Partners with a Problem to Solve: What happens when two long-time friends and colleagues with 20 years of industry experience find a void in the marketplace? In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Taylor Mammen, CEO of RCLCO Fund Advisors, sits down with Heather Fernstrom Border and Jennifer Stevens, Co-Founders and Managing Partners at Alliance Global Advisors – a women-owned consulting firm focused on developing strategic growth solutions for real asset investment managers. Heather and Jennifer began Alliance in 2020, seeking to be an independent voice for the i ..read more

What happens when the public and private sectors join forces to revitalize an iconic retail anchor and the surrounding downtown? In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO’s Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives, Joshua Boren, sits down with Shelley Brindle, Mayor of Westfield, New Jersey and Doug Adams, Senior Vice President, Development at Streetworks Development, to discuss the “One Westfield Place” redevelopment project—an adaptive reuse of a former Lord & Taylor building and its adjacent parking lots—that is poised to create a vibrant mixed-use downt ..read more

How can you grow and foster talent within real estate organizations? RCLCO announced its partnership with CEL Compensation Advisors, LLC to expand and enhance its industry-leading talent management practice, building on the CEL annual Real Estate Compensation & Benefits Survey and its compensation consulting practice. In this special episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, listen to the recent webinar where leaders of the new partnership, Eric Willett, Adam Ducker, Ellen Klasson, and Jim Wright, discussed challenges real estate companies are facing today regarding ..read more

How does academia set the course for the future of real estate? In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO’s CEO, Adam Ducker, sits down with Ellen Dunham-Jones, a Professor of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology and director of the MS in Urban Design. An award winning co-author of two books, Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges (2021) and Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs, (2009) as well as the podcast host of REDESIGNING CITIES, Ellen gives us academic perspecti ..read more

Find out how Populous successfully brings to life the most innovative sports and entertainment projects across the world. In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, RCLCO’s Chief Executive Officer Adam Ducker speaks with Populous’ Global Chair/Founder, Earl Santee, about what’s next in the decade ahead for venue development. Santee discusses Populous’ history of planning and designing Olympic venues through collaboration with local and international Olympics committees. He addresses the potential urbanizing impacts of venue development on surrounding neighborhoods and ..read more

Find out how executives at Pyramid Hotel Group effectively lead a diverse group of employees and ensure their paths to success. In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Chief Executive Officer of RCLCO Fund Advisors (RFA), Taylor Mammen, speaks with Pyramid Hotel Group’s President & CEO, Warren Fields. Fields discusses his career journey, from entering the workforce at Wendy’s, going to Cornell, and his eventual entry and rise to lead Pyramid Hotel Group. He addresses what operators and investors of other property types can learn about running a business from th ..read more

In the face of constant change, how do real estate leaders adapt to shifting market dynamics in the past, present, and future? In this episode, we’re bringing you something a little different from our standard interview format. 2021 marks the second anniversary of our podcast, and in the two years since we began, we’ve been incredibly lucky to speak to some of the most thoughtful and inspiring leaders in the real estate industry. One topic that we’ve discussed at length is change; both in terms of the historical trends and developments that have shaped the careers of our guests as well as the ..read more

How does one rise through the ranks in real estate while executing a successful succession plan? In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Managing Director Charles Hewlett sits down with Bell Partner’s President & CEO, Lili Dunn. They discuss Lili’s career journey from growing up in the industry and selling houses in college, to working her way up Trammell Crow Residential/Avalon Bay Communities with five kids at home, and becoming Bell Partners’ President & CEO after 12 years with the firm. Learn how she is positioning Bell Partners for success after their ..read more

How does one not only become a successful real estate executive, but learn how to find and place key executives across the country? In this episode of Conversations with the Best Minds in Real Estate, Managing Director Joshua Boren welcomes Ellen Klasson to the firm with an in-depth interview. They discuss Ellen’s 20-year career journey from Atlanta to Washington, DC, including lessons learned from her time at Central Atlanta Progress, CohnReznick, the Urban Land Institute, and Terra Search Partners. Learn how Ellen leveraged her background in real estate analytics to now focus on the human ca ..read more

How did Legacy International develop a proprietary sales platform in order to address systematic, process-based opportunities? In this episode, RCLCO Managing Director, Todd LaRue, speaks with Legacy International CEO, Philip Jalufka, about the strategy behind creating a vertically-integrated capital deployment arm of the business; the process of selecting the right developers and projects to work with; and how Legacy International has responded to COVID-19 through enhanced communication and an embrace of the digital transformation that is fundamentally changing the business world. “We’re in t ..read more