Join Steve and Curvin for a discussion with Derick Tillman and Sabreena Miller on what's happening from a development standpoint in Pittsburgh, PA. Mr. Derrick L. Tillman is CEO and President of Bridging the Gap. He is a thought leader, forging ahead to create new opportunities for community development. He leads BTG in its mission to rebuild healthy and sustainable communities through residential and commercial development. Sabreena Miller is the Councilwoman-elect for Bellevue Borough Council in Ward 1. Ms. Miller is also the Real Estate Deveopment Manager for Uptown Partners of Pittsburgh.

Join Steve and Curvin for an interview with Eddy Benoit Jr., the President and CEO of The Benoit Group an Atlanta, GA based commercial development group and a real estate consulting firm. Mr. Benoit has over twenty years of experience in the commercial development industry totaling over $2 billion in project value, he currently focuses on the firm’s business diversification and geographical expansion. The Benoit Group’s platform involves low risk development pursuits and real estate advisory services, positioning the firm to succeed through various real estate cycles.

New York City officials have kickstarted a $1 billion plan to develop infrastructure and new affordable housing to revitalize the Brownsville area in Brooklyn, NY. Join Ericka Keller and La'Shawn Allen-Muhammad as they discuss their multi-phased mixed-use development project to redefine Brownsville. In November of 2021 Ebenezer Plaza, a three-phased, 316 units of family housing was delivered in addition to 47,500 s/f of community facility and commercial retail core and shell.

Next up is a 233-unit development called Glenmore Manor Apartments which will serve a range of at-risk populations in Brooklyn, from formerly homeless individuals to low-income seniors to extremely low-income families.

The larger Brownsville Development Plan, led by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), aims to build over 2,500 new affordable homes and implement critical neighborhood investments. Each of the three initial sites will address a specific need in the neighborhood, such as arts and culture, economic opportunity, and health.

Other development teams are underway on sites A and C of the plan, and the three communities together will total nearly 900 homes for New York City’s underprivileged.

Join Steve Lawrence, Founder of SDL Real Estate Consulting & Curvin Leatham, CEO of AreaProbe for an interview with Ernst Valery, President of Ernst Valery Investments and Adrian Washington, President of Neighborhood Development Company

In this episode Ernst and Adrian outline their individual career paths and how they entered the real estate industry. Working through pitfalls, racism, and structuring their organization for growth. At the time of this podcast, Adrian had completed close to 50 real estate projects in the DC/Maryland area across various asset types, and Ernst is a bi-coastal real estate developer with a resume of over 3,000 apartment units delivered. Both have a mission driven approach to how they evaluate a real estate deal.

Join Steve Lawrence, Founder of SDL Real Estate Consulting & Curvin Leatham, CEO of AreaProbe for an interview with Greg Reaves and Leslie Smallwood-Lewis, Co-Founders of Mosaic Development Partners.

Greg and Leslie have a development pipeline of over $2B in the city of Philadelphia. The team is expanding into new markets and growing internally. However, when Greg and Leslie started Mosaic, they had to be extremely creative to acquire their first property due to limited financial resources. In this podcast, the duo take us from how they got into the industry, to now becoming one of the largest development firms on the east coast.

Greg Reaves and Leslie Smallwood-Lewis from Philadelphia based, Mosaic Development Partners discuss why they started their business, and securing their first property; an acquisition of a vacant, 500,000 SF building listed for $2.7MM with only $25K on hand.

In this episode of The RealEstateShop, Steve and Curvin interview Buwa Binitie, Founder of Dantes Partners, one of the largest affordable housing development firms in the country. Buwa shares his story on why he started Dantes Partners, overcoming challenges, the evolution of the company since the inception, and how he manages life outside of work. Its an episode you don't want to miss.