The Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate Podcast Series

In this episode, Tim Wright and Julie Cohen sit down with Mark McMillin for a conversation that is especially meaningful to the Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate. The Center was named in honor of Mark’s father, Corky McMillin, whose legacy continues to influence San Diego’s real estate community and the generations entering the industry today.

Mark shares stories, experiences and insights that reach far beyond real estate. This episode explores family, leadership, community and what it means to build something that lasts.

There are so many wonderful moments in this conversation, and we are honored to share it with you.

Episode 4 of the TCMCRE Podcast is now available, featuring a special conversation with JLL San Diego’s Healthcare Practice Group.

Every industry talks about succession. Very few talk about stewardship.

Paul Braun has spent decades building more than a career in healthcare real estate. He’s built trust. The kind of trust and unwavering loyalty to those around him that is earned one conversation, and one deal at a time. In fact, it is this exact dedication to his relationships that shaped him into California’s first healthcare brokerage specialist. Respected throughout the industry, Paul has never been one to seek recognition. Instead of chasing accolades, he has built his legacy by quietly elevating the people and partnerships around him.

Jess Gianulias represents the next generation of that same philosophy. An SDSU alumna, healthcare broker at JLL, and Chair of The Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate Associate Board, she’s building her career with the same commitment to relationships, service, and lifelong learning. She didn’t wait for a title to start leading. She simply stepped up.

Together, they represent something we don’t talk about enough in commercial real estate: what happens when mentorship becomes partnership, when experience meets fresh perspective, and when both generations recognize they still have something to learn from one another.

This isn’t just a conversation about healthcare real estate.

It’s a conversation about legacy, leadership, and the relationships that shape an industry.

Episode 3 of the TCMCRE Podcast is here — and it’s with a true San Diego Legend.

Some people build buildings. Charlie builds communities.

Ask anyone in San Diego commercial real estate who shaped this industry, and his name comes up. Not just for the developments — for the people he’s mentored, the doors he’s opened, the generation he’s quietly guided.

He also happens to have a voice made for radio. We’re not the only ones who noticed.

In Episode 3 of The Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate podcast, we sit down with Charlie for a conversation that goes past the resume — into how he thinks, what he’s built, and why “community” isn’t a buzzword for him. It’s a way of doing business.

🎙️Episode 2 of the TCMCRE Podcast is officially live! This week, we sit down with San Diego real estate titans, Tom and Colton Sudberry.

Long before many of San Diego’s most recognized neighborhoods took shape, Tom Sudberry was helping define what thoughtful development could look like. There was no better place for our next conversation.

In the first half of the episode, Aldon Cole dives deep with Tom and Colton to discuss their monumental impact on the San Diego real estate landscape, the legacy of Sudberry Properties, and how they have helped shape the region’s development over the years.

Then, we pass the mics to the next generation! SDSU real estate students Julie Cohen and Jadyn Sennett step in to interview Tom and Colton from the student perspective, uncovering invaluable advice for those preparing to break into the commercial real estate industry.

This conversation explores what it means to develop with purpose, balance growth with community impact, and create places where people genuinely want to live, work, and connect.

📣🎉 The Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate at SDSU, in partnership with RES, is launching its first-ever podcast series!

Papa Doug Manchester was doing real estate deals on this campus before SDSU taught a single real estate class. There was no better place to start.

🎙️Episode 1 is live. Papa Doug and Ted Eldredge sit down with Timothy Wright & Aldon Cole, covering how San Diego’s real estate landscape was built, the deals that defined it, and what it means to have shaped a city from the ground up.

This series exists to put the next generation of real estate professionals in the room with the people who built the foundation on which San Diego stands. The Corky McMillin Center for Real Estate at SDSU, in partnership with the Real Estate Society, is bringing the icons of this industry into conversation with the students who are next.