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Current Season: First Draft Live
Between economic whiplash, shifting policies and market volatility that changes by the hour, you need industry insights that cut through the noise. That's exactly why we're launching First Draft Live, a new weekly series that breaks down what's happening, why it matters and what you need to know to do better business.
Join us live on Bisnow.com every Friday at 12:30 PM ET / 9:30AM PT for conversations with the industry's sharpest minds discussing the week's most critical stories, or catch the replay right afterwards — here on your podcast app of choice.
Latest episodes

Feb 19, 2021 • 26min
Make Yourself At Home: Vijay Dandapani
CEO of the Hotel Association of New York City Vijay Dandapani talks about the hotel industry recovery and what it will take to bring tourism back.

Feb 12, 2021 • 25min
Make Yourself At Home: Jerry Salama
Jerry Salama talks about building a lab property in the city, balancing the risk and the reward of that kind of asset -- and why he believes in the burgeoning life sciences ecosystem in New York City.

Feb 5, 2021 • 28min
Make Yourself At Home: Katherine Huh
PwC’s Advisory Real Estate Director Katherine Huh speaks about what has set some employers apart from others in the pandemic, and how companies are plotting their return to work.

Jan 29, 2021 • 17min
Make Yourself At Home: Sonny Kalsi
BentallGreenOak CEO Sonny Kalsi on why the Asian office market is less at risk from the remote work movement, and why he thinks it will take New York City up to five years to recover from the fallout from the pandemic.

Jan 22, 2021 • 21min
Make Yourself At Home: Bill Rudin
Rudin CEO Bill Rudin talks about the challenged state of New York City, his faith in its ability to survive and and why he's certain the office environment will make a comeback.

Jan 15, 2021 • 18min
Make Yourself At Home: Reggie Thomas
On this episode, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at the Real Estate Board of New York Reggie Thomas discusses how the group will lobby government in 2021, the impact of a unified federal government and how real estate can help with the testing and vaccine effort.

Dec 18, 2020 • 27min
Make Yourself At Home: Jeffrey Bank
Alicart CEO Jeffrey Bank talks about the restaurant industry's fight for survival -- as well as what he considers a failure of government and when he expects business to start to return.

Dec 11, 2020 • 25min
Make Yourself At Home: Bess Freedman
Brown Harris Stevens CEO Bess Freedman talks about the state of the city's residential market, and the industry's plans to take on the looming Pied-a-terre tax.

Dec 4, 2020 • 25min
Make Yourself At Home: Joanne Podell
Cushman & Wakefield's veteran retail broker talks about falling rents, the future of luxury in the city and the neighborhood struggling the most in the pandemic.

Nov 20, 2020 • 28min
Make Yourself At Home: Ken McIntyre
to join the industry and thrive."
Ken McIntyre, the CEO of the Real Estate Executive Council, a trade association for executives of color in commercial real estate, talks about the importance of diverse suppliers in commercial real estate and why brokerage remains one of the least diverse areas of the industry.