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5 Point Proven Method For Raising Capital for Real Estate - Hunter Thompson - Asym Capital
The CRE Project
04/23/20 • 53 min
On today's show we learn a 5 point proven method to raise capital for commercial real estate and how to foster, grow and build relationships with investors. We sit down with Hunter Thompson. Hunter is the Managing Principal at Asym Capital and has raised over $30 million dollars in private money and is currently managing over $100 million dollars in commercial real estate.
Hunter is a very successful investor along with being a best selling author of his book, "Raising Capital for Real Estate: How to Attract Investors, Establish Credibility, and Fund Deals". Link to purchase the book can be found here
He is also the host of the Cash Flow Connection Podcast which can be found on all major platforms.
Bio From Hunter's Linked In Account -
Having a background in economics has allowed me to achieve a holistic approach to analyzing real estate data and has led me to an unique perspective on out-of-state investing. The goal of my business is to help clients invest in passive cash flow opportunities that provide a healthy return on investment, without the headaches associated with the stock market's volatility. I have analyzed and closed residential real estate acquisitions, hard money loans, bridge financing opportunities, commercial and residential syndications, mobile home parks, retail opportunities, and syndicated office space investments. I have worked with multiple asset teams across several geographic locations in the US and Canada. My main priority is establishing an extremely diverse portfolio without exposing client's capital to unnecessary risk.
Contact Info Below:
Hunter Thompson, Managing Principal
(323)546-8039 | For Conferences: (712)775-7085, Dial In: 765775#
5600 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 638, Los Angeles, CA 90036
03/31/20 • 41 min
Today (3/30/2020) we discuss the impact of Covid 19 on Commercial Real Estate and estimated timelines for recovery. We are speaking with Spencer Levy which is one of the most well known and knowledgeable individuals in the CRE industry when it comes to economics and research.
Spencer Levy is Chairman of Americas Research for CBRE and Senior Economic Advisor for CBRE. He plays an integral role in the development and implementation of the global research strategy and business plan. A CBRE veteran of more than 10 years, Spencer had previously served as Executive Managing Director in the company’s Capital Markets division.
Mr. Levy oversees the analytical activities of the CBRE research community within the Americas region and is responsible for the management of hundreds of professionals who are focused on producing market-leading insight and interpretative analysis on the latest real estate trends. Mr. Levy supports CBRE executives in their decision-making by providing insight into the impact of market trends related to strategic business planning, and analyst call preparation.
He serves as principal external spokesperson on real estate issues in the Americas region and has considerable media experience, providing market commentary for many national television, newspaper and internet outlets.
Mr. Levy joined CBRE in 2007 to lead the U.S. Eastern Division of the Capital Markets platform. Since then, he has assumed positions of increasing responsibility. As a part of senior management for the Capital Markets platform, Mr. Levy provided leadership for several areas in the United States and Latin America. Mr. Levy provided additional oversight of Retail, Auction and Investment Banking in the United States. He also directly serves a number of major clients.
Mr. Levy is a frequent speaker before industry groups, including NAIOP, ICSC, ULI and CREW. In 2010, he won CBRE’s Gary J. Beban Teamwork Award, which acknowledges professionals who take a multi-disciplinary approach to client service. Mr. Levy currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women.
Prior to joining CBRE, he was a principal at Stifel Nicolaus (formerly Legg Mason Capital Markets), a leading investment bank serving the real estate industry, where he played a significant role in M&A, IPO and private capital-raising activities. Before that, he served as assistant general counsel at the Witkoff Group and was an attorney at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Jones Day Reavis & Pogue.
Resourceful Links
CBRE’s main page for CRE research and content related to COVID-19: https://www.cbre.com/covid-19
CBRE’s revised 2020 outlook for the US hotel industry: https://www.cbrehotels.com/en/research/articles/hotel-viewpoint-an-updated-2020-outlook
CBRE 2019 Green Building Adoption Index for Multifamily Buildings: https://www.cbre.com/research-and-reports/US-Green-Building-Adoption-Index-for-Multifamily-Buildings-2019
CBRE 2019 Green Building Adoption Index for Office Buildings: https://www.cbre.com/research-and-reports/US-Green-Building-Adoption-Index-for-Office-Buildings--2019
CBRE Global Outlook 2030 (i.e. 10 bold predictions for commercial real estate by 2030): https://www.cbre.com/2030
Keeping Retail Real Estate Relevant - Terry Montesi
The CRE Project
11/30/20 • 51 min
In this episode we sit down with one of the most accomplished and forward thinking CEO's in the CRE industry, Terry Montesi.
Terry is the founder and CEO of Trademark Property Company out of Ft. Worth. He is also the host of the podcast Leaning In. Leaning In is a podcast exploring the future of the retail and mixed-use real estate. Terry, and other executives of Trademark, speak with experts from various backgrounds and areas to discuss brick-and-mortar retail in an e-commerce world and what it looks like to lean into it while others are leaning out.
As founder and CEO, Terry Montesi has led Trademark Property Co. through 28 years of innovative, community-focused development. Under his leadership, Trademark has worked on more than $3.9B and 18M SF of some of the most stakeholder-centric retail and mixed-use properties in the United States.
Terry is the driving force behind Trademark’s collaborative, community-driven approach to development. Pulling from his 30-plus years of industry experience, he has cultivated a company philosophy that is defined by creating meaningful customer experiences, collaborating with communities, and unlocking potential. Terry’s commitment to constant evolution and long-time support of the core tenets of Conscious Capitalism led him to create Trademark’s own conscious development model, The Conscious Place, setting the tone for a continued focus on innovative and experiential retail and mixed-use places.
Terry sits on the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Board of Trustees; is a member of the North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors Hall of Fame, the World Presidents’ Organization, and the Urban Land Institute (ULI); and has served on numerous committees and judging panels for ULI, ICSC and the Texas Exes.
As active participant in the Fort Worth community Terry holds, or has held, leadership positions with the Union Gospel Mission of Fort Worth, Christ Chapel Bible Church, the Trinity Habitat for Humanity, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and Junior Achievement. In addition, he is an enthusiastic supporter of the Movember Foundation.
Before founding Trademark in 1992, Terry was a principal and co-founder of Huff, Brous, McDowell & Montesi, Inc., Fort Worth’s largest commercial brokerage and management firm. Earlier in his career, he worked for Lincoln Property Company. In 1986, he and his brother became Blockbuster Video’s fourth franchisee.
Terry earned his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and BBA from the University of Mississippi. He and his wife live in Fort Worth, TX and are proud parents to three grown children.
Making it in CRE Development: John McNellis
The CRE Project
04/14/20 • 51 min
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and Hastings College of The Law, John practiced law until he co-founded McNellis Partners, a Northern California shopping center development firm, in 1982.
John is a decades’ long member of the Urban Land Institute—a founding member of its Environmental Task Force—and the ICSC. He is a ULI Governor, has chaired two separate ULI Councils and served as both a Trustee and Council Councilor. He has also served on the board of directors for Lambda Alpha International (Golden Gate Chapter).
A frequent lecturer on real estate topics, John writes a monthly column for the Registry magazine and is the author of the critically acclaimed book, “Making it in Real Estate: Starting out as a Developer”, a primer on the fundamentals of running a development company that is now an industry standard and taught in universities nationwide. His lecture series on YouTube is the most widely viewed of all of the ULI’s video presentations.
John is actively involved with Outward Bound USA, having served on its national board of directors and now on its advisory board. He is a past president of the board of directors of Rebuilding Together Peninsula and is a board member emeritus. He has also served on the board of directors for the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center and was a seventeen-year volunteer at the Palo Alto Downtown Streets Team’s Food Closet.
Link to Book: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Real-Estate-Starting-Developer/dp/087420383X
Contact Info:
John E. McNellis
McNellis Partners
Read my REGISTRY MAGAZINE columns
419 Waverley Street
Palo Alto California 94301
650.853.3904
650.853.3910 (fax)
[email protected]
BRAD ALLEN AND LANCE SIGMON - Understanding Partnerships, Syndication and What It Takes to Make it In Commercial Development
The CRE Project
09/10/19 • 50 min
In this episode with learn from two very dynamic commercial real estate developers, Lance Sigmon and Brad Allen. They walk us through their history, some war stories and most importantly understanding partnerships, syndications and what it takes to make it in commercial development. You will get insight into how they underwrite deals and how they plan for any recession. Very, very, valuable information.
Brad has been involved in real estate brokerage, development, and investing since 1995. He co-founded Allen Sigmon Real Estate Group with Lance Sigmon in 2011. Prior to this he was the Sales Manager at Roger Cox & Associates in 1997 and then promoted to President in 2001, where he served for 10 years.
He has been involved in the ground-up development and redevelopment of approximately 1,500,000 square feet and currently owns and manages approximately 1,200,000 square feet of retail, office, multi-family, hotel, and industrial space. Brad has been involved in over 40 partnerships that have proven to be a vital component of his success. He is familiar with all aspects of development, whether it’s acquiring raw or developed land, working with architects and designers for optimal functionality and layout on new construction or existing buildings.
Lance Sigmon co-founded Allen Sigmon Real Estate Group with Brad Allen in 2011, after over seven years as a top producing commercial real estate broker. Today, Allen Sigmon Real Estate group is recognized as a premier full service commercial real estate company, with development, brokerage, investment, and property management services all found in one location. Lance and Brad personally own and manage over 1 million square feet of commercial property.
Lance’s development experience includes entitlement work, subdividing, construction, rezoning, financing, equity syndication and oversight of all aspects of the development team. He has acquired and/or developed numerous properties including award-winning hotels, shopping centers, warehouses, apartment complexes, office buildings, residential lots, retail pad sites, and stand-alone retail buildings.
Brad Allen Contact Information
Brad Allen
Phone: (505) 884-4699
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.allensigmon.com
Lance Sigmon Contact Information
Phone: (505) 884-4699
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.allensigmon.com
Make a Friend, Make a Deal - Stuart Zall
The CRE Project
01/19/21 • 60 min
In this episode we sit down with an industry leader to discuss his rise and success in the brokerage business and his outlook on the retail real estate landscape.
Stuart founded The Zall Company, LLC, in 2000. He has more than 35 years of retail-leasing
expertise to bring to his role as company president. As part of a joint project, he also served
as vice president of leasing at Pacific Realty Services (PRS), expanding both companies’
presence domestically and in China. Stuart is a founding member of Retail Intelligence
Advisors, a real estate advisory firm that provides hands-on retail and shopping center
analysis and due diligence.
Under his guidance, The Zall Company has established itself as a premier retail brokerage
firm serving retailers, landlords and developers internationally from offices in Denver and
Boca Raton. Client projects cover everything from high-street retail to outlet malls to upscale
shopping centers. Through his efforts, major retailers and international retail giants H&M,
Sephora and Uniqlo were established in the Denver Pavilions. Stuart also established the first
Cheesecake Factory in Gainesville, FL and True Food Kitchen in Louisiana. He engaged with
PRS in leasing efforts with a “Western format” outlet mall in Xi’an, China.
Prior to founding The Zall Company, Stuart served as vice president and director of Lord
Associates. When Lord was acquired by The Taubman Company, a publicly traded
multibillion-dollar real estate trust (TCO), he continued as director of value retail leasing.
Stuart Zall
2946 Larimer Street, Denver, CO 80205 303.804.5656
[email protected]
How the Evolution of the Apparel Industry is Going to Impact CRE - Larry Meyer (Former CEO of Forever 21)
The CRE Project
06/02/21 • 61 min
We are excited for this episode as we sit down with a very experience and seasoned Apparel Retailer and get his take on the evolution of the Apparel Industry and how it is going to impact CRE.
Larry Meyer is an experienced Retail C-Suite Executive (UNIQLO, Forever 21, Gymboree, Toys R' Us, Pepsi Co.) and active independent board member (Forever 21, John Varvatos, Rue 21).
With years of experience growing both private and public companies, Larry is a wealth of knowledge when is comes to the apparel industry and site selection.
09/13/21 • 51 min
In this episode we sit down with a true veteran in the CRE industry, Bob Mohr. We discuss how Bob has built his empire and how he has actually thrived during COVID when most have struggled. We dive into the retail, industrial and office segments separately and get his take on the current events and future of each segment! We hope you enjoy!
Here is additional information about our guest!
Two years after the Indiana native moved to Dallas to begin a promising career in commercial real estate, the market crashed. A less tenacious individual might have been disheartened by the downturn in 1986. Bob Mohr saw it as an opportunity to serve an underrepresented clientele—commercial real estate tenants who had no choice but to work with brokers and others representing both sides of a transaction.
As the Founder and CEO of Mohr Partners, he leveraged his long-term vision, savvy negotiating skills and commitment to looking out for his clients’ best interests into a unique business model that has made Mohr Partners the go-to representative for high-profile corporations around the globe. Today, the company provides a comprehensive suite of client-focused services that include web-based software, strategic planning, economic development, construction management, lease administration, financing, and brokerage services.
With 24 offices and more than 300 associates, Mohr is the largest exclusive corporate real estate services firm in North America—overseeing 500 million square feet of space in more than 20,000 locations.
In 2000, Bob’s entrepreneurial instincts were the catalyst behind the creation of Mohr Capital—an innovative real estate investment firm that improves and develops office, industrial and retail properties across the country while offering unrivaled lease rates and a unique share of profits to tenants. Under his leadership, Mohr Capital counts Verizon, Hertz, Baylor Scott & White, Goodyear, Cooper Tire & Rubber and Northrup Grumman among the prestigious tenants and corporate users occupying Mohr Capital properties throughout the United States.
Following Bob’s example of conscious capitalism and community service, the team at Mohr Capital are passionate advocates in their communities—actively helping organization such as Jonathan’s Place, a Dallas-based safe haven for abused and neglected children, teens and young adults.
Bob Mohr
Mohr Capital
214-273-8603
From Rancher to Real Estate Developer
The CRE Project
03/14/22 • 62 min
In this episode, we sit down with John Black, which is a synonymous name with Commercial Real Estate in Albuquerque, NM. We discuss John's history with taking his 1,000 plus acre ranch and developing it into one of the largest retail trade areas in the State of New Mexico. We discuss what he learned and experienced throughout the years and also how he feels about today's market.
John F. Black has been in the real estate business for over 40 years. John specializes in vacant land entitlements, sales, and project development in the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho Metropolitan area.
John originally developed a 1,150 acre planned community known as the Seven Bar Ranch and Cottonwood Mall 3.8 million square foot commercial trade area within the Seven Bar Ranch development and planned and zoned and annexed the 6,700 acres NW Bernalillo County Black Ranch property now referred to as the Quail Ranch in the City of Rio Rancho.
As the former Managing Partner in the Seven Bar Land and Cattle Company which owned 1,150 acres in NW Albuquerque John planned, re-zoned, and developed and/or sold over 400 acres of commercial land in the Seven Bar Ranch project (Cottonwood Mall retail subarea of Albuquerque). This retail development area is the largest retail trade area in New Mexico containing over 3.8 million square foot commercial development today. The feature retail project in the Seven Bar Ranch Cottonwood subarea is the 95 acre 1.2 million square foot Cottonwood Regional Mall owned by the world's largest retail mall owner, the Simon Group. Other featured retail developments that are in this 3.8 million square foot retail trade area are the 41 acre Cottonwood Plaza and 60 acre Cottonwood Corners power center located within the Seven Bar Ranch on Albuquerque's Northwest metro area.
John is also involved with many build-to-suit leases and ground leases in the Cottonwood Mall area. As the Managing Partner owner and developer, John was the principal partner responsible for developing and leasing the Corrales Shopping Center, Alameda West Shopping Center, and Las Tiendas Shopping Center in the Seven Bar Ranch project.
John has been a partner and developer in several other major developments outside of the Seven Bar ranch. He developed the Promenade Shopping Center in Northeast Albuquerque, Montano Plaza, and Coors Central Shopping Center in Northwest Albuquerque. John is currently working on several new retail projects in the City of Rio Rancho and his remaining properties in the Cottonwood Mall subarea.
John is a partner in two planning and development lease projects with the State Land Office of New Mexico. These properties are in the northern area of the City of Rio Rancho. City Centre project is a new urban downtown development in Downtown Rio Rancho.
The 530 ace mixed-use Paseo Gateway project fronts on the new Paseo del Volcan west side freeway (the only new Metro freeway in Central New Mexico since the 1960s). Paseo Gateway features the new LEEDS certified Sue Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho and the new Cleveland Heights residential subdivision now under development and several key commercial land tracts in the City of Rio Rancho.
John Black has served over 13 years on the Board Member of the Laguna Development Corporation which is a multi-million dollar company operating a hotel and casino, a supermarket, travel centers, restaurants, and over 1,100 employees in the west Metro area.
From Real Estate Novice to Industry Leader: Grant's Story of Founding Stoic Equity Partners
The CRE Project
06/21/24 • 54 min
Curious to know how a landscaper and residential real estate agent became the founder of a successful commercial real estate firm?
Discover how Grant's diverse career path, from selling houses to cold-calling for hotels, ultimately led him to establish Stoic Equity Partners. Tune in as he unveils his journey and the crucial experiences that shaped his entrepreneurial success.
Join us as Grant recounts his early struggles, finding his footing in commercial real estate, and the pivotal moments that led to the creation of Stoic Equity Partners. Learn about the importance of mentorship, the challenges of raising capital, and the strategic decisions that shaped their enterprise. Grant shares both successes and setbacks, offering valuable lessons on deal structuring, investor relations, and market insights.
This episode is a must-listen for aspiring real estate investors, entrepreneurs looking for guidance on building a business, and anyone interested in commercial real estate. Listen in to gain practical advice and inspiration from Grant's remarkable story and his expertise in the industry.
Episode Highlights:
00:59 - Grant's Career Journey
01:27 - Early Career and Real Estate Beginnings
03:14 - Transition to Commercial Real Estate
04:53 - Founding Stoic Equity Partners
05:55 - Challenges and Lessons in Real Estate
11:13 - Balancing Brokerage and Principal Roles
15:06 - Building Stoic Equity Partners
18:51 - Raising Capital: Strategies and Challenges
23:44 - Successes and Learning Experiences
28:03 - Closing the Deal: Lessons Learned
28:37 - Project Update: Current Status and Challenges
29:22 - Partnerships and Early Career Insights
30:16 - Success Stories: Flex Industrial Strategy
31:06 - Structuring Syndication Deals
35:41 - Navigating Investor Relationships
39:34 - Market Trends and Investment Strategy
45:01 - Finding Deals in Secondary Markets
47:12 - Building Broker Relationships
50:13 - Resources and Advice for Aspiring Investors
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The CRE Project currently has 59 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Investing, Podcasts and Business.
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The episode title 'What to Know When Developing Workforce Housing - Scott Choppin - Urban Pacific' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on The CRE Project is 52 minutes.
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Episodes of The CRE Project are typically released every 26 days, 18 hours.
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The first episode of The CRE Project was released on Aug 30, 2019.
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