CPE Podcasts

CPE Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald interviews Heidi Creighton, Skanska USA Commercial Development's new head of Sustainability on what it means to be on the cutting edge of sustainable design and development today. According to Creighton, buildings that are good for people are usually good for the environment. 

Alyssa Carducci Dangler is a shareholder at Williams Mullen, a full-service law firm that provides strategic, skilled counsel to real estate professionals. Her practice focuses on commercial and multifamily real estate and finance, but also includes helping clients navigate through the challenges of solar and wind technologies. Currently, she serves on the board of directors for CREW Network and is 2022 president-elect. Here’s what you’ll hear about in this episode:

Right now, as in many other fields, there’s a worldwide shortage of consultants, analysts and accountants, according to Jahn Brodwin, senior managing director with FTI Consulting. Brodwin and Senior Managing Director Ingrid Rivera Noone have recently been promoted to co-leaders of FTI’s real estate practice, and attracting and developing fresh talent is part their strategic growth plan. They both joined Commercial Property Executive Senior Editor Laura Calugar in a podcast interview on careers in real estate consulting and what it takes to be a successful advisor. Here are the main topics they covered:

Sustainability certifications are more important than ever for commercial real estate owners. In this episode, CPE Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald interviews Breana Wheeler, director of operations for BREEAM USA, on the organization's "science-based" and "holistic" approaches to sustainability and building certification, and how BREEAM is working to bring clarity to ubiquitous terms like net zero carbon.

Here’s a sample of the topics the episode covers: What makes BREEAM different (2:25), the business case for BREEAM (8:52), evaluating social impacts (11:54), defining net zero carbon (23:45), preventing stranded assets (34:58), and what's next for real estate sustainability (42:25)

In the first three months of this year, real estate sentiment around the globe continued to improve, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ latest survey. The organization’s Global Commercial Property Monitor found that occupier metrics are gaining traction, with appetite for office and retail slowly returning. 

Nevertheless, commercial real estate professionals across the world remain cautious, considering the geopolitical context, high inflation, and monetary tightening. In this podcast episode hosted by Commercial Property Executive Senior Editor Laura Calugar, RICS Economist Tarrant Parsons explains why he doesn’t expect a global recession at this point. However, he admits there are lots of reasons to be concerned about the near-term prospects for the global economy.

Here are the main topics Parsons covered with CPE:

Welcome back to “Sustainability Street,” CPE’s podcast on the intersection of commercial estate and the world we live in. In this episode, Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald interviews Millennium Partners Principal Kathleen MacNeil to learn about the science and the marketing behind what will be the largest passive house office building in the world.

Here’s a sample of the topics the episode covers:

Welcome back to “Sustainability Street,” CPE’s podcast on the intersection of commercial estate and the world we live in. In this episode, Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald explores how high prices and geopolitical tensions could ignite renewed attention on energy efficiency and renewable energy from property owners.

Here’s a sample of the topics the episode covers:

In honor of Women’s History Month, we talked to Barbi Reuter, CREW Network’s 2022 president, about the significant changes in women’s roles in commercial real estate in the past decade. Here’s a sample of the topics this special episode covers:

Welcome back to “Sustainability Street,” CPE’s podcast on the intersection of commercial estate and the world we live in. In this episode, Executive Editor Therese Fitzgerald speaks to environmentalists about the impact of New York City's recently-enacted fossil fuel ban law and other code change victories, and about the hurdles the movement has to overcome.

Here’s a sample of the topics the episode covers:

In the latest FTI Consulting podcast from the series, Rob Raymond, managing director in the company’s real estate practice, and Commercial Property Executive Senior Editor Laura Calugar, discuss what impacted the upturn in M&A activity last year and how it influenced companies’ real estate decisions and needs. Press play or simply jump to the topic that you’re most interested in: