 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jordan Lott, president and CEO of family-owned Lake Washington Partners, shares how his firm blends industrial roots with diversified...
Gina Baker Chambers, MCB Real Estate
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Gina Baker Chambers, president of MCB Real Estate, joins us for this episode, discussing her transition from institutional investor to operator and MC...
Carleton Riser, Transwestern
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marc sits down with Carleton Riser, president of Transwestern Development, for a deep dive into development strategy, market timing, ...
Jonathan Martin, POLITICO
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ne...
Rick Tollakson, Hubbell Realty Company
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Marc sits down with longtime Hubbell Realty Company CEO Rick Tollakson to discuss four decades of leadership, growth and transformati...
Celeste Tanner, 2026 NAIOP Chair
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, 2026 NAIOP Chair Celeste Tanner, co-founder, president and chief development officer of Confluent Development, shares the leader...
Special Episode: Policy, Politics and Progress in 2025 and Beyond
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 f...
Parag Khanna, AlphaGeo
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global strategist and AlphaGeo founder Parag Khanna joins Inside CRE to explore how demographics, geopolitics, climate risk and new ...
Ryan Severino, BGO
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 re...
AI, Data and Emerging Tech in CRE
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, NAIOP Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Shaine Anderson, CAE, explores how technology is transforming comm...
David Greek and Matt Schlindwein, Greek Real Estate Partners
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial real estate is evolving fast. In this episode of Inside CRE, Greek Real Estate Partners’ David Greek and Matt Schlindwein share insights ...
Ada Healey, Vulcan Real Estate
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Devel...
Carey Heyman, CLA
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 Bea...
Mark Roberts, Crow Holdings
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Roberts, managing director of research at Crow Holdings, joins the podcast to share his insights – from macroeconomic trends to individual asse...
Gina Raimondo, Former U.S. Commerce Secretary
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 confe...
Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Moody’s Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi joins us to unpack the extraordinary uncertainty facing today’s economy – on par, ...
Melinda McLaughlin, Prologis
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Melinda McLaughlin, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Research at Prologis, discusses the evolving state of...
Special Episode: CRE Leaders on Tariffs and Market Resilience
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Commercial real estate leaders Amy Curry, Chief Strategy Officer of Dermody; Ed Griffin, CEO, Griffin Partners; and Kevin Hardy, He...
Christopher Thornberg, Ph.D., Beacon Economics
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Christopher Thornberg, Ph.D., founding partner of Beacon Economics and recent I.CON West keynote, joins the podcast to parse the growing disconnect be...
Scott Jennings, CNN
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 le...
Phil Mobley, CoStar
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Lawrence Armstrong, Ware Malcomb
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artist. Architect. Chairman. Philanthropist. Author. Lawrence Armstrong, chairman of leading international design firm Ware Malcomb, joined the firm n...
Shannon O’Neil, Council on Foreign Relations
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
Alex Thomson, 2025 NAIOP Chair
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Opening our third season of Inside CRE, Christopher Ware, NAIOP’s Vice President for Business Development and Strategic Initiatives, speaks with Ale...
2025 Legislative Priorities, Policies and Realities
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aquiles Suarez, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at NAIOP, has the considerable task of overseeing the association’s advocacy efforts at...
Nikki Greenberg, Real Estate Futurist
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Generational changes happening now are creating a fundamental shift in our society and the way people live and work, says Nikki Greenberg, a world-lea...
David C. Smith, Cushman & Wakefield
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 of...
Brian Natwick, Crescent Communities
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Natwick, Chairman and CEO of Crescent Communities, our 2024 Developer of the Year, joins guest host Kathryn Hamilton, NAIOP’s vice president f...
Carey Heyman, CLA
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Carey Heyman, CPA and managing principal of the real estate industry at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), joins us this time on the NAIOP podcast with guest h...
Peter Cocoziello and Scarlett Miller, Penn State University
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get to know two special guests who lead the Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation at Penn State. Peter Cocoziello is the founder, president a...
The Las Vegas Experience Economy
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Erin McDannald, Elevated
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 decade...
Greg Lindsay, Arizona State University Threatcasting Lab
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An author, futurist and senior advisor to the Arizona State University Threatcasting Lab, Greg Lindsay guides institutions such as NATO and the United...
Spencer Levy, CBRE
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Spencer Levy is global client strategist and senior economic advisor at CBRE, the largest commercial real estate services firm in the world. He studie...
Sean Burton, Cityview
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 Burto...
Christine Cooper, CoStar Group
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As managing director and chief U.S. economist at CoStar Group, Christine Cooper, Ph.D., provides insights and analysis of national and regional macroe...
Rebecca Rockey, Cushman & Wakefield
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Can we stick the “soft landing”? Rebecca Rockey, Deputy Chief Economist and Global Head of Forecasting at Cushman & Wakefield, joins the podca...
Chris Cillizza, Political Commentator and Journalist
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Political commentator and journalist Chris Cillizza spent four years as an editor at large at CNN and regularly appeared as a political analyst on the...
Rafael McCadden, Colliers International
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nearshoring expert Rafael McCadden joins the podcast to share his outlook on how industrial real estate in Mexico has evolved and continues to expand....
Brian Walker, Burns Scalo Real Estate
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our 2024 NAIOP Chair Brian Walker, president of Pittsburgh-based Burns Scalo Real Estate, kicks off season two of the Inside CRE podcast. Brian shares...
Nicholas Pell, Link Logistics
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Pell sees the big picture – he has to. As president and chief investment officer for Link Logistics, formed by Blackstone in 2019, he is re...
Peter Zeihan, Geopolitical Strategist
20 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Zeihan has an uncanny ability to predict tomorrow's headlines. The geopolitical strategist talked with guest host Christopher Ware, NAIOP’...
Developing for the Client, Customer and Community
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Harrison, president of VanTrust Real Estate, our 2023 Developer of the Year, joined guest host Kathryn Hamilton, NAIOP’s vice president for mar...
Purpose is Paramount in the Next Era of Office
18 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc sits down with Julie Whelan, CBRE’s Global Head of Occupier Thought Leadership, whose team is tasked with identifying major trends impacting oc...
Emerging from the Office Trough
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mark, meet Marc. Mark Rose, chair and CEO of Avison Young, joins Marc on the podcast for a discussion about building a workplace culture that matters;...
A Closer Look at CRE Construction Trends
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc sits down with Richard Branch, chief economist at Dodge Construction Network, a leading source of data analytics and insights on the commercial c...
We’re on Recession Watch
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dana Peterson, chief economist and center leader for economy, strategy and finance at The Conference Board, joined our guest host Christopher Ware, NA...
Playing the Long Game
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The exceptionally upbeat Rhonda Payne, workforce equity advisor and DEI educator, founder and CEO of Flock Theory, talks to Marc about avoiding “the...
Keep Your Eye on the Hurricane
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amid a volatile economy where recession predictions abound, Marc talks with Rebecca Rockey, economist and global head of economic analysis and forecas...
The Good, the Bad, the Global Economy
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A conversation on the state of the global economy is bound to cover a lot of ground. Marc talks with Reva Goujon, a geopolitical strategist and direct...
CRE: We’re Just as Cool as Google (Part Two)
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc continues his conversation with Kate Nolan Bryden, senior vice president at MRP Industrial, and Celeste Tanner, president and chief development o...
Debunking Developer Myths and Turning a Cruise Ship (Part One)
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc is joined by Kate Nolan Bryden, senior vice president at MRP Industrial, and Celeste Tanner, president and chief development officer of Confluent...
Kim Snyder on Industrial Headwinds, Inflation Pressures and Classic Guitars
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marc talks with Kim Snyder, president of the U.S. West Region for Prologis, the largest commercial real estate developer in the U.S., and 2023 NAIOP C...