Transforming Cities

On this City Sessions episode I’m joined by Tyler Carner of the CBRE Industrial Group in Denver, and Paul Hyde of Hyde Development in Minneapolis. As the nation approaches one month of stay-at-home orders, we tap into what capital markets are doing in response to the pandemic. In addition, we touch on emerging trends that are moving into the spotlight, such as e-commerce, onshore manufacturing, and more.

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On this City Sessions episode I’m joined by Annie Spaeth, owner of The Lynhall restaurant, and Andy Risvold, co-owner of Forgotten Star Brewing - both based in Minneapolis. Annie and Andy represent just two of the thousands of small F&B businesses deeply impacted by the global coronavirus pandemic. We hear from them about what their landscapes look like as they weather the third week of shutdowns.

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On this City Sessions episode I’m joined by Mark Ernster of SullivanHayes Brokerage in Denver, and Paul Hyde of Hyde Development in Minneapolis. With the outbreak of Covid-19 shutting down many cities with various shelter-in-place actions, including restaurant and bar shutdowns, we discuss these impacts from the front lines.

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On this City Sessions episode I’m joined by Anna Mackay of Guerilla Development in Portland, and Paul Hyde of Hyde Development in Minneapolis. With the global outbreak of the Coronavirus taking hold close to home this week, we discuss their take from the front lines.

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On this episode I’m speaking with Max Musicant, Founder and President of The Musicant Group, a space activation firm dedicated to “creating places where people want to be”.

The firm has pioneered a holistic approach to the creation of place that integrates design, events, and management systems all through the lens of the user experience. He and his firm have demonstrated that community and commercial interests all benefit from more humane, inviting, and lively places for people.

Since its founding, The Musicant Group has transformed places as varied as Class A office buildings to vacant lots, from urban main streets to suburban strip malls, and from block parties to industrial parks.

In 2019, his firm provided hospitality and activation services to 5.9 million square feet of space at 29 locations, produced 376 events, and trained hundreds more on their methods and approach.

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On this episode I’m speaking with Nate Loewentheil, Vice President at Camber Creek. Nate supports Camber Creek’s deal flow, diligence, transactions and investor and public relations.

Prior to joining Camber Creek, Nate founded and scaled multiple national organizations, including the Roosevelt Campus Network. He also served as a Special Assistant to the President at the National Economic Council in the Obama White House, where he led work in areas like transportation, aviation, and urban policy.

He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and dozens of other outlets and is a former Forbes 30 under 30 and Baltimore Business Journal 40 under 40.

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On this episode I’m speaking with Nicole Swerhun, Principal at Swerhun Inc. Nicole specializes in public engagement for public projects by way of running processes that connect public feedback to the decisions made.

She created her own firm 15 years ago and has delivered hundreds of projects, all focused on finding common ground among many voices to support decisions related to things that we share - things that are public.

She creates engagement processes that influence decisions on public policy, public assets, and public programs. She’s known for this work in the Toronto area, across Ontario and Canada, in several cities in the US, and in Guyana and Bosnia. She has also applied these same skills for the United Nations.

Nicole teaches City Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and has an undergrad degree in Ecology and Evolution, as well as an MBA.

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On this episode I’m speaking with Matthew Rosenberg, CEO and Design Director at M-Rad. At M-Rad, the business model surrounds his unique mission to revolutionize the architecture industry to resolve its inefficiencies by expanding the scope of the architect.

Matthew's an international award-winning designer whose acclamations have landed him on Forbes ‘Small Giants’ list while INC Magazine has named him one of the ‘Top 10 Designers Every Business Should Have On Their Radar.’

In less than five years he has built a client list with the likes of Amazon, Equinox, SpaceX, Ring, Blue Bottle Coffee, Virgin Hotels, and over 30 other curated partners and clients.

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On this episode I’m speaking with Scott Arnoldy, founder of Triten Real Estate Partners. Triten pursues flexible investment strategies that involve a high level of repositioning or development.

As Founding Partner, Scott drives the strategic goals of the company with a focus on investment thesis identification as well as execution oversight. Since its founding, TREP has acquired or developed over $400 million of properties across a variety of product types.

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On this holiday episode we'll take a brief look back at some of our listener favorites from the past year, diving deep into the archives to revisit a few great conversations.

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