Fully Occupied

Matt Giffune, of Occupier, was invited onto the PropTech VC Podcast, hosted by Zain Jaffer. This episode features 3 parts: 

Part 1 - Remote World in Real Estate Investing: Does It Improve Productivity?

Part 2 - How Web 1.0 and the Pandemic Changed Entrepreneurship and Startups

Part 3 - How Real Estate Management Is Changing with New Technologies

Disclosure: These episodes originally aired on the PropTech VC Podcast on May 6th, 2022, May 13th 2022, and May 20th, 2022.

Michael Spies, Founder of Fuse Strategies, has a diverse background in global real estate investment and development. He sits down with Matt to discuss the different space needs in today's world and the evolving commercial real estate landscape. They cover a wide scope of topics from proptech to retail real estate to the importance of real estate data to make better real estate related decisions.

Retail continues to be a hot topic in the commercial real estate space. Although we are transitioning to a digital age, physical stores are still important for retail brands. Navin Bhutani, Managing Director at Locate AI, chats with Matt about how brands differentiate themselves with a strong in-person experience, and how physical stores provide the opportunity to deliver a powerful brand experience.

Zander Geronimos is the Head of Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at MetaProp. He leads relationships and communications with key players across the real estate value chain and acts as a conduit between strategic real estate firms and the emerging PropTech community. Zander chats with Matt about the importance of partnerships in the proptech space and the ideal goals and key aspects of a strategic partnership. Tune in for Zander's insights on how to position your organization to become a market leader, and to find out what his hidden talent is!

Matt Giffune, of Occupier, was invited onto Mixergy's Startup Stories Podcast. Matt was interviewed by host Andrew Warner, Founder and CEO of Mixergy, about his story as a proptech founder and why he started Occupier.

Disclosure: This episode originally aired on Startup Stories on April 11th, 2022.

Sydney Phillips, Co-Founder & CEO at Zuke AR, joins Matt this week in a conversation about commercial real estate’s role in the metaverse. The future of the Metaverse is an infinite horizon, with wide-ranging of possibilities. As a founder, Sydney also shares her insights on how she approaches the modernization of CRE processes, innovating in a historically slow to adopt space.

Last week, Occupier and DLC attended ICSC in Las Vegas. Adam Ifshin, Founder and CEO of DLC Management, joins Matt to recap on emerging trends in retail real estate. They discuss their predictions for the future of retail shopping, the key elements to consider when transforming properties into places, and what retail real estate leaders should do today to prepare for tomorrow. The change in the retail landscape has not been defined by the irrelevance of physical locations, but rather, by the transition from mass retailers to smaller open front stores in urban markets. Occupier, the Real Estate Success platform for businesses, has seen retailers and tenant reps rapidly adopt its lease administration and transaction management software during Covid-19.

This week Corinne Murray, Chief Strategist at Purposeful Intent, joins Matt to analyze workplace strategy and how it has evolved due to the pandemic. They discuss the key elements that organizations should consider when developing a workplace strategy and how to adopt to these changes. But not all workplace strategies will work for all organizations. It will be essential to prepare and understand how to future of work impacts your real estate strategy.

Matt Giffune, of Occupier, was invited onto Metrikus', PropTech Ramble Podcast. Matt sat down with host Michael Grant, COO of Metrikus, to discuss lease management software, how it benefits the CRE industry, and how COVID-19 has impacted such platforms. Disclosure: This episode originally aired on the PropTech Ramble on April 19th, 2022.

We have a special episode with Tyler Cotter, the Collaborative Vice President at Embark. He joins our VP of Finance, Lauren Covell to discuss best practices when transitioning from ASC 840 to ASC 842. Embark is Occupier’s newest strategic partner. They help organizations with complex lease accounting problem sets to ensure a smooth transition to the new standards.