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In this episode, Michel Couillard, CRE, discusses distressed assets and receiverships with John Viggers, CRE. When confronting commercial loan defaults and protecting distressed assets, what are the best solutions lenders and special servicers are providing: Receiverships? Workouts? Foreclosures? Auctions? John Viggers, CRE, is Regional Vice President of Cushman & Wakefield Iowa Commercial Advisors in West Des Moines, Iowa. John has directed the management, leasing, and sale of a diverse portfolio of commercial assets for private and institutional clients in the U.S., Europe, and South America. He has a particular expertise in property and asset management, the disposition of distressed assets, and receivership services. John’s counseling assignments include portfolio transitioning for families, developing commercial real estate firm operations, and strategic growth planning for commercial clients. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0

In this episode, Michel Couillard, CRE, discusses public and private debt with K.C. Conway, CRE. Public & Private Indebtedness is listed as the #4 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was on track for its first $1.0 trillion fiscal year deficit since 2009 and the onset of the Financial Crisis. A lot has changed in a short period of time. K.C. Conway, CRE, has a history of accurately forecasting real estate trends and changing market conditions across the United States. He is a nationally recognized subject matter expert on commercial real estate matters with specialized expertise in valuation, ports & logistics, housing economics, aging-services housing, bank regulation, and real estate finance. Conway has extensive experience with risk management, valuation, and market intelligence, with progressive roles within the Federal Reserve (Commercial Real Estate Risk Specialty Officer), national brokerage companies, and large bank organizations. Conway is a recognized speaker–with presentations to approximately 750 conferences–and is frequently quoted in the media. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read more from K.C. in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/the-consequences-of-public-and-private-debt-on-real-estate/

In this episode, Michel Couillard, CRE, discusses space utilization with Tomáš Ctibor, CRE. Space Utilization is listed as the #7 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Many new ideas, solutions, and procedures have been born through the COVID-19 pandemic and will remain a part of our lives even after the pandemic subsides. For that reason, this period will create significant short and medium-term opportunities to monetize, a phoenix rising from the ashes of failed retail, office blocks, small universities and trade schools, and other property uses that may be casualties of the pandemic. Tomáš Ctibor, CRE, is the founder and executive director of 4ct, which is responsible for the newly created platform to provide innovative and top quality services in the field of urban analysis and city development for both the public and the private sector. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read more from Tomáš in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/space-utilization-and-the-built-environment/

In this episode, Marilee Utter, CRE, discusses technology and workflow with Noah Shlaes, CRE, and Tom Shircliff, CRE. Technology & Workflow is the #8 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. In a post-COVID world, the combination of migration back to the office, need for reconfiguration and change in operating methods, and the general desire for working remotely and adding resilience is a) accelerating the adoption of technology, and b) re-prioritizing certain technologies and moving some in and out of the spotlight. Thomas Shircliff, CRE, is an entrepreneur and executive with broad experience in Fortune 500 management, small business and venture capital-funded startups including local, regional and national roles. Since co-founding Intelligent Buildings, LLC, he has become a recognized expert in the field of commercial real estate technology consulting and risk management. Noah D. Shlaes, CRE, is a technologist and futurist focused on corporate real estate decisions. His career has included the development of DCF software in the pre-Argus era, portfolio valuations at Arthur Andersen, leading the consulting arm of Grubb & Ellis, and creating the Global Operations Center for Newmark’s real estate tech platform. From teaching appraisal in Bulgaria to explaining real estate development to art students, he’s known for making real estate issues clear, memorable, and relevant. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. Interested in being a guest on the CRE Thought Leaders podcast? Let us know what you’d like to discuss by emailing R.J. Sirois at rsirois@cre.org. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read more in the Technology & Workflow piece in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/technology-and-workflow-in-the-real-estate-space/

In this episode, Deborah Cloutier, CRE, discusses infrastructure and public & private partnerships with Michel Couillard, CRE, 2020 Global Chair of The Counselors of Real Estate®. Infrastructure is the #9 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. As the world recognizes its vulnerability to extreme events amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are forced to view infrastructure through a different lens given its crucial function in helping to sustain life and commerce, from the global to local levels. Michel Couillard, CRE, is president and CEO of BUSAC Real Estate in Montreal. Michel is responsible for property investments, development strategies, and the financing, management, and growth of the BUSAC real estate portfolio in Canada and the Northeast and Southeast United States. He is the second Canadian to serve as Chair of The Counselors since the organization was established in 1953. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read more in the Infrastructure piece in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/viewing-infrastructure-through-a-different-lens/

In this episode, Michel Couillard, CRE, discusses the capital markets with Constantine Korologos, CRE. Capital Market Risk is listed as the #3 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®. Seven months into the pandemic, the resultant volatility has made pricing debt more challenging and has had a profound impact on both the debt and equity capital markets. Constantine “Tino” Korologos, CRE has worked in the real estate industry for 35 years, and has held several senior executive and managing director positions at Wachovia Securities, Bear Stearns and Co., GE Capital Real Estate, Moody’s Investors Service, Equitable Real Estate Investment Management, and Deloitte & Touché, where he focused on the capital markets, valuation, structured finance, consulting and investment banking. Complementing his professional experience, he is a Clinical Assistant Professor, teaching graduate real estate finance, capital markets, and portfolio risk courses in the New York University Schack Real Estate Institute, where he has been on the faculty for over 25 years. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read Tino Korologos’s piece in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/capital-markets-revisiting-risk-and-return-in-the-face-of-uncertainty/

In this episode, Marilee Utter, CRE, discusses ESG with Deborah Cloutier, CRE. ESG was listed as the #10 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is no longer an emerging trend, but a critical component of real estate investment integrated into investment decision-making. COVID-19 has further cemented this new “norm” as risk management, resiliency, transparency and social engagement—key outputs of ESG—take center stage. Deborah Cloutier, CRE, is President and Founder of RE Tech Advisors in Falls Church, Virginia, and Chair of The Counselors of Real Estate’s External Affairs Committee that develops the annual Top Ten list.  Deborah and her team produce award-winning environmental, social, and governance programs and market transformation initiatives for leading commercial real estate and government clients with over $1 trillion of assets under management. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read Deborah Cloutier’s piece in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/the-new-norm-esg-as-a-material-risk-and-opportunity-for-real-estate/

In this episode, Deborah Cloutier, CRE, discusses affordable housing with George Vallone, CRE. Affordable Housing was listed as the #5 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. In this era of political divisiveness, there are two things that most can agree on: 1) there is a tremendous need for affordable housing throughout America, and 2) there is a strong “Not in My Back Yard” or NIMBY agenda. George Vallone, CRE, is President & Broker of Record of Hoboken Brownstone Company.  George has extensive experience in urban housing through a socially-conscious approach to development and has built mid-rise and hi-rise condominiums as well as more than 1,000 affordable housing units throughout most of New Jersey’s urban markets. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read George Vallone’s piece in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/affordable-housing-the-same-problems-only-worse/

In this episode, Deborah Cloutier, CRE, discusses the state of the economy with Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE. Economic Renewal was listed as the #2 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. The U.S. economy was heading toward a tipping point prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond that we find deep and persistent challenges facing the economy and the real estate industry. Hugh Kelly, Ph.D., CRE, is Special Advisor at Fordham University’s Real Estate Institute and principal of Hugh Kelly Real Estate Economics in New York City. He served as Global Chair of The Counselors of Real Estate in 2014. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE® Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read Hugh Kelly’s piece in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/the-economy-beyond-the-tipping-point-crisis-and-opportunity-for-renewal/

In this episode, Deborah Cloutier, CRE, interviews Scott Muldavin, CRE, on the current challenges the real estate industry is facing relating to the flow of people. Flow of People was listed as the #6 issue in the 2020-21 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. Migration between and within countries has always been a critical driver of real estate and the economy. Today, the world’s economies face unprecedented challenges to mobility. Immigration has ground to a halt, initially driven by nationalistic policies in the U.S. and countries throughout the world, and more recently by the COVID-19 pandemic. Scott Muldavin, CRE, is a leading investor, consultant and nonprofit leader in real estate. He’s the Founder and Executive Director of the Green Building Finance Consortium, leading the movement to integrate sustainability, health, and wellness into real estate investment decisions. The “Top 10 in 20” series is part of The Counselors of Real Estate’s CRE Thought Leaders podcast program. In each 20-minute episode, we discuss an issue from the 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®. Intro Music: Driven To Success by Scott Holmes Music – licensed under CC BY 4.0 Further Reading The 2020-2021 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate®: https://www.cre.org/topten/ Read Scott Muldavin’s piece in Real Estate Issues: https://www.cre.org/real-estate-issues/suspended-mobility-challenges-real-estate-markets/