The Crexi Commercial Real Estate Podcast: Conversations in All Things CRE ReConversations: Rob Walters of Quattro Development
This is ReConversations, a special interview with Rob Walters, Owner and Principal at Quattro Development, live from ICSC ReCon 2023.
ReConversations is an exclusive mini-series of The Crexi Podcast, an insider’s look at all things commercial real estate, powered by NNN Pro Group.The Crexi team visited ICSC ReCon LIVE in Las Vegas from the floor of the convention center at the NNN Pro Group’s booth.
The Crexi Podcast explores various aspects of the commercial real estate industry in conversation with some of the top CRE professionals in the space. In each episode, we feature different guests to tap into their wealth of CRE expertise and explore the latest trends and updates from the world of commercial real estate.
In this episode, Crexi’s Yannis Papadakis sits with Rob to cover wide-ranging topics, including:
- Introductions, early career moves, and why go into development
- Key mentors, lessons learned, and importance of putting the tenants first
- Finding the right retail clients, prioritizing creativity, and cultivating an investment ethos for success
- Thoughts on the current retail landscape and development challenges
- The impact of rising construction and amenities costs on tenant rents and managing pricing expectations
- Rapid fire questions and sign-offs
- And much more!
A special shout out and thanks to our friends at the NNN Pro Group, the market leading net lease investment sales and advisory team who is making this podcast series possible. NNN Pro Group has completed over $30 billion in net lease sales and is one of the largest sale-leaseback advisors in the country. To learn more about their team and services, you can visit their website.
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About Rob Walters:
Rob Walters spent his first three years in the real estate business at InSite Real Estate Development in Oak Brook, IL focused on acquiring land sites for the development and leasing of small-shop retail space. In three years he developed twelve projects in four states. In addition to these developments, he signed leases and built relationships with many retailers including Chipotle, FedEx Kinkos, T-Mobile, Allcare Dental & Dentures, Duckwall-Alco, Sprint, Potbelly Sandwich Works, and Starbucks.
Rob left InSite in April of 2007 to start Astro Real Estate Development which was the precursor to Quattro Development L.L.C., his current venture that is solely focused on small-shop retail build-to-suit projects nationwide. Quattro endeavors to be the premier developer of small-shop retail space in the country. Rob graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s College of Business with a Finance degree.
Rob also served in the National Guard as an officer and is currently active as a founder of First Chance, a not for profit organization that sends lower income, inner-city high school students on study and volunteer abroad opportunities.
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