Propmodo Podcast

As resident expectations rise, multifamily owners are borrowing from hospitality to create service-driven buildings that unlock new revenue, reshape operations, and redefine what living experience really means.

Retail real estate has shifted from location-based pricing to data-driven insights. Mobile tracking and WiFi analytics now shape leasing, marketing, and customer insights, as discussed on Propmodo’s Decoding Real Estate Podcast.

After a spike in interest rates rattled commercial real estate, many feared a wave of defaults. But as economist Jim Costello explains, CMBS lenders and debt funds helped the market stay afloat—so far.

Tom Fox, a key figure behind Hudson Yards, shares insights on balancing development and public interest, highlighting how collaboration—not conflict—between activists and developers can create projects that are both sustainable and community-focused.

With interest rates staying higher for longer, commercial real estate is being forced to adapt. On the Decoding Real Estate podcast, Eastern Union CEO Abe Bergman explains why borrowers are still in decent shape, how private lenders are filling the gap left by cautious banks, and why flexible, short-term financing has become the strategy of choice. Despite industry concerns about loan maturities a...

PropTech investor Zach Aarons joins *Decoding Real Estate* to discuss the industry’s challenges, from office market struggles to high interest rates. Despite setbacks, he sees opportunities in AI and AR for real estate. Hear his insights on where PropTech is headed next.

The office market is at a crossroads. While some cities have rebounded, others still struggle with vacancies. Michael Mandel, CEO of CompStak, breaks down key leasing trends, office valuations, and the flight to quality. Is a full recovery on the horizon, or has office demand changed forever?

This isn’t the first time the real estate industry has gone through a crisis. The subprime mortgage crisis in 2008 devalued real estate across the globe and caused the Great Recession. It also led to a prolonged period of low interest rates that the property industry assumed was the norm.. In this episode, we talk with Paul Jhung about what lessons are to be learned from that period and what it me...

The high interest rates have hit borrowers hard, but it hasn’t been all roses for lenders either. Some institutions like regional banks have either slowed down their commercial lending, or gotten out of the market all together. In this episode, we talk to Debra Morgan about the temporary and permanent effects the rate hikes will have on the lending environment.

No matter how high the interest rates get, the country is still in desperate need of more affordable housing. Like every other property type affordable housing has struggled to find affordable capital. In this episode we talk to Beth Mullen about what the high interest rates are doing to the affordable housing industry and how it will be able to remain an attractive investment if rates stay high.

The high interest rates are only part of the problem. With lenders thinking more critically about their balance sheets and regional banks worried about staying solvent, lending sources have also dried up. In this episode, we chat with Ron Kaplan about the challenges commercial real estate borrowers are facing and what can be done to overcome them.

High interest rates have hampered the ability of buildings to find lending capital. It has pushed bond yields up as well. These compounding factors have in turn made it harder for real estate deals to be attractive to potential investors. In this episode, we talk to Andrew Lines about what real estate portfolios are doing to find investment capital.

Construction lending was one of the first to get pulled when interest rates go up. That has left many projects stalled or on the chopping block. In this episode, we talk with Scott Damiecki about how the construction industry is adapting to high rates and what the property industry is doing to keep the construction going.

This podcast series talks to experts about how offices are changing to better satisfy the needs of hybrid workers

This podcast series talks to experts about how offices are changing to better satisfy the needs of hybrid workers

This podcast series talks to experts about how offices are changing to better satisfy the needs of hybrid workers

This podcast series talks to experts about how offices are changing to better satisfy the needs of hybrid workers

You might be as surprised as we were to learn that the first “smart building” was an unassuming office tower in Hartford, Connecticut. Today there is nothing more than a few old newspaper clippings to document this unusual distinction. So what went wrong? According to Vincent Dermody, Managing Director of CohnReznick Australia, the problem is that many smart buildings don’t actually work any bette...

Just about anything you read about the business world now-a-days will have some mention of the word innovation. Championed by the tech world, innovation is just another way to say “make something better.” As much as we all nod our heads about the importance of innovation, how to actually bring it about is much harder done than said. In this episode, we talk to Maureen Ehrenberg of commercial real...

We all know someone that we think is intelligent. They are usually people that are quick-witted, thoughtful, or wise. But when it comes to buildings, intelligence is less a personality trait and more a set of structured processes and reliable systems. In this episode, Sheridan Ware, the Chief Information and Technology Officer at property investment management firm Charter Hall, was able to give u...

Integrity is the foundation on which we make our moral decisions. For buildings, data integrity is the foundation on which they operate. The more technology that a building deploys, the more important it is that information is collected, organized, and analyzed in a way that recognizes that each piece influences the whole. Lisa Stanley’s organization, OSCRE, has developed a set of standards for th...

In business, insight is often a misunderstood concept. An insight is not data, nor is it an observation. Though it is sometimes confused for those things, insights are gems of knowledge that are hiding in plain sight and can only be revealed with experience and in the proper context. The most innovative companies in real estate have built their businesses on the insights of sharp-eyed people. For...

Most modern software can be easily integrated with other platforms using things like APIs. If only it were as simple for property companies to integrate with their tenants. Increasingly landlords are being asked to do just that. Miao Song is the Chief Information Officer of GLP, a giant in the logistics world. In this episode, she explains what her company has learned as they integrated with their...

Inclusivity is the mantra of our times. While many of us might think that means embracing all races and genders, there is much more to think about when designing spaces that need to appeal to a variety of people. For this episode, we spoke to Lisa Harvey, a change management specialist, whose unique approach to inclusivity offers some great takeaways for building owners and managers. More than eve...