Episodes

  • Coming Soon: Deconstruct Season 2

    Coming Soon: Deconstruct Season 2
    Aug 22 2022
    We're back! The Real Deal’s hit podcast “Deconstruct” is back on Aug. 29 for a second season of breaking down the most important concepts and trends in real estate, with bigger guests and bolder ideas. Hosts Isabella Farr and Suzannah Cavanaugh will kick off the second season of “Deconstruct” by interviewing Bess Freedman, CEO of Brown Harris Stevens, who will dig into the latest in New York City’s luxury market.
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    1 min
  • Who Flakes On The Flatiron Building?

    Who Flakes On The Flatiron Building?
    Apr 17 2023
    When Jacob Garlick, a relative unknown in the small world of New York real estate, secured the winning bid on the Flatiron building, he told NY1 the moment had been a “lifelong dream since he was 14 years old.” Two days later he flaked on the down payment. The Real Deal's Deconstruct chats with senior reporter Keith Larsen on the man behind the botched buy and why Garlick is still gunning for the building. Credits: NY1
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    21 mins
  • The Robots Are Coming: Should Real Estate Worry?

    The Robots Are Coming: Should Real Estate Worry?
    Apr 10 2023
    The launch of ChatGPT last year presented an existential problem for residential brokerage: Would the new tech transform into a beloved virtual assistant or the type of threat that could undermine their role in real estate?
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    19 mins
  • Keeping The Heat: Inside Miami’s Luxury Market

    Keeping The Heat: Inside Miami’s Luxury Market
    Apr 3 2023
    We all know the story: wealthy buyers flocked to pour money into homes in South Florida. But is the demand still there, given rising interest rates? The Real Deal's Deconstruct chats with TRD's residential bureau chief Katherine Kallergis about how the market has softened, but some are plowing ahead with exorbitant buys. Plus, Deconstruct chats about the Flatiron building, Chicago's upcoming election, Blackstone's multifamily loans and First Republic's balance sheet. Subscribe to The Real Deal now for more blockbuster real estate news, trends, profiles, analysis and more. Credits: CBS News
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    19 mins
  • From The '90s to Now: Making Sense of CRE's Downtown

    From The '90s to Now: Making Sense of CRE's Downtown
    Mar 27 2023
    As distress descends on commercial real estate, Deconstruct analyzes how past financial crises can inform how borrowers, banks and policy makers handle this down cycle. Guests include: Bob Knakal, JLL Senior Managing Director, Head of New York Private Capital Group; and Sam Chandan, Professor of Finance and Director of the Chao-Hon Chen Institute for Global Real Estate Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business.
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    23 mins
  • An ‘Existential Weekend’: How Two Bank Collapses Roiled Real Estate

    An ‘Existential Weekend’: How Two Bank Collapses Roiled Real Estate
    Mar 20 2023
    Let's talk about last week. The Real Deal’s Deconstruct explains the catalysts behind the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank last week and the lasting impact on regional banks, real estate lending and the Fed’s next steps. Credits: CNBC, ABC News, NBC News, CBS, CNN, Forbes
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    29 mins
  • Inside Downtown LA’s Pain Points

    Inside Downtown LA’s Pain Points
    Mar 13 2023
    Brookfield has defaulted on $784 million worth of loans connected to office towers in Los Angeles. Starwood foreclosed on the completely vacant Broadway Trade Center. A deal to sell a 40-story tower has been delayed for the 10th time. So what is going on with Downtown L.A.‘s office market? Deconstruct chats with Michael Soto, a research director at Savills, about the pain we’re seeing across the city’s center and how we ended up here. Credits: CNBC
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    25 mins
  • As Equity REITs Flounder, Fundrise CEO is Bullish on Credit

    As Equity REITs Flounder, Fundrise CEO is Bullish on Credit
    Mar 6 2023
    For the past year, public real estate investment trusts that own or manage office buildings, hotels and multifamily have traded at steep discounts as investors feared rising rates would take a whack to profits and property values. Amid that downturn, Ben Miller, CEO of investment platform Fundrise, has set his sights to credit. Tune in for the lowdown on why Miller sees opportunity in debt and which asset classes he’s eyeing once equities markets recover.
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    33 mins