Ever wonder how reporters decide which stories to cover and who to interview? Phoenix Business Journal Senior Reporter Angela Gonzales joins ABI Multifamily Minute in studio and lets ABI Multifamily President & CEO John Kobierowski turn the tables, asking Angela everything from the best way to pitch her, to her favorite story, to what she would be doing if she weren’t a reporter (hint: this woman's singing voice will blow you away!) You won’t want to miss Angela’s insight coming from 30 years of experience covering healthcare, education and most recently, real estate in the Phoenix market ..read more

In this episode of the ABI Multifamily Minute, John Kobierowski interviews Thomas Maynard, Vice President of Business Development for the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC). The role of GPEC is to help plant the flag and show companies the many reasons why they should come to the metro-Phoenix area. Founded in 1989, GPEC was created to consolidate the strategy for the greater Phoenix area, and market the entire region. GPEC is a nonprofit and its services are completely free. 40% of GPEC funding comes from the cities themselves, and the remainder comes from the 180 companies that are memb ..read more

In this episode of the ABI Multifamily Minute, John Kobierowski interviews Howard Epstein, founder of the Arizona Housing Fund, on the challenges and complexities of Arizona's growing homeless problem. Last year 36,000 people in Arizona experienced homelessness (or 1 in 184 Arizonians) - this number has been increasing for six consecutive years. The Arizona Housing Fund gives equity grants to agencies & nonprofits that build housing for those that experience homelessness. Howard discusses how the fund is set up and managed, how one hundred cents of every dollar goes to the cause, and how y ..read more

In this episode of the ABI Multifamily Minute, John Kobierowski, Senior Managing Partner of ABI Multifamily, and Drew Ricciardi, Research Manager at ABI Multifamily, discuss the construction pipeline for under construction and planned multifamily properties, rent/occupancy trends, and shifting dynamics in development for property types, housing, retail, and transportation in the Phoenix Metro and other markets ..read more

In this episode of the ABI Multifamily Minute, John Kobierowski, Senior Managing Partner of ABI Multifamily, and Devinder Khalsa, Chief Operating Officer of ABI Multifamily, discuss the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and the state of the multifamily market in Phoenix and other metros ..read more

In this episode of the ABI Multifamily Minute Ryan Smith and Thomas Brophy discuss the Phoenix MSA Q3 2018 Quarterly Report, multifamily construction, rising interest rates and its impact on both single-family and multifamily ..read more

In this episode of the ABI Multifamily Minute Ryan Smith and Thomas Brophy interview John Kobierowski, Senior Managing Broker of ABI Multifamily and Co-Founder of Neighborhood Ventures, and Jamison Manwaring, Co-Founder of Neighborhood Ventures, about Arizona crowd-funding laws and the launch of Neighborhood Ventures, the states first locally-based real estate crowd-funding platform ..read more

In this episode of the ABI Multifamily Minute Ryan Smith and Thomas Brophy interview Victor Menasce (author, investor and developer) about raising investment capital for commercial real estate projects as detailed in his book, "Magnetic Capital."   ..read more

In this episode of the Multifamily Minute Ryan Smith and Thomas Brophy discuss the market’s structural deficits, construction trends and the current / future apartment market demand in the San Diego MSA in our Q2 2017 Review for the San Diego MSA podcast ..read more

In this episode of the Multifamily Minute we interview with Thomas Brophy and discuss emerging markets, economic growth, construction and the current / future apartment market demand in the Tucson MSA. Ryan Smith and Thomas Brophy discuss this and more in our Tucson MSA Q2 Review podcast ..read more