The IBJ Podcast with Mason King

Inside the mind of a rising Indy apartment developer


Listen Later

After five years leading apartment development for Indianapolis-based real estate firm Birge & Held, Jarod Brown decided he wanted a business with his name on the door. So he struck out on his own in late 2022 and soon hung his shingle for Brown Capital Group on an historic building in Broad Ripple. As a developer, he hit the ground running with an impressive set of established relationships and a strong track record in central Indiana. He currently is working on several major apartment projects in various stages of development in the Indy area, including The Grounds, a 236-unit project at 22nd and Central; The Row, a three-building complex by the Monon Trail at 22nd Street; Rosedale Hills Apartments, a 132-unit project on the south side of Indianapolis; and The Grove, a 188-unit complex in Whitestown.


For his firm’s headquarters, Brown bought the former Broad Ripple Library building at 6219 Guilford Ave. The 76-year-old building is currently under renovation for BCG’s offices, as well as for co-working space the firm plans to offer. Interviewing Brown in the old children’s reading room, IBJ Podcast host Mason King took this opportunity to learn more about a bread-and-butter element of IBJ’s news coverage: real estate development. Brown gives an insider’s view of the most important elements of his strategy, the vital task that dominates his time, and the whole process of creating apartment projects from identifying desirable land to swinging open the doors to tenants. And Brown sees his headquarters as an investment in the future of Broad Ripple Village, which he believes has its best years ahead of it.

The IBJ Podcast is brought to you by Taft.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The IBJ Podcast with Mason KingBy IBJ Media

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

48 ratings


More shows like The IBJ Podcast with Mason King

View all
WSJ What’s News by The Wall Street Journal

WSJ What’s News

4,317 Listeners

Marketplace by Marketplace

Marketplace

8,584 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

31,972 Listeners

The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

The NPR Politics Podcast

25,760 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

86,220 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,334 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,091 Listeners

Inside INdiana Business Television Podcast by IBJ Media

Inside INdiana Business Television Podcast

10 Listeners

The Long View by Morningstar

The Long View

850 Listeners

Consider This from NPR by NPR

Consider This from NPR

5,968 Listeners

IBJ's Beyond COVID by IBJ Media

IBJ's Beyond COVID

2 Listeners

More Than a Chair by IBJ Media

More Than a Chair

6 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

15,210 Listeners

Business & Beyond with Gerry Dick by IBJ Media

Business & Beyond with Gerry Dick

51 Listeners

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart by Comedy Central

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

10,253 Listeners

The Freedom Forum with Angela B. Freeman by IBJ Media

The Freedom Forum with Angela B. Freeman

4 Listeners

The Indiana Lawyer Podcast with Alexa Shrake by IBJ Media

The Indiana Lawyer Podcast with Alexa Shrake

6 Listeners

Inside INdiana Business Radio On Demand by IBJ Media

Inside INdiana Business Radio On Demand

4 Listeners

The Assignment with Audie Cornish by CNN

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

936 Listeners

Indiana 250: Off the Record with Nate Feltman by IBJ Media

Indiana 250: Off the Record with Nate Feltman

7 Listeners