Sustainability is catching on — and it’s becoming prevalent in many financial strategies in commercial real estate. To lift the curtain on how these strategies are being employed at a financial institution, we invited Wells Fargo’s Kelly Souza, managing director in the Sustainable Finance & Advisory Group, onto the show.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Types of sustainable finance strategies
Chapter 2: 08:10 – Trends in commercial real estate
Chapter 3: 13:34 – Sustainability in action
Chapter 4: 18:35 – Opportunities for efficiency/resiliency
Chapter 5: 22:21 – Wells Fargo's Top 10 Sustainability Trends

Have we turned the corner yet on the market? Mike Donnelly, part of the Multifamily Research team and author of the 2024 Midyear Multifamily Outlook report joins our co-hosts to help answer this question. Together, they break down how the economy performed in the past six months, how high supply is impacting markets across the country and the forecasted origination for the year.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – Economic performance in the past six months
Chapter 2: 03:07 – The multifamily market and "Corey Aber's paradox"
Chapter 3: 08:23 – Metro-level multifamily housing analysis
Chapter 4: 12:14 – How the debt market is faring

More and more, we're seeing a growing trend in the combination of sustainability and resident-centered housing practices in multifamily housing. Tina Tagliaferri from FCP, one of our 2024 Impact Sponsor organizations, shares how they're achieving this combination by partnering with service providers and collaborating with property management teams to create a better resident experience.

Chapter 1: 00:00 – FCP's approach to sustainability and resident-centered housing
Chapter 2: 07:50 – Getting started with service providers
Chapter 3: 09:28 – Providing a resident service and measuring its success
Chapter 4: 13:36 – Challenges and ways to overcome them
Chapter 5: 16:44 – Sustainable resident-centered housing practices and climate risk
Chapter 6: 23:35 – Tips on getting started