COVID-19 – Wealth Management INVEST

Episode 39: How Malls Are Being Used for More Than Just Shopping

By Wealth Management Invest | July 13, 2020

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In this episode of Common Area Podcast, David Bodamer speaks with Lou Conforti, CEO of Washington Prime Group (WPG). WPG is a retail REIT and a recognized leader in the ownership, management, acquisition, and development of retail properties. Lou talks about what he and the WPG team are doing to help their tenants continue operating their retail businesses during COVID-19.

In this episode, you will learn:

How Washington Prime Group is assisting their tenants during COVID-19
Ways that Lou is helping tenants strike a delicate balance between physical space and e-commerce
How WPG differentiates itself from other open-air retail centers
Creative ways that WPG is using open-air spaces in their assets
And more!

Tune in to hear how WPG is collaborating with retail tenants to pivot during the pandemic.

Resources: NREI Newsletter | National Real Estate Investor | Washington Prime Group

Episode 37: Trends in Logistics Real Estate During COVID-19

By Wealth Management Invest | June 15, 2020

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In this episode of Common Area Podcast, David Bodamer is joined by Chris Caton, the senior vice president of global strategy and analytics at Prologis. They discuss how the world’s logistical supply chain of the essential industries has outperformed during this lockdown period and where logistics real estate is heading for the foreseeable future.

In this episode, you will learn:

Key takeaways that Prologis has seen from being exposed to the effects of the pandemic since the early stages
How the role of e-commerce is changing in the industry
Whether the locations of logistics real estate development will change now that more people are working from home
And more!

Tune in now to learn about logistics real estate and how it’s keeping the supply chain moving.

Resources: National Real Estate Investor | Prologis

Episode 36: How COVID-19 is Changing the Real Estate Landscape

By Wealth Management Invest | June 1, 2020

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In this episode of Common Area Podcast, David Bodamer talks to Adam Gower, the founder of Gowercrowd, a crowdfunding resource for real estate developers. Together, they discuss why it’s time for investors to consider distressed real estate, examples of adaptive reuse on commercial properties, and other ways that COVID-19 is shaking up commercial real estate.

In this episode, you will learn:

How Gowercrowd is helping its clients during COVID-19
Why now is the time to be looking for distressed real estate opportunities
Why June 1st is an important date for the real estate market
Why working remotely does not have to mean working from home
And more!

Tune in for insight into how COVID-19 is changing the commercial real estate market.

Resources: NREI Newsletter

National Real Estate Investor | Gowercrowd

Episode 35: How the Education Sector is Coping With COVID-19

By Wealth Management Invest | May 18, 2020

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In this episode of Common Area Podcast, David Bodamer speaks with Kevin Wayer, CEO of brokerage firm JLL’s Public Sector and Higher Education group.

In this episode, you will learn:

How JLL finds efficiencies with managing properties and facilities, such as universities
Whether it takes a certain type of real estate investor to invest in these types of properties
How the sector has been impacted by COVID-19
And more!

Tune in now for a glimpse into this seldom-discussed and unique area of the real estate market.

Resources: National Real Estate Investor | JLL

Episode 34: Diagnosing the Medical Office Space During COVID-19

By Wealth Management Invest | May 4, 2020

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In this episode of Common Area Podcast, David Bodamer is recording safely from his Brooklyn home, as his guest, Bob Atkins of Atkins Companies, dials in from New Jersey. Bob is here to discuss how the medical office space is holding up during this crisis and how he sees it emerging once the pandemic is over.

In this episode, you will learn:

What changes have been made to Atkins properties
How the Atkins tenants have been affected by COVID-19 and how they’re adapting
Whether there are still deals to be made in the industry
Where Bob sees the future of medical office space heading
And more!

Tune in now to consider whether medical office space will become the new craze in retail space.

Resources: National Real Estate Investor | Atkins Companies

Episode 33: The Status of Commercial Lending and Borrowing During COVID-19

By Wealth Management Invest | April 20, 2020

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In this episode of Common Area Podcast, David Bodamer is recording safely from his home and has a guest on the line: Charles Krawitz, vice president and head of commercial lending at Alliant Credit Union. Charles is here to discuss how the lockdown is affecting commercial borrowers.

In this episode, you will learn:

What (if any) deals are happening right now
In which areas government funding could be more elevated
What to consider before purchasing a distressed property
How businesses are faring in their transition to working from home
And more!

Tune in now to get a lender’s perspective on this pandemic in the commercial real estate space.

Resources: National Real Estate Investor | Alliant Credit Union

Episode 32 – COVID-19’s Impact on the Commercial Real Estate Market

By Wealth Management Invest | April 6, 2020

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In this episode of Common Area Podcast, David Bodamer speaks with Adam Hooper, the founder and CEO of RealCrowd. RealCrowd is a digital marketplace for real estate managers that are looking to raise capital from accredited investors. Together, they discuss the impact that COVID-19 is having on commercial real estate –– an industry that was in a fairly strong position prior to the pandemic.

In this episode, you will learn:

At what point the commercial real estate markets will start to feel the effects of this pandemic and how far-reaching those effects will be
Ways the government is assisting the CRE industry and whether it will be enough
What the future might hold for the office-space sector
And more!

Tune in now to get the latest scoop on how CRE is faring during this unprecedented time.

Resources: National Real Estate Investor | RealCrowd

NREI Common Area – Episode 30 – Will the REIT Markets Hold Strong in 2020?

By Wealth Management Invest | March 16, 2020

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In this episode of Common Area Podcast, David Bodamer interviews Calvin Schnure, Nareit’s senior vice president of research and economic analysis, about the various REIT markets, how they finished in 2019, and where he predicts they are headed for 2020.

In this episode, you will learn:

Which REIT sector finished the strongest in 2019
How COVID-19 will affect the REIT space
What a “ghost kitchen” is
Why REITs can be an important part of your portfolio
And more!

Tune in now to get the latest updates on REITs!

Resources:

National Real Estate Investor