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In this episode, Tyler Pillen, AEC lead at Turner Housing Innovation Labs, discusses the evolution of proptech, emphasizing a shift toward solutions that genuinely address development pain points, especially with AI integration. He shares his unconventional journey—from a New Jersey upbringing through USC, Stanford, and a non‑completed PhD at UC Berkeley—to his current focus on scaling affordable, equitable, and sustainable housing innovations. Pillen highlights systemic challenges in affordable housing, such as climate risk exposure for low‑income communities, financing gaps, and policy misalignments, and explains how Turner’s research labs aim to create data‑driven, interdisciplinary strategies to overcome these barriers.
The episode breaks down the UK Government’s Warm Homes Plan—a £15 billion initiative to retrofit up to five million homes, provide zero‑interest loans for solar and heat‑pump installations, and tighten landlord duties to lift half a million families out of fuel...
In episode #372, host discusses a viral real‑estate video that showcases a luxury home as more than a property—it's presented as the embodiment of the American dream. The conversation breaks down the marketing tactics used in the video, including cinematic...
In this episode, Claire Asher talks with Vikas Enti, co‑founder and CEO of Reframe Systems, about how their robotic micro‑factory platform enables mass‑customized, climate‑resilient homes. Enti explains the end‑to‑end workflow—from site analysis and automated design to robot‑guided panel fabrication and...
In this episode, James Cook talks with Paul Sill, head of JLL’s Visionary Insights Group, about how data‑driven analytics can guide retail and restaurant site selection while avoiding the trap of mistaking correlation for causation. Sill explains how their predictive...
In this episode, Harmeet Mann, CEO and co‑founder of MEHR Consultancy, walks through the cross‑platform tech stack that powers her third‑party hotel management firm, highlighting tools like Inflow for finance, Monday.com for task and document management, Slack for communication, and...
In this episode, James Holbrook, founder and executive chairman of WearHub, discusses how proptech is evolving from fixing isolated pain points to redesigning market structures, using industrial real estate as a case study. He explains his 20‑year journey from brokerage...
In this episode the hosts explore whether a true single source of truth (SSOT) for construction project data is achievable or merely aspirational. NuFORMA’s Dave Wagner and Carl Beillette argue that a single vendor solution is unrealistic; instead, the goal...
In this episode, host Edward Cohen and co‑host Zach Ahrens sit down with Moshe Crane, VP of Sage Ventures and author of the Curious Deal newsletter, to dissect the current state of multifamily real estate. Moshe explains how nuanced market...
In this episode, Marco Noble, founder and CEO of Fuse, discusses his evolution from creating the global student community platform Socials to building Fuse, a vertically integrated flex‑living brand for young people across Central and Eastern Europe. He explains how...
In this episode, hosts Jonathan Marsh and Travis Voss explore how AI can address broken processes in construction while warning against deskilling the workforce. They discuss the concept of "context graphs"—linking decision traces across systems like Salesforce, Slack, and email—to...
In this episode, Antti Pukema of Sitedrive discusses moving beyond traditional Gantt chart scheduling to a flow‑based production approach that integrates CPM, Takt, and Last Planner systems into a single "one schedule". He explains how this methodology eliminates idle "white...
In this episode, Shahar Goldboim, co‑founder and CEO of Boom, explains why short‑term rentals (STRs) are the most complex asset class and how fragmented software tools trap hosts in a review‑driven revenue loop. He describes the genesis of Boom—a Business‑as‑Software...
In this episode, Petra Durnin, a veteran CRE researcher and tech‑to‑impact strategist, explains why the industry’s biggest hurdle isn’t more tools but cleaner, more integrated data. She walks through her career trajectory, from a temp analyst to leading data and...
Sean McNamara heads The Mixx at JLL, a platform that oversees complex mixed‑use developments across North America. He outlines the operational challenges of integrating office, retail, residential, hotel, and entertainment functions on a single site. By emphasizing strategic merchandising, placemaking...
