Lusk Perspectives

William Spriggs, Professor in, and Former Chair of, the Department of Economics at Howard University and Chief Economist for AFL-CIO Richard Green, Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and Chair of the Department of Real Estate Development Dana Goldman, Interim Dean, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and Leonard D. Schaeffer Director's Chair, USC Schaeffer Center The USC S...

Bonnie M. Wongtrakool (Global Head of ESG Investments, Portfolio Manager, Western Asset Management) discusses the state and the future of ESG (environmental, social, governance) investments with Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate). Wongtrakool delivers relevant definitions of ESG, how ESG factors can determine long-term sustainability and viability of an organization or fund,...

Rick Holliday (CEO, Co-Founder, Factory OS), Janet Stephenson (Head of Building Platform Sales, Katerra), and Lucio Soibelman (Chair, USC Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) join host Mary Lynne Boorn (Associate Professor, USC Price) in a discussion on changing typologies and construction innovation in housing. The panel brings experience and insight on shipping constraints,...

Lusk Chairman Emile Haddad (CEO, Five Point Holdings) and Vice Chairman William A. Witte (CEO, Related California) join Richard Green (Director, Lusk Center for Real Estate) in a fireside chat covering a broad range of topics. The seasoned CEOs deliver insights on how COVID-19 has impacted their business and accelerated industry trends, what habits will stay in the adoption of remote work, the imp...

Christopher Mayer (Co-Director, Paul Milstein Center for Real Estate, Columbia Business School) sits down with Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate) to deliver a presentation detailing how real estate valuation is changing, especially in relation to the economy as a whole, and what the near and long-term future of cities may be. Though there is much to be concerned about regard...

Bird Anderson (Executive Vice President, Homebuilder Banking, Well Fargo Commercial Real Estate) provides updates and observations on the state of the current commercial real estate and homebuilding market. Anderson points out that despite record high unemployment, the market is strong, owing in part to the confidence buyers have that remote work will continue to play a major role in the work week...

Colin Barrow (Investment Manager, former Leader of Westminster Council) sits down with Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate) to detail the state of affairs in Europe as both Great Britain and the European Union begin to navigate into COVID-19 recovery. Barrow points out that though GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has dropped considerably, businesses continue to float due to govern...

Connie Chan (General Partner, Andreesen Horowitz) discusses how property technology, finance technology, and venture capital is impacting real estate during COVID-19 and beyond with Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center in Real Estate). They cover a broad range of topics including the long-term viability of virtual property sales, the difference between valuation and value, and if technology st...

Darius Lakdawalla (Director of Research, USC Schaeffer Center) joins Richard Green (Director, Lusk Center for Real Estate) to outline the value for universal screening for COVID-19, as well as the cost benefits and practical approach to pooled testing applied in businesses and schools. Richard Green asks questions regarding the challenge of children adopting masks, how evolving information impacts...

David Brickman (CEO, Freddie Mac) joins Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate) to deliver analysis on the state of US single family housing, multi-family housing, and GSEs (Government Sponsored Enterprises). Brickman points out that while the economic contraction has been dramatic since the onset of COVID-19, the data suggests that the economy is recovering with the help of Fede...

Torsten Sløk (Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities) joins Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center for Real Estate) to outline the three different factors that play into the future of finance, including the virus curve flattening, financial markets stabilizing, and the ultimate shape of the economic recovery. Green offers questions concerning US and China relations, how foreign investment in...

Mark Zandi (Moody's Analyics) sits down with Richard Green about COVID-19's impacts that are still to come. Green asks about Zandi's views on office, retail, and housing real estate markets. Zandi and Green also share thoughts on how the supply chain might be reevaluated and modified, what employment trends the US is likely to see, and resilient cities in the near and long-term.

Industry leaders Lisa Reddy (Prologis), David Dollinger (Dollinger Properties), Stanley Iezman (American Realty Advisors), Rachel Elias Wein (WeinPlus) join Lusk Director Richard Green to provide analysis and updates and analysis on commercial retail, industrial, and office spaces.

Scott B. Laurie (President and CEO, The Olson Company) and Adrian Foley (President and COO, Brookfield Residential) join Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center) to discuss the state of the home building market, how COVID-19 has impacted the process of purchasing a new home, and how the industry is adapting to meet the needs of its customers. Richard Green fields questions about the software The...

Neeraj Sood (USC Price Vice Dean for Research) discusses early findings of his ongoing LA County antibody study with Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center). Sood points out that so far the study indicates that still more COVID-19 numbers are going unreported, even within this particular study. Dr. Sood also explores the various factors effecting policy moving forward, and emphasizes that it sho...

Guest: John Burns | CEO, John Burns Real Estate Consulting John Burns joins Richard Green to share proprietary tools he and his team developed during the Great Recession to monitor how the current crisis has unfolded. Burns illustrates that apartments are showing signs of weakness, but with a usual market-wide spring pickup despite the COVID -19 disruption. Burns credits the Federal Government's a...

Raphael Bostic (President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta) and Richard Green (Director, Lusk Center for Real Estate) discuss the unprecedented impact that COVID-19 has made on the US and how the Federal Government has taken unprecedented steps to meet that challenge. Bostic emphasizes that getting a handle on health is an important prerequisite to making economic efforts stick. Reflecting...

Richard Green, Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and Chair of the Department of Real Estate Development The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy presents Price Talks: Policy in a Pandemic, a virtual series examining policy challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic. USC Price faculty share their expert perspective on the critical policy issues that are important to us all in...

Alec Levenson discusses how organizations should temper their expectations and prepare for the path to economic recovery. Levenson points out modifications to in the gig economy, labor market regulations, and face-to-face work will undoubtedly require behavioral adjustments and changes in productivity. Richard Green fields questions on the new role that private business or government will have in...

Claudia Sahm offers her views on the current recession as well as options for a few paths forward. Sahm also lays out the timeline of congressional legislation and federal actions thus far in response to COVID-19, and she discusses how sees those actions in comparison to the Great Recession of 2008. Presented by the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy and the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate as p...

Richard Green (Director, Lusk Center in Real Estate) moderates a panel discussing vulnerabilities of funding and processes in today's mortgage system as those inefficiencies may impact homeowners, mortgage holders, and renters during COVID-19. Laurie Goodman (Urban Institute), Ted Tozer (Milken Institute), and Edward Golding (MIT Golub Center for Finance) offer lessons learned from the Great Reces...

Expert analyst Ivy Zelman (Zelman & Associates) delivers a presentation on her latest data regarding changes in the housing market and COVID-19. Her in-depth analysis includes reflections on the similarities between the current downturn and the 2008 recession aftermath, with a few key differences. Host Richard Green (Director, Lusk Center for Real Estate) fields questions on where housing might be...

Richard Green, Director and Chair of the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate and Chair of the Department of Real Estate Development The USC Sol Price School of Public Policy presents Price Talks: Policy in a Pandemic, a virtual series examining policy challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic. USC Price faculty share their expert perspective on the critical policy issues that are important to us all in...

Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center) moderates a panel of real estate industry leaders on what's happening in today's commercial real estate market and how to best navigate tough times with commercial tenants during COVID-19. Stanley Iezman (American Realty Advisors), Rachel Elias Wein (WeinPlus), and David B. Dollinger (Dollinger Properties) weigh in on what they're seeing in industrial, ret...

Author and CityLab Editor-at-Large Richard Florida discusses possible changes to the urban landscape in the near and distant future after COVID-19. Lusk Director Richard K. Green fields questions involving which cities might change the most, the possible slowdown of urbanization, and who might reconsider density in the future.