Design Development

Ricky Beliveau is a highly successful entrepreneur and real estate expert based in Massachusetts. He is the owner of several real estate businesses and has made a name for himself in the industry with his innovative ideas and passion for building real estate assets. Ricky is the founder of Volnay Capital, a venture capitalist company that invests in rental properties and condo projects with a focu...

Anthony Fasano is the founder of the Engineering Management Institute. Like many engineers, he aimed to become a high-level executive in my engineering organization.  When observing the leaders in my company, it is evident that they possessed skills in addition to their technical skills, namely excellent people management or ‘soft’ skills.  So, he set out to develop my ‘soft skills,’ a move that n...

Marc Savatsky is a Boston-based developer, broker and licensed contractor Marc Savatsky knows real estate. Marc specializes in identifying and assessing development sites, financial modeling, zoning analysis, project permitting plus construction cost estimating and project management. He has a BS in construction management from Purdue University and is currently completing coursework in Boston Uni...

Benji Moll is the CEO and founder of Arts Urban. They've entered Boston real estate and carved out their unique market corner. The episode highlights creative capital stacks and debt financing and the relationships it takes to really find a way to create affordable housing, help people, and invest in long-term real estate assets. Benjie founded Arx Urban in 2014 and is responsible for the c,...

In today's episode, we will be discussing mass timber and introducing our guest, Ricky McClain, an expert in the field from WoodWorks. We will also explore the most suitable applications for mass timber and learn more about Ricky's background. Ricky is WoodWorks’ in-house expert on tall mass timber buildings, providing analysis and guidance on architectural, fire and life safety, and str...

Lisa Nickerson is the CEO & Founder of Nickerson, an international, award-winning, full-service branding, marketing, PR, and communications agency with offices in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. Lisa also serves as the CMO and CRO of Infinityy, an online platform transforming real estate decision-making into a collaborative online experience. Lisa was recognized as a 2022 GlobeSt Rea...

Our guest today is Nick Schiffer, the owner and founder of NS Builders. Nick is a seasoned construction professional with over a decade of experience in the industry. He has a passion for creating high-quality, functional spaces for his clients, and takes great pride in his work. In addition to running NS Builders, Nick is also an active member of his community, volunteering his time and resources...

Expanding ARCO National New England from two employees in 2018 to 22 in 2022 while growing the business from $10 million in revenue to $300 million in revenue – and having a ton of fun while doing it. George Green wanted to be an engineer from a young age, and I grew up around heavy equipment since my dad managed a gas company’s equipment fleet, so working for a design-build construction firm was...

Mark Zweig is a decorated entrepreneur. He founded the Zweig Group , a three-time Inc. 500/5000 fastest-growing company. Throughout his career at Zweig Group , Mark has worked with several thousand CEOs and managers of AEC firms throughout the US as well as foreign countries and helped them with every problem from strategic planning, to ownership and leadership transition, to mergers and acquisiti...

Mass timber is the hottest topic in design and development today. Who better than Jean-Marc Dubois from Nordic Structures to bring that conversation straight to you! He's a passionate leader. He knows everything there is to know about mass timber. He's a great connector of people. Nordic structures is one major supplier of mass timber. You're going to learn about sustainable forest...

Michael DiMella is a partner at Charles Gate Realty Group . Mike's Story is so incredible. He was an entrepreneur from day one, practically straight out of college. He and his partner, Vineberg, went right to work for themselves at a real estate brokerage firm. They learned many lessons from the 2008 recession. They realized the risk in that business, which helped them build an INC 5000 faste...

Michael Procopio , the outspoken CEO of The Procopio Company , is a family-led business they launched in 1950. That means they've been around for over 70 years. They're into construction and real estate development. Mike and his brothers, Greg and Mark, took over the business in 2016, and they grew it from simple single-family developments to over $300 million in multifamily development...