CREative Connections

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the Eleventh installment in our 2023 series! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Commercial Real Estate Industry legend Howard Schwimmer, Co-CEO of Rexford Industrial.

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the ninth installment in our 2023 series! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Justin Smith, Senior Vice President in the Lee & Associates Irvine office. Justin Smith is a Senior Vice President in the Lee & Associates Irvine office and has been with the firm his entire 20-year career. He has completed over 600 lease and sale tr...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the eighth installment in our 2023 series! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Johnathan Bagnall President of Uprite Construction Corporation.   With more than 20 years of experience in the Construction industry, Jonathan has served with Turner Construction, Snyder Langston and most recently led Business Unit Leadership for Alston Con...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the seventh installment in our 2023 series! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Ben Reinberg, CEO of Alliance Consolidated Group of Companies, LLC.  Prior to establishing Alliance, Ben founded Hillcrest Trading, Ltd., a national acquisition and management firm. He began acquiring commercial real estate assets in the 1990s.  In this ep...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the sixth installment in our 2023 series! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by YPG Alumni and Snyder Langston CEO Jason Rich.    Jason Rich has more than 18 years of experience in the construction industry as a carpenter, foreman, field engineer, project engineer, project manager and vice president of operations to now CEO at Snyder an...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the fifth installment in our 2023 series! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by People's choice Deal of the Year Winner JLL's Blake Bokosky & Joe Bevan Intersect is a four-building office campus in Irvine. The assignment was complex. It was selling a product type (office) that was highly out of favor, in an undesirable marke...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the fourth installment in our 2023 series! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Calif. Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur of the 51st State Assembly district.  Rick Chavez Zbur has spent his life fighting for the environment, equality and justice. As an environmental attorney and President of California Environmental Voters, he has fought...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the third installment in our 2023 series! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by John Drachman of Waterford Property Company. In this episode, Drachman details the beginnings of his career in real estate, from learning the nuts and bolts of the industry through a brief stint in brokerage to starting his predecessor firm, Stillwater Inves...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the second installment in our podcast series for 2023! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Jay Tanjuan, Director of Development at Scannell Properties. In this role, Jay is responsible for site acquisition, due diligence, entitlements, construction, management, marketing, leasing, and dispositions for ground-up industrial developments...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with the first installment in our podcast series for 2023! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Fran Inman, Senior Vice President of Majestic Realty. As Senior Vice President of Majestic Realty, Inman has overseen the company's government relations work for over two decades. Fran is a community leader and has served on a number of civic, bu...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back the final installment in our podcast series for 2022! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Bud Pharris, Senior Managing Director West Region, of Link Logistics. With over 25 years of commercial real estate experience, San Francisco native Bud Pharris boasts an impressive career with a focus on industrial ground-up development, value add pro...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with another exciting episode just in time for the holiday weekend! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by Kimberly Brown, Managing Director of Cushman & Wakefield. Los Angeles native Kimberly Brown boasts over 30 years of experience in operations, leasing, accounting, project management and business development. Her broad skill set has a...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with another exciting episode! Tune in and listen as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by CEO & Founder of Langdon Park Capital, Malcolm Johnson. As CEO & Founder of Langdon Park Capital - a real estate investment management company - Johnson directs the company's strategy and operations. Johnson boasts quite an impressive resume as - prior to his career...

The NAIOP SoCal Podcast is back with another exciting installment featuring our Awards Gala Awardees. In this episode, NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined by the 2022 People's Choice Developer of the Year, Nancy Shultz of Duke Realty. As Regional President of Duke's Western Region, Shultz is responsible for development, leasing, marketing and property management of its growing industrial portfol...

In this special installment in our podcast series we take a break from our normal one-on-one format! Join NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, as he sits down with our 2022 People's Choice: Deal of the Year Awardees, Jay Nugent and George Thomson, as they discuss The Press . Nugent and Thomson, detail the economic impact this redevelopment project has on Orange County, their environmentally conscious...

NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, is joined in this episode by Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of NewMark Merrill Companies, Sandy Sigal. Sigal walks us through his 30+ years as an entrepreneur in the real estate industry. From starting his first business at the age of 12, to becoming CEO of a company at 27, Sigal advises young Commercial Real Estate Professionals on t...

In the latest installment in our podcast series NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, sits down with California native and Commercial Real Estate veteran, Jana Turner. With more than 30 years experience in the services sector Turner is currently a principal with RETS Associates where she thrives on networking and recruiting diverse talent. Turner details her transition from a career in broadcast journa...

In this episode, NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal sits down with Jaime Lee, CEO of Jamison Realty, Inc. Lee rounds out her impressive resume by engaging with the community in a number of civic, philanthropic, and industry organizations. In addition to roles as board member on the California Film Commission and the 2028 Olympic Games, Lee was appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and currently ser...

Listen to our latest podcast as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, sits down with CBRE's President of Advisory Services, Lew Horne. Horne has built an impressive 30 year career with CBRE and currently leads the strategic direction and performance of the firm's Advisory Services in Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inland Empire. In this episode, Horne discusses his passion for the entrepreneurial spiri...

Listen to our latest podcast as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, sits down with Orange County native Brandy Birtcher, the CEO and Co-Owner of Birtcher Development. Now in it's fifth generation of family ownership, Birtcher details how growing up around the business has equipped him with the tools to lead it and shares valuable insight he has garnered from conducting business in the states as well as ov...

Listen to our latest podcast as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, sits down with Gene Seroka, the Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles. With over 33 years of experience in shipping, global logistics, and executive management, Seroka discusses the function of the Port of Los Angeles, pinpoints the cause of the bottleneck crisis, and offers advice for young professionals.

Listen to our latest podcast as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, sits down with John Keisler, the Economic Development Director of the City of Long Beach. Keisler discusses how his degrees in philosophy and religion directly impacted his career in government service, how infrastructure affects the success of the city of Long Beach, and lends fresh perspective on the supply chain bottleneck issue affect...

Listen to our latest podcast as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, sits down with California Senate Majority Leader Robert Hertzberg to discuss his impressive bio and body of work. Senator Hertzberg discusses what sparked his interest in politics, his work in renewable energy, and how his work ethic affects his success.

Listen to our latest podcast as NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal, sits down with the Founders of the prestigious  YPG Program  on the occasion of its 15th anniversary. In this special episode, Jim Camp, Thomas Sherlock, Sayres Dudley and Al Beaudette discuss the genesis of the program, the original vision, and how YPG retained its relevancy over the last 15 years. The founders also discuss wha...

Newmark Co-head of U.S. Capital Markets and self-proclaimed deal-junkie, Kevin Shannon sits down with NAIOP SoCal CEO, Tim Jemal. Shannon shares what he believes is necessary to be successful in the commercial real estate industry, his thoughts on the post-pandemic markets, and the importance of giving back to the community.