Transforming Cities

On this episode I’m speaking with Paul Hyde, CEO of Hyde Development, a family-owned commercial real estate developer and investor based in Minneapolis, MN. Paul and Mac Hyde co-founded Hyde Development in 2012 with a focus on urban redevelopment and brownfield sites.

Since then, the company has completed over 3.8 million square feet of industrial and office development in Minnesota, Colorado and North Dakota.

Current Developments include the 1.8 million square foot Northern Stacks industrial park in MN and the 1.7 million square foot 76 Commerce Center project in Denver.

In addition to his development work, Paul has been named to the Business Journal 40 under 40 and one of the 100 People to Know in 2018 by Twin Cities Business.

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On this episode I’m speaking with Ujijji Davis, a Brooklyn-born landscape architect and urban planner currently living in Detroit. There she focuses on landscape and urban design, master planning, and strategic implementation projects. Her current research regards the importance of arts & culture and race & vernacular landscapes in the urban realm.

She recently published a critical essay in the Avery Review with Columbia University, entitled "The Bottom: The Emergence and Erasure of Black American Landscapes," on black identity in American landscapes in 2018. She's an advocate for STEM girls education and keynoted the 4th Annual Young Women's Leadership Affiliate Convening, and was a feature for CareerGirls.org STEM leaders. She is also a 2018 Next City Vanguard Fellow. 

Ujijji holds a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University and a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan.

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· SmithGroup

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On this episode I’m speaking with George Cutro & Chad Buch, co-leaders of the Chicago Industrial Research Platform for JLL. Based in the company's global headquarters, they track the largest industrial market in the United States at 1.2 billion square feet and work with a team of about 40 producers, which is JLL’s largest industrial brokerage team in the country.

Their research is utilized daily for a variety of unique and complex industrial transactions from tenant representation, dispositions, build-to-suits, and investment sales. Chad and George are also involved with market assessments using labor analytics and GIS mapping, and produce innovative whitepapers on industry trends.

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· Haven Allen of MHub

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On this episode I’m speaking with Sam Rosen, Co-Founder and CEO of Deskpass - a membership platform that provides access to hundreds of coworking spaces across the country. He also founded One Design Company - a digital branding firm based in Chicago - and opened The Coop, the first coworking space in Chicago.

Formally trained as a designer, Sam now spends more time at the business end of projects. He prides himself on connecting great people with lovely ideas, all with the goal of making meaningful work, and hopefully, making the world a better place along the way.

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· Deskpass

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On this episode I’m speaking with Aaron Roseth & Ann Fritz, partners at ESG Architecture and Design in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aaron joined the company 15 years ago and was made president in 2017. Ann joined ESG as an intern in 2004 – the same year as Aaron – and has since become the Director of Interior Design.

ESG’s foundation is built on strong relationships paired with an open-minded and creative outlook. The firm recently began the Minneapolis-based North Loop Green 3 project, a third phase to the North Loop Green project that will include elements of housing, office, and retail.

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· ESG Architecture & Design

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On this episode, I'm speaking with Andrew Howard, co-founder and director of Team Better Block. Andrew is one of the original founders of the Build a Better Block project. Alongside his neighbors, he built the first two Better Blocks in Dallas, Texas, and pioneered the idea of using pop-up demonstrations as an urban planning method.

Over the past eight years, Andrew and his team have refined how Better Block fits into community outreach, revitalization, complete streets, and public space planning and design projects. Now having been used in over 150 communities from Sydney, Australia to Bethel, Vermont, Better Block is seen as an alternative to the typical design and defend urban planning method of the past.

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· Team Better Block

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On this episode I’m speaking with Harry Spetnagel, Senior Associate and Design Director at Gensler. He’s directed the design, documentation, and implementation of award-winning branded environment and wayfinding projects for several regional and national clients in the retail, hospitality, entertainment, and professional services industries over the last 13 years.

An advocate of multidisciplinary design and strategic, human-centered process, Harry is primarily interested in the development and thoughtful execution of innovative ideas that make peoples’ day-to-day experiences and interactions with the built environment better.

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· Gensler

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On this episode I’m speaking with Bryant Palmer, founder and Chief Storyteller at Oh Hey Creative, a boutique marketing and communications firm that specializes in opening food halls and telling the stories of small businesses.

Bryant's team at Oh Hey Creative helps run Stanley Marketplace and Broadway Market, and is currently working on other food hall projects in Golden, Colorado and Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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On this episode I’m speaking with Tim Gokhman, Director at New Land Enterprises – a boutique, pioneering real estate development firm specializing in mixed-use residential and commercial real estate.

New Land focuses on creating built environments at the neighborhood scale, striving to create memorable spaces, focused on user experience, believing that cities thrive when they're diverse, walkable, and culturally vibrant.

Recent innovations include Black Cat Alley, a defunct alley-turned public arts space, and Ascent – the tallest mass timber building in the Western Hemisphere. Tim has also been a featured speaker at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) conference in Dubai, as well as various real estate panels.

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On this episode we're speaking with Vicki Bartling, Senior Integrated Marketing Manager at JLL.

With an education in architecture and design research, Vicki has leveraged her design experience to lead marketing, business development, and brand strategies for global Architecture and Design firms to Innovation Consultancies.

She's currently focused on marketing innovation in the real estate industry working for JLL out of their global headquarters in Chicago.

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