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Ethan Chernofsky is the SVP of Marketing at Placer.ai, a foot traffic analytics platform for anyone with a stake in the physical world. Ethan joins Matt to discuss how retailers and retail investors can use analytics and data to make better decisions for not only store locations, but how they connect with their audiences. The trends he's seeing at Placer line up with what we're seeing here at Occupier, so tune in for his insights into what the future of retail holds!

Dillon Okner is a Co-Founder of SiteRise, a platform that helps companies, especially emerging retail brands, centralize their entire process for site selection and build out door opening for retail stores. Dillon has over 15 years of experience building out in-house software to help brands like Apple and Tesla expand their initial retail presence. He joins Matt to talk about some of the key challenges that retailers face when it comes to store planning, and how can technology solutions address these challenges.

Brandon Peterson is the CEO & Founder of Geokey, a mobile access control platform that has revolutionized the way multi-family apartment communities manage and secure their access points. He joins Matt to share how Geokey can help developers, investors, and property managers increase NOI and operational efficiency.

Kristina Tipton is the Director of Market Research at Near, a global, full-stack data intelligence platform that curates one of the world's largest sources of intelligence on people and places. Kristina joins Matt to share trends and findings from a recent CRE report. To understand the emerging trends in shopping centers, Near analyzed consumer behavior data for malls across the US. Tune in for data insights on shopping centers and how that data helps inform CRE decision-makers.

Len Dugow is the Founder and CEO of DASH, a revolutionary PropTech platform that provides a one-stop solution for a licensed residential real estate agent’s marketing needs. He shares how his career as an executive branding and marketing luxury residential platforms led him to realize that there's a better way to share content about residential properties with brokers, agents, and developers. Tune in to learn how DASH helps efficiently access accurate and up-to-date content of new construction projects.

Chris Ressa is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at DLC Management, one of the nation's leading retail real estate companies with properties across the US. Chris joins Matt to discuss the debate of digital vs. physical stores. They also dive into Chris's predictions on where the retail real estate market is headed. Chris is also the host of the Retail Retold Podcast.

Michael Broder is the founder of RCKRBX, a SAAS platform that's providing voice-of-the-customer (VOC) data to multifamily developers and owners. For years, the multifamily industry has made decisions based on anecdotal evidence, making it difficult to draw clear hypotheses, quantify business cases, and mitigate risk-particularly as tenant preferences are not properly accounted for. RCKRBX is moving developers to data-based evidence to where and how they should locate, build, and conform their multifamily buildings.

Gas stations are evolving beyond their traditional roles. Michael Salafia joins Matt to talk about how the gas stations that STAX Equity builds and operates, like SQRL, are so much more than just a place to fill up. But rather, safe places to eat, grab a coffee and charge your electric vehicle.

Jesse Stein, Airbnb’s Global Head of Real Estate, joins Matt to talk about the recently-launched and fast-growing Airbnb-Friendly Apartments program. Airbnb-Friendly Apartments allow renters to find apartments that they can list part-time on Airbnb to earn extra income as the cost of living continues to rise across the country. Over the last six months, Airbnb has grown the program from 175 participating buildings in 25 markets to more than 250 participating buildings across 37 markets in the U.S.

Tyler Carlson is the Co-Founder of Resquared, a local business prospecting platform that uses artificial intelligence to search and contact small business owners in any U.S. or Canada markets. They have data for retail, restaurant, office, medical, and light industrial uses. Tyler joins Matt to discuss the importance of having accessible data and how technology is changing the commercial real estate space. Tune in for his tips on selling to local businesses!