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Cocktail Confessions – Volume 4
By Tony Carlson, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, LLC
Welcome to the fourth installment of Cocktail Confessions. Cocktail Confessions is a publication which tracks down three industry veterans, feeds them some cocktails, and gleans answers to specific questions. Their answers are published exclusively on the Pulse and are meant to provide interesting commentary and insights for the NAIOP constituency.
If you have questions you’d like asked for future segments, please leave them in the comments section, below.
In this installment we are pleased to have Pat Mascia, current NAIOP Minnesota President and Senior Vice President at Duke Realty; Brenda Studt, Marketing Director of The Excelsior Group, LLC; and Andy Manthei, Director of Brokerage Services for KW Commercial Midwest. They were each asked the same three questions, and their responses are outlined below.
Question 1: What inspires you on a daily basis? What gives you the “fire” to tackle all the daily obstacles you face?
Pat Mascia:
High school and college tuition. Seriously, I enjoy the work that I do and people with whom I work. Every day presents a different challenge so I’m never bored. In addition to the thrill of competing, it’s the challenge of overcoming the obstacles that make the job fun and rewarding. (more…)
Cocktail Confessions – Volume 3
By Kim Johnson, Corporate Art Force
Welcome to Volume 3 of Cocktail Confessions. Cocktail Confessions is a bi-monthly publication in which we track down three industry veterans, drink some cocktails and get them to answer three questions to help us learn their industry secrets. Their answers are published exclusively on the Pulse and are meant to provide interesting commentary and insights for the NAIOP constituency.
If you have questions you’d like asked for future segments, please leave them in the comments section, below.
This issue features Tom Commerford, Vice President Investment Services at Grubb & Ellis|Northco Real Estate Services; Mary Burnton, Vice President at Zeller Realty Group; and Bill Wardwell, Executive VP Brokerage Services at Welsh Companies. They were each asked the same three questions, and their responses are outlined below.
Question 1: How does your company separate itself from its competition and create value during a “down cycle” like we are experiencing today? (more…)
Cocktail Confessions – Volume 2
By Tony Carlson, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, LLC
Welcome to the second installment of Cocktail Confessions. Cocktail Confessions is a bi-monthly publication in which we track down three industry veterans, feeds them some cocktails, and glean answers to three specific questions. Their answers are published exclusively on the Pulse and are meant to provide interesting commentary and insights for the NAIOP constituency. If you have questions you’d like asked for future segments, please leave them in the comments section, below.
In this installment we are pleased to interview:
Jim Freytag, current NAIOP Minnesota President and First Vice President at CBRE; Greg Munson, Vice President at McGough Companies; and Sonja Breyfogle, Vice President with Northmarq. They were each asked the same three questions, and their responses are outlined below.
Question 1: What was the biggest risk you’ve ever taken professionally? How did it work out? (more…)
Cocktail Confessions – Volume 1
By Tony Carlson, Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, LLC
The NAIOP Communications Committee is excited to launch the first edition of a bi-monthly series entitled Cocktail Confessions: Insights from Industry Vets. Every other month a member of the NAIOP Communications Committee tracks down three industry veterans, feeds them some cocktails, and gleans answers to three specific questions. Their answers are published exclusively on the Pulse and are meant to provide interesting commentary and insights for the NAIOP constituency.
If you have questions you’d like asked for future segments, please leave them in the comments section, below.
Our first industry veterans to be interviewed were Doug Fulton, current president of NAIOP and Senior Director at Cushman & Wakefield, Whitney Peyton, Senior Managing Director of CB Richard Ellis, and Eva Stevens, Executive Vice President Asset Management at United Properties. They were each asked the same three questions, and their responses should make for some interesting reflections.
Without further ado, welcome to the first edition of Cocktail Confessions.
Question 1: What is the best or most interesting deal you’ve ever done? What made it such a good deal? (more…)
