Built: Commercial Real Estate's Leading Voices

The formula for Quick Quack Car Wash’s success is more than the perfect parcel of land -- it’s their culture. Co-founder and CEO Jason Johnson says their mission statement shapes their team and customer experience, making them one of the fastest growing car wash chains in the nation. To learn more, visit  www.builtpodcast.com .

From a leading industrial powerhouse to a “meds and eds” economy, Pittsburgh has seen its share of transformations. And as a third-generation Pittsburgher, Walnut Capital's Todd Reidbord views redevelopment as a way to mix the old with the new. He introduces us to Bakery Square -- which used to house the Nabisco Factory -- and is now its own mixed-use community. To learn more, visit  www.builtpodc...

Join us for Season 4 of Built as we take a closer look at the community impact of real estate revitalization and development. We’re taking you directly to the places that are growing and evolving in an intentional, equitable way, and the groundbreakers behind them. To learn more, visit  www.builtpodcast.com .

Meet the developer, architect, and builder for the Research and Development District (RaDD), IQHQ's newest location for a $1.6 billion life science mega-development on San Diego's coast. Not just for employees, the area will open more of the waterfront to the community, too. To learn more, visit  www.builtpodcast.com .

Climate change is real and Nautilus Solar Energy has a plan to make solar energy accessible to all -- without buying solar panels for your roof. Camelia Miu, CFO with Nautilus shares how solar gardens and existing power lines will get commercial real estate closer to net zero carbon emissions. To learn more, visit  www.builtpodcast.com .

Throughout Darren Woodson’s multi-act career, he’s triumphed over obstacles. It’s the "bounce back" that has helped him find success outside of football and in commercial real estate. To learn more, visit  www.builtpodcast.com .

Manhattan West took decades to plan and build; now that it exists, Brookfield has to attract visitors and keep their corporate and residential tenants happy. Visit the pedestrian plaza with us as we hear how Brookfield creates a sense of place somewhere that -- just a few years ago -- wasn't even a 'place' at all. To learn more, visit  www.builtpodcast.com .

Manhattan West is one of the newest developments in New York City, featuring two skyscrapers, a residential building, a hotel, and more. But just a decade ago, the area was essentially a hole in the ground, overlooking train tracks coming in and out of Penn Station. Meet the team that planned for decades and created land for the buildings, all without stopping an essential transportation corridor....

As climate change affects the real estate industry, are we ready for what's ahead? In 5 to 20 years, what regions will be the ‘climate winners’ and where will we see investors retreat? Mary Ludgin, Senior Managing Director and Head of Global Investment Research at Heitman, uses data to understand patterns in climate risk and determine what’s worth the investment as coastlines and temperatures chan...

Take a walk with us as we explore the developments transforming our cityscapes, and continue our one-on-one conversations with thought leaders in the commercial real estate industry. To learn more, visit  www.builtpodcast.com .

Antonia Miller is with Walsh Collucci Lubeley & Walsh a mid-size law firm in Northern Virginia specializing in land-use development. Every case presents unique complexities and Antonia’s hands on, problem-solving approach both on paper and in-person have helped move the needle on her clients’ development projects. When Antonia is not on-site or digging through land records, she is stepping out...

AREA Real Estate’s founder, David Adelman, is a developer in the San Antonio area with a deep appreciation for the history around him. So when given the opportunity to redevelop and restore the historic Borden Dairy building into food and beverage, retail, and office space he jumped at the chance. The grand opening is expected this fall and while projects like this are intended to be profitable, t...

From a humble beginning to being named one of the Best Lawyers in America, Denice Tokunaga has had an unconventional path to success in commercial real estate – one she admits she struggled with until recently. Today, Denice is a real estate partner at the law firm Seyfarth Shaw in Seattle, working with some of the biggest players in e-commerce. As e-commerce has evolved over the years, so have th...

Joe Cosenza is one of four founding partners of The Inland Real Estate Group, a Chicagoland based R.E.I.T. that has purchased close to $52 billion worth of real estate and almost 4,000 properties in the U.S.  Joe shares what makes Inland unique, what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, and how teaching fourth grade helped prepare him to become the vice chairman of one of the largest real est...

Cristian Ahumada is Executive Director of Clifford Beers Housing, a Los Angeles based affordable housing developer working to improve the lives of underserved populations in the area – all while thinking of new ways to shrink the environmental footprint of their buildings. From innovations in sustainable housing to an integrated population mix, Cristian shares the ways in which he approaches his p...

Tiffany English is Past-President of CREW Network and Senior Director of Architecture at Qualcomm, a multinational maker of wireless technology with close to 13 million square feet of real estate. As a third culture kid, Tiffany has a unique perspective on melding culture and environment in her work. Tiffany shares why we’re living in an exciting time in design and how she sees the industry evolvi...

Learn why commercial real estate is much more than walls, windows, and income statements. Join our host, Brian Maughan, for a new season of Built. To learn more, visit  www. Built. FNF.com .

Chris Chen, an introspective leader and Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at Prologis, shares how coming to the US as an immigrant made her resilient, how her management style has evolved, and what’s next for Prologis as an industry disruptor. Prologis maintains the largest collection of high-quality logistics real estate in the world, with approximately 994 million square feet of...

Ellen Smith, Partner with Parker Poe and incoming President of CREW Atlanta, moved from litigation to the transactional side of commercial real estate 20 years ago. Since then, zoning has become a big part of her practice. Ellen shares the fun and challenges of zoning and why she thinks it builds character. To learn more, visit  www. Built. FNF.com .

Andy Gloor, CEO of Sterling Bay, the investor and developer of Lincoln Yards, one of the largest mixed-use developments in the nation, oversaw the growth of the firm and its reputation for reimagining the workplace into live-work-play environments. Sterling Bay developments have attracted major tenants such as Google, Sara Lee, and McDonald’s. Hear Andy describe his journey, the philosophy of Ster...

Lynne O’Brien spent two decades as the director of corporate real estate at Coca-Cola before retiring at the end of 2019. She understood the value Coke had in their real estate holdings – from vacant land to plants to high rise buildings – and she was able to repurpose several of them into meaningful projects such as the World of Coke and the Center for Civil and Human Rights. Lynne shares those s...

Michelle Kelban is no stranger to leadership roles -- and she's had some hard lessons along the way that shaped her career and helped her become the global co-chair of real estate at Latham & Watkins. She shares some of her growing pains as a summer associate, the allure of urban studies, and her advice for aspiring leaders. To learn more, visit  www. Built. FNF.com .

In our season one premiere of Built, we talked with Tyrone Thomas, Deputy General Counsel for one of the leaders in sustainable energy solutions. Tyrone’s interest in real estate and land use started as a kid growing up in West Philly. Now, not only is Tyrone tasked with developing 20 to 50 thousand acres of contiguous rural land for renewable energy projects, but he also advocates for people of c...

Look at any skyline or landscape and you’ll see apartments, hotels, offices, and warehouses that we all benefit from every day. But what you don’t see are the people who make those structures possible. Meet the professionals behind some of the biggest transactions and investments in commercial real estate and hear their stories of how they got to where they are today. Every story is unique, every...