GlobeSt Perspectives Podcast

Why the Complex Multifamily Market Needs Tech Innovation

These Strategies Achieve Stellar Risk-Adjusted Returns in Retail

Sigmund Cos. is challenging the status quo in retail investment with alternative investment strategies that are delivering value. Institutional investors have been hard focused on core grocery-anchored shopping centers for years, but the retail market has attractive opportunities beyond those properties. Under the leadership of managing partner Wright Sigmund, The Sigmund Companies has focused on convenience- and necessity-based retail in edge markets and lifestyle centers in larger markets to deliver the same risk-adjusted returns. Sigmund was recently named a retail real estate influencer by GlobeSt.com for his pioneering strategies that deliver meaningful value in alternative and often overlooked retail assets. Sigmund sat down with GlobeSt.com to discuss investment opportunities in retail including:   How to underwrite opportunities in necessity-based retail and lifestyle retail centers The importance of using tenant mix, lease-up and capital improvements to drive value at the property How the firm is using technology and AI to drive efficiency and remain competitive

Governance Versus Experimentation: Finding Balance in Your Tech Strategy

The commercial real estate (CRE) industry is fervently adopting AI, but a balanced technology strategy is the key to ensuring its success. CRE companies are widely implementing AI solutions and other emerging technologies to bolster investment strategy and create valuable efficiencies in processes. But in this rapid adoption, commercial real estate companies must remember to balance governance and best practices with experimentation and innovation. Finding that balance will ensure a successful technology program, according to Damu Bashyam, EVP and Chief Information and Innovation Officer at Berkadia. Bashyam was recently named a GlobeSt. tech influencer, and he's led the launch of Berkie, Berkadia's proprietary generative AI platform.  Bashyam sat down with us for an episode of GlobeSt.com's podcast to talk about technology adoption, including: -          -How to turn IT into a strategic growth enabler -          - What commercial real estate companies should do to advance technology programs this year -          -Why creating a balanced technology strategy with best practices is crucial to a successful tech adoption

Healthcare Real Estate Sets Up for a Better 2026

The healthcare sector has been navigating significant challenges, but Toby Scrivner of Northmarq is optimistic about 2026. The healthcare sector is in the middle of a challenging cycle. Meanwhile, a wave of consolidation and rising macroeconomic concerns made 2025 especially difficult for healthcare real estate strategy and investment. In this podcast, Toby Scrivner, SVP and director of the national healthcare group at Northmarq, unpacks it all. Scrivner was recently named a 2025 Top Healthcare Influencer by GlobeSt., and he has a storied reputation in the industry, completing more than 700 transactions. He takes us inside the healthcare sector to discuss: -          -How healthcare consolidation is impacting real estate strategy -          -Why a 40% increase in construction costs has increased occupancy costs for real estate and slowed transaction volumes -          - What he believes will lead to optimism in the coming year

Creative Solutions Are the Key to a Successful Healthcare Real Estate Strategy

In this podcast interview, Jaime Northam of Ryan Companies discusses the challenges facing healthcare providers and their impact on real estate strategy. Healthcare providers are facing steep hurdles, and healthcare real estate is at the center of this conversation. Demand for healthcare facilities continues to exceed the available supply, yet new construction has been hindered by market challenges.  Jaime Northam, senior vice president of healthcare development at Ryan Companies, however, is taking an innovative approach. She is helping healthcare providers find real estate solutions by re-evaluating real estate portfolios and finding creative capital solutions. In this podcast interview, Northam explains exactly how she is tackling today's healthcare challenges, including: -         Finding strategic solutions, like pursuing sale-leasebacks and connecting providers with existing spaces that fit their needs. -          Where she is seeing the most opportunity for healthcare real estate. -          How AI is transforming healthcare and driving the development of facilities that can support significant technological advancements.

The Undeniable Link Between Strong Leadership and Business Growth

Berkadia's SVP, co-head of investment sales and a GlobeSt. Best Boss explains how teambuilding and culture have helped support significant gains in the firm's pipeline. Strong leadership is the cornerstone of a strong business, and Berkadia is proving it. Despite market challenges, the firm has seen total production volume go up 30% year over year. Mike Miner, SVP and co-head of investment sales and production operations at Berkadia, attributes the success to the firm's strong team and company culture.  Miner recently won a Best Boss award from GlobeSt.com, and as a dedicated leader, he has recruited, trained and overseen a strong team. Now, that team is driving significant growth at the firm. In this podcast interview, we talked to Miner about the link between leadership and performance, discussing:  Why an experienced team can better serve clients What's behind the firm's significant investment sales activity this year How the firm is investing in and integrating new technologies to stay ahead of the curve and maintain a competitive advantage

Scaling Your Team to Keep Pace with Growth

The C-PACE market is expanding rapidly. To keep up with demand, this GlobeSt. Best Boss is investing in the best professionals. The PACE Loan Group is in the midst of seeing a spike in demand for C-PACE financing, the clean-energy financing tool that the firm specializes in. To support the rapid market growth—which will likely go global soon—Rafi Golberstein, founder and CEO of the PACE Loan Group, is focused on recruiting top talent to scale his team and create a collaborative culture that can support demand.  Golberstein was recently recognized by GlobeSt.com as a Best Boss for his commitment to his team of professionals and the positive company culture that he has created. Golberstein sat down for an interview with GlobeSt.com to talk about the award and growth in the C-PACE market. In the interview, Golberstein talks about: Why he has been team focused since founding the company What the lending pipeline for C-PACE in 2025 looks like How he is adapting his team alongside the growth in the market

Who's Buying, Who's Waiting and What's Next?

Commercial real estate investment sentiment is continuing to improve as investors step off of the sidelines and into the market. With a record $350 billion in dry powder waiting on the sidelines, investors are facing increasing pressure to deploy capital. Yet, about two-thirds of capital recently raised has not yet been deployed. Aaron Jodka, director of research for US Capital Markets at Colliers, said that the trend has started to change this year.  Investors are getting increasingly comfortable with the market conditions — namely higher-for-longer interest rates — and investment activity started to slowly improve in the second quarter. In this podcast interview, Jodka gives a deep analysis of the investment landscape, including: -          Investors that are actively buying, and the ones still waiting -          What needs to happen to help fuel more investment activity -          Why he is optimistic that investment volumes will gain momentum next year

Why Industrial Investors Are Favoring Multi-Tenant Facilities

GlobeSt.com Industrial Influencer Anthony Scavo talks about how his firm is finding success focusing on multi-tenant facilities in this exclusive podcast episode. Not every industrial facility is a big, sprawling Amazon warehouse. The industrial market is as diversified as any other asset class, and although large-format warehouses made the industrial market the darling of commercial real estate, the more niche property types are giving it stability.  Anthony Scavo, the managing partner of Basis Industrial and a 2025 Globest.com Industrial Influencer Award winner, talks about the firm's commitment to multi-tenant industrial facilities on this episode of GlobeSt.'s Influencers podcast. Scavo talks about: ●     Multi-tenant industrial facilities offering diversification;  ●     The benefits of buying in secondary markets and below replacement costs; ●     How tariffs could help increase demand in multi-tenant properties; and ●     Navigating through emerging challenges, like economic uncertainty, and offering flexible lease terms to tenants.

Net Lease Investors Have a Reason to Be Optimistic

Despite shifting fundamentals and increasing economic uncertainty, Gordon Whiting of TPG Angelo Gordon says that net lease assets are providing downside protection. Tariffs, interest rates, and a volatile stock market are weakening commercial real estate investment sentiment and pushing capital back to the sidelines—but net lease assets are the silver lining. Gordon Whiting, founder and co-portfolio manager of TPG Angelo Gordon's net lease strategy and a recent recipient of GlobeSt.com's Influencers of Net Lease award, has an optimistic outlook on net lease investment opportunity this year. Whiting sat down to talk about the net lease investment market. In the interview, he explains: ●     How the macroeconomic environment could affect net lease asset performance and investment ●     Opportunity for sale-lease back deals as companies look to monetize real estate assets ●     Why he is optimistic about net lease activity (and interest rates) in the second half of the year