Leading Voices in Real Estate
Matt Slepin
The Leading Voices in Real Estate podcast series interviews some of the most successful, interesting, entrepreneurial people who shape our cities and the built environment. Host Matt Slepin gets to the personal side not often heard from these legends and visionaries, their career stories and advice, and their role in creating vibrant communities with character, beauty, and a high quality of life.
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May 16, 2017 • 39min
Tom Geddes | CEO of Plank Industries
A chance meeting on a playground led Kevin Plank, Under Armour’s founder, to ask Tom Geddes to oversee his private investments. Tom’s leadership is enhancing Baltimore’s waterfront and how the public experiences the city.Learn more about Plank IndustriesLearn more about Tom Geddes
May 2, 2017 • 39min
Janet Marie Smith | Executive Vice President Planning and Development of Los Angeles Dodgers
Janet Marie Smith had a homerun vision for Camden Yards, the first baseball stadium in 70 years that was built within the existing urban fabric of any U.S. city. With stadium work in Boston and Atlanta also under her belt, she is now enhancing 55-year-old Dodger Stadium.Learn more about Janet Marie SmithRead more about Janet Marie Smith’s involvement with Camden Yards
Apr 19, 2017 • 41min
Andrés Duany | Founder of Congress for the New Urbanism/DPZ CoDesign
Following the advice of his grandfather, Andrés Duany knows he can either be popular or indispensable, and he’s chosen the latter. Made famous by his traditional neighborhood design of Seaside, Florida, Duany has led the charge in creating new urbanist communities.Learn more about Andrés Duany and DPZRead more about New Urbanism
Apr 5, 2017 • 41min
Scott Cowen | President of Tulane University
How does one prepare for an unexpected crisis? Scott Cowen managed to lead Tulane University through Hurricane Katrina, strengthening the student body and city of New Orleans in the process by strategically integrating the two.Learn more about Scott Cowen and the rebuilding of Tulane and New OrleansLearn more about the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives
Mar 22, 2017 • 48min
MaryAnne Gilmartin | President & CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies
MaryAnne Gilmartin defies many conventions in the real estate world. She wears high heels to construction sites of major New York City projects and has achieved the top leadership position in a family business where she has no relation.Learn more about Forest City Ratner CompaniesLearn more about MaryAnne Gilmartin
Mar 8, 2017 • 47min
Toby Bozzuto | President & CEO of The Bozzuto Group
Growing up, Toby Bozzuto did not want to work in the family business—yet now he is the CEO. Toby began his career in the music industry but was drawn into the real estate world because of the foundational values his father set for the Bozzuto Group.Learn more about BozzutoRead more about taking over the family business
Feb 7, 2017 • 37min
Alex Gilliam | Director of Public Workshop
Teens using power tools? That’s the foundation for Alex Gilliam’s two nonprofits. He brings together youth to physically build amenities in their struggling neighborhoods. These students learn how to engage civically while changing the urban landscape.Learn more about Alex Gilliam and Public WorkshopWatch Alex Gilliam’s TED Talk
Feb 7, 2017 • 38min
Kimber Lanning | Founder of Local First Arizona
Kimber Lanning has operated an independent record store in downtown Phoenix for 30 years. Her experience as a small business owner led her to start Local First Arizona, advocating for self-reliant, unique downtowns that can support the little guy.Learn more about Kimber Lanning and Local First Arizona
Jan 31, 2017 • 48min
Steve Leeper | President & CEO of 3CDC
Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood was one of the most blighted in the country, impeding on the city’s economic development. Leveraging creative financing as well as civic and corporate partnerships, Steve Leeper has led 3CDC in the transformation of this historic neighborhood.Learn more about Steve Leeper and 3CDCLearn more about the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood
Jan 24, 2017 • 41min
Egbert Perry | CEO of Integral Group
Egbert Perry of the Integral Group developed the national model for mixed-income housing. He has since been changing the notion of which industry sectors people of color are accepted, and successfully forging into market-rate commercial projects.Read more about Egbert Perry and the Integral GroupRead a 1998 article on the creation of Centennial Place
