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Noah Isaacs is Co-founder and Co-CEO at Bowery Valuation, a commercial real estate appraisal firm that is powering the best-in-class appraisers to help them appraise smarter and faster. Before co-founding Bowery, Noah worked for BBG, valuing over $2.5B worth of commercial real estate in New York. Noah graduated from McGill University with a major in Statistics and a double minor in Operations Management and Labor-Management Relations. He has on multiple occasions lectured at Columbia University, with a primary focus on Proptech and the future of real estate.(1:36) - State of the Commercial Real Estate market(8:38) - What's wrong with Commercial Real Estate appraisals?(13:22) - How Bowery Valuation solves collaboration issues during the appraisal process(15:56) - Feature - Transform Your City: Create urban spaces that lead to safer, healthier, and greener streets and cities.(17:17) - The future of Commercial Real Estate appraisal tech: Bowery Valuation's client-facing platform(21:16) - The 5-day Commercial loan vision(22:39) - New data sources for appraisals: tenant space usage and carbon emissions. (24:40) - The state of Office: are appraisers considering conversions or alternative highest and best uses?(28:24) - Bowery Valuation's fundraising journey: from MetaProp to Camber Creek to Goldman Sachs(39:56) - Benefits of having a strategically diverse investor stack - LeFrak, Capital One, Alpaca VC, Goldman Sachs, MetaProp, Camber Creek(42:46) - Future of Cities: What's one aspect of NYC Noah would choose to improve?(43:24) - Discomfort Zone: How Noah has adapted his leadership approach to empower Bowery's teamLearn More:💚Bowery Valuation's websiteFeatured:💚Transform Your City (website): AI-generated urban spaces to create to safer, healthier, and greener streets and cities. -To donate and support Transform Your City -> Donate nowConnect with Tangent:💚Edward Cohen on Twitter💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn💚Zach Aarons on Twitter💚Tangent on LinkedIn💚Tangent on Twitter

Learn More:💚Peak Power's website💚Peak Power on Twitter (@peakpower_inc)💚Peak Power on LinkedInImran Noorani is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder at Peak Power, a Canadian company that is putting commercial and industrial buildings at the center of the clean energy revolution.Featured:💚Virtuance (website): Real Estate Photography & 3D Tours at Scale💚Tangent on LinkedIn💚Tangent on Twitter💚Edward Cohen on Twitter(1:38) - Imran Noorani's background: from charging a Gameboy to powering commercial real estate(4:18) - What's the problem with our current building's energy infrastructure and grid system(8:10) - What economic, environmental and social benefits can commercial real estate owners unlock with Peak Power(14:25) - Feature: Virtuance - Real Estate Photography & 3D Tours Technology at Scale (15:34) - What commercial and industrial real estate asset types work best with Peak Power(18:17) - How are buildings generating carbon emissions and polluting the environment(20:47) - Prioritizing innovation within the ESG framework(24:31) - How to finance and find the right partners for a clean energy building retrofit(30:22) - What can cities learn from Canada's innovation ecosystem?(34:51) - Future of Cities: What would Imran change about Toronto?(36:20) - Discomfort Zone: Applying diversity across everything we do

Zach Aarons has been working at the intersection of real estate and venture capital for the past decade. Zach is the most active early-stage PropTech investor in the United States, having funded over 60 startups in the space as an individual and 150 startups through MetaProp NYC’s venture capital funds. Zach also teaches Real Estate at Columbia Grad School and is a published author with his book Proptech 101. Zach has also worked on large scale mixed-use development projects in cities like Boston and Los Angeles with Millennium Partners.Learn More:💚Zach Aarons on Twitter💚MetaProp's website💚Zach's book Proptech 101Featured:💚Market Stadium (site): Optimize Your Real Estate Market Due DiligenceOther Resources:💚Think Again by Adam GrantConnect with Tangent:💚Edward Cohen on Twitter💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn💚Tangent on LinkedIn💚Tangent on Twitter

Tangent is back with a new limited series hosted by Edward Cohen & Jeffrey Berman (Partner at Camber Creek). In this episode, we introduce the series' main themes, including how Proptech leaders are improving our cities and quality of life, how will the remote work revolution reshape our cities and impact Real Estate valuations, the Great Tech Correction (don't call it Dotcom 2.0) and how we can tackle the Housing supply and affordability crisis. We will examine these topics through diverse frames, including founders, venture capitalists, real estate investors, public sector leaders and media and academia experts.Connect with Tangent:💚Edward Cohen on Twitter💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn💚Tangent on LinkedIn💚Tangent on TwitterFeatured: 💚Quext - Smart Apartment Technology (learn more)

Tangent on LinkedInTangent on TwitterTo learn more:💚MetaProp (site)Maureen Waters on LinkedInFeatured:💚Urban Impact Agency (site) - Making cities smarter and more sustainable.💚ility (site) - SaaS platform enabling commercial real estate owners to increase NOI by creating awesome workplaces.To learn more: hello@ility.comMaureen Waters, Partner at MetaProp, the largest Proptech Venture Capital firm focused on early-stage Proptech companies, with over 150 investments in startups. Maureen leads the growth of MetaProp’s Innovation Services, where she helps commercial real estate LP's leverage Data, ESG & Climate Tech and prioritize, pilot and deploy tech solutions across their portfolios. Prior to MetaProp, Maureen was President of Ten-X, one of the largest online commercial real estate marketplaces. Maureen was previously head of real estate and asset management at Bill Gates Investments and Cushman & Wakefield.

Tangent on LinkedInTangent on TwitterTo learn more:Rabbet (website)Will Mitchell on social: LinkedInAlso featured:Knock - Residential leasing proptech with self-touring technologySupportive Housing Network of NY - Collective effort to end homelessness among the most vulnerable New Yorkers

Tangent on LinkedInTangent on TwitterLearn more:ProptechVC Zain Jaffer on TwitterBoxabl - Modular homes constructionAlso featured:Jelly - The new following experience (NFT's)Zain Jaffer, Partner at Bluefield Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm investing in Commercial Real Estate & Proptech. Zain stepped into the real estate world after he sold his start up called Vungle to Blackstone for $780 million. 

Tangent on LinkedInTangent on TwitterTo learn more:Rudin ManagementNantum OS - Prescriptive DataAlso featured:RealEstateXTechnology - Newsletter about modern real estate and the technologies that impact it Boom - The most flexible and rewarding way to pay rentMichael Rudin, SVP of Rudin Management and a key member of his family's proptech investing business Rudin Ventures, shares on Tangent what it takes to stay relevant in a saturated market; from tenant-focused renovations that prioritize both physical and technological amenities, to being a corporate leader in ESG strategies and the importance of public-private partnerships to solve some of the most challenging issues the industry is currently facing.  

Tangent on LinkedInTangent on TwitterTo learn more:FullStack ModularRoger Krulak on LinkedinAlso featured:Neighbor - Peer to peer self storage and vehicle storage marketplace Knock - Residential leasing proptech with self-touring technologyOn this Tangent episode, we dissect the state of modular construction with FullStack Modular's CEO Roger Krulak, a pioneering development and construction executive with over 25 years of experience in the industry. Roger walks us through why the design-bid-build model is inefficient, and how off-site construction can help stakeholders better collaborate and align incentives which will ultimately result in time and cost efficiencies. We also discuss how there needs to be a paradigm shift around modular construction, and how public/private partnerships can help alleviate the housing supply and affordability crisis. 

Austin Allison is the Co-founder and CEO of Pacaso, a service that creates a more accessible category of second-home ownership and that is currently valued at $1BN. As a 2nd time founder after the successful exit of his first proptech company Dootlop to Zillow, Austin shares with us the lessons learnt throughout his entrepreneurial journey - such as what it takes to be a founder, which resources to optimize for, and how to think about industry pain points and TAM - and more broadly, his views on the housing crisis in the US. To learn more:Pacaso - The modern way to buy and own a second homeAustin Allison on social: Twitter & InstagramAlso featured:Culdesac - The first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the USSupportive Housing Network of NY - Collective effort to end homelessness among the most vulnerable New Yorkers💚 Connect with Tangent:➡️ Edward Cohen on LinkedIn➡️ Tangent on LinkedInDisclaimer: Tangent podcast is for entertainment and informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advise. Nothing contained on our program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by Tangent, Camber Creek, MetaProp, or any third party guest to buy or sell any securities, public or private, other financial instruments or funds.