Tenant Experience Network (TEN)

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Bryan Berthold, Global Lead Workplace Experience at Cushman & Wakefield. Bryan shares his journey to commercial real estate and how he got started in the business. Bryan studied architecture and eventually found his way to commercial real estate helping companies develop their strategic plans around workplace requirements. He then appl...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Lisa Davidson, Vice Chairman at Savills North America. Lisa shares her professional journey, which commenced fresh out of college. Initially uncertain about her career path, Lisa seized an opportunity with a small real estate tenant rep firm that visited her campus for recruitment. Expecting it to be a stepping stone, she quickly discovere...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Rob Kumer, CEO of KingSett Capital. Rob shares his journey to commercial real estate. KingSett is a private equity real estate investment company focused on Canada, both the equity and credit side of the business and all asset classes. After graduating from the Ivey Business School, Rob began his 20-year career journey in CRE. He started a...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Sophie Wade, Founder of Flexcel Network and host of the Transforming Work podcast. Sophie’s journey to her current role started with the experience of living in many different countries and studying people. She started out in strategy and finance and later focused on the future of work as her personal situation demanded working differently...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Jen Tindle, Chief Comic Relief Officer @ AllAboutCRE.com . Jen shares her journey to commercial real estate and how she got started in the business. Today, Jen is focussed on helping to solve the knowledge gap that exists between CRE firms and CRE technology providers. Jen started her career in public accounting — a path we share in common...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with the co-hosts of the new CRE Unplugged podcast, Nadine Ezzie, Founder and President of ezzie + co and Ryan Elazari, Senior Director at Empire Management. We learn about Nadine and Ryan’s journey to commercial real estate and how they got started in the business. Nadine is an attorney and made her way to CRE, serving as in-house counsel for...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Peter Riguardi Chairman & President, New York Region at JLL. Peter’s career journey in commercial real estate began early on, watching his father work in property management and then having the opportunity to learn from many experts in the business before embarking with a group of colleagues to start their own company in 1989. He would...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Nico DePaul, Chief Operating Officer at NNN Pro Group. Nico’s career journey began through a search for an internship, and after showing up for an interview 4 times, was actually offered a full-time role. So for him, it was goodbye law school, and hello commercial real estate, starting in the net lease space as a junior analyst. Nico kicks...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Brett Miller, CEO at Canderel. Brett’s career journey began through an introduction from a university professor to someone who has now become a lifelong friend, John Weiner, the founder of Canderel. Brett first started at Canderel in what was supposed to be an internship position, but it turned out to be a 7-year-long ‘summer job’. After a...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Shimon Shkury, President and Founder at Ariel Property Advisors. Shimon’s career journey began in 2002 working at a CRE firm this podcast knows well – Massey Knakal – thanks to my conversations on TEN with Bob Knakal and Paul J. Massey. About a year into that relationship, Shimon was given the opportunity to run Upper Manhattan and the Bro...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Gary Phillips, Managing Director at Eastdil Secured. Gary’s career journey began working at Deutsche Bank, where he was assigned to an economic group focused on real estate. And so began Gary’s residency in New York and his passion for the real estate industry. He attributes some of his success to his personal drive and nurturing long-term...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Phil Kanfer, Founder & CEO at Market Lane Advisors. Phil’s career journey had finance and entrepreneurial beginnings, which led him to real estate with Newmark as a tenant rep broker in lower Manhattan. Phil eventually met the CEO of a newly emerging company, now called WiredScore, and was brought in to help bring the business to marke...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Lee Odess, CEO of Access Control Executive Brief. Lee’s career journey began with a position in the security industry at BRIVO. He eventually discovered that it was best to work on his own within the building access space and focus on the digital transformation that is impacting the industry. Lee sees the world of access control from the p...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Sonny Kalsi, Co-CEO at BentallGreenOak. Sonny’s career journey began working in investment banking at Morgan Stanley on Wall Street after completing his studies in finance. He had an opportunity to rotate from mergers and acquisitions to join the real estate group, which he thought would only last a year or so, but it stuck and he feels ve...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with David McGuinness, Head of Business Development, CRE at Motorola Solutions. David’s career journey began in the technology space as a consultant. He eventually transitioned into the software side of tech before landing at Openpath, and now at Motorola Solutions since being acquired. David learned early in his career the benefits of surround...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Michael Abrams, Real Estate Consultant and Advisor at Flexspace Advisors. Michael’s career journey began with a multi-disciplinary background, working for several commercial real estate companies before venturing out on his own and securing a construction loan for his first project. In 2014 Michael started to track the flex space market, a...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Geoffrey Newman, Executive Managing Director at Savills North America. Geoffrey began his career journey as a lobbyist in Washington DC, with a focus on social justice issues. What got him into real estate? The lure of money. Geoffrey took the opportunity to get into the CRE space with Studley (now Savills), and under the watchful eye of i...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Paul J. Massey, CEO of B6 Real Estate Advisors. Paul’s career journey began while he was still in college in Boston. When a summer job at CBRE in that city didn’t pan out, he instead made a bold decision to join CBRE in New York. Long story short, Paul immediately fell in love with New York and never left. While at CBRE, Paul met his long-...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Mollie Eisler, Vice President, Technology and Innovation at Almanac Realty Investors. Mollie began her career journey with an educational foundation in hospitality, which allowed her to delve deeper into her interest in the intersection of people, technology and place. Early days of working at IBM with big data, analytics, cloud computing...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Michael Przytula, Managing Director, Intelligent & Digital Workplaces at Accenture. Michael began his career journey working in the early days of enterprise email systems and Voice over Internet Protocol (or VoIP), which led him to real estate technology. Michael now leads Accenture's workplace technology practice in North America, whe...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Antonia Cardone, Americas Lead, Total Workplace at Cushman & Wakefield. Antonia’s career journey began with her training as an architect and her early interest in strategic facility planning. Her career trajectory took hold and she has been fortunate to be doing what she loves, solving a wide variety of problems for her clients. Antoni...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Kendall Pretzer, CEO at Grace Hill. We learn about Kendall’s career journey, moving to Dallas after graduating from college and taking a position as a financial analyst in commercial real estate, moving on to various operational roles and finally making her way to the multifamily sector. She eventually started her own company providing pol...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Sara Tabita, Community Experience Manager at Granite Properties. We learn about Sara’s career journey, from wedding coordinator to hotel sales and catering to software sales on the corporate events side of the business, and finally to Granite Properties as their Community Experience Manager – all with a focus on hospitality! As a result of...

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Rita Tené Ellison, Associate Director at T. Dallas Smith & Company. Rita’s career journey started out in her junior year of college with an internship at T. Dallas Smith & Company. Upon graduation, Rita was offered a full-time position at that same firm but respectfully turned it down to pursue other opportunities at larger firms....

In this episode, host David Abrams is in conversation with Jamie Petten, President & Executive Director of the Kanata North Business Association. We learn about Jamie’s career journey, having spent the last decade working in Kanata North Technology Park, Canada’s largest technology park. She initially worked for the L-SPARK Accelerator program, transitioning more recently into leading the Kana...