Behar On The Block

Jacky is the Executive Director/CEO at Business Finance Capital.

 Named one of the top women in banking by the Los Angeles Business Journal and one of the most influential leaders in Los Angeles. Jacky consults, advises and strategizes with her clients to help find the best small business loan available.  She works with many of the top distributors and manufactures on the west coast. Jacky shares why a small business should consider an SBA loan, what it means and how it works.

Chris King is a Peak-performance (flow) executive coach and motivational speaker. Chris facilitates the journey that leads to the discovery that creates the sustainable changes for professional organizations and individuals to exceed their professional and goals.

Learn on how renegotiate your existence and make the impossible possible.

Adolfo Suaya, is the founder and creator of the popular LA restaurant Gaucho Grill.   He went on to own and operate 15 bars and restaurants in LA and many others around the world.   Adolfo is developing an original hotel in LA called the Whiskey Hotel.  He shares his journey about creating restaurant concepts, owning, developing and investing in Los Angeles commercial real estate. Adolfo (@adolfosuaya) is a Restaurateur, TV host, Hotelier and  Home designer.  He is a true innovator in the hospitality world, cuisine world and more.  

Ken Kahan, Founder of California Landmark Group, a Los Angeles based multi family and commercial real estate developer. Ken discusses how he and his company choose an area to develop, why building a community is just as important as developing the building and what skills are needed to become a real estate developer.   Ken dives into the new trend and importance of Co-Living and what that means to multi-family development. Learn and listen from one of the best in the business.

Brian Shirken is the co-founder of Mountain Pacific Opportunity  Partners, and the founder of it's precursor, Mountain Capital Partners. Shirken, also co-founder of Columbus Pacific 25 years ago, has been involved in purchasing and redeveloping over five million square feet of retail, an 11,000 bed student housing portfolio, development of over 3,000 multifamily units, 5 assisted living projects and providing more than $200 million in mezzanine and equity capital, funding projects with an underlying value in excess of $1.4 billion. Brian shares how he made the switch from property investor to commercial real estate developer. Tips to  become a developer and how he made the change to live part time in Park City. 

John Jung, CMO of Brick Work. His company helps real estate owners, developers and agents acquire information about a property's development potential.

Commercial real estate is a complicated process, John explains why he started this company and how they are helping have a positive impact in Los Angeles and Orange County with new CRE development.

Susan Shelley, V.P. of Communications for the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, shares insights and the importance of the new Prop 15 which is set to hit the ballot in November.  This will impact all residents of CA. Susan is also a columnist and member of the editorial board of the Southern CA  News Group, 11 daily papers including the Orange County Register and the Los Angeles Daily News.

My guest this week is Jay Sanderson, President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles.

Jay is a true renaissance man, a visionary leader in the Jewish community, a man with culinary skills, and an award winning television producer who in my opinion has a great impact on the Los Angeles community.

When not leading one of the largest and most prominent Federations in our country he is the host of his own podcast, Jay’s 4 Questions.

Jay has been professionally active in the Jewish community for over 30 years and has been recognized on the Forward 50 list as one of America’s leading entrepreneurs. Formerly, he was the CEO and Executive Producer of JTN Productions, where he created, produced, wrote over 700 hours of award-winning television programming broadcast worldwide, and led its broadband initiative JewishTVNetwork.com. His producing credits include the landmark PBS series “The Jewish Americans,” “Worse Than War,” and the James Beard Award-nominated “New Jewish Cuisine.”

Connect with Jay:

Podcast | Jays 4 Questions

Instagram | jaysanderson_la

Ellie Perlman, Founder and CEO of Blue Lake Capital shares her journey from growing up in Israel to now owning thousands of multi-family apartment units across the country with her company Blue Lake Capital.  Faced with many obstacles along the way, she was determined to break out on her own.  She scaled her business very rapidly.  From lawyer, to property manager to real estate syndicator; this is her story.

This episode is brought to you by:

OCB Accountants.  You can find them at www.ocbaccountants.com

Connect with Ellie: 

Podcast:   REady2Scale with Ellie Perlman. Find her on Itunes and other podcast media outlets. 

Website:  https://www.ellieperlman.com/

LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/ellieperlman

Website: bluelake-capital.com/

Twitter: @PerlmanEllie

Greg Lyon and Patrick Winters, Principals of Nadel Architects.

They share where the inspiration comes from, challenges they face with the city, trends in the industry and a lot more.  With 20 and 30 years respectfully in the business, both Greg and Patrick have designed some of the most iconic properties in Los Angeles and around the world.  It was a real treat to sit down with two amazing architects and get an insight into their world.