Deconstruct
The Real Deal’s Suzannah Cavanaugh and Joe Lovinger break down the newest, biggest trends and concepts in real estate.
About the show
In Deconstruct, The Real Deal breaks down the most important ideas in real estate. We follow the money from Los Angeles to New York City to explain what investors, brokers and developers are focused on right now. This is essential listening for understanding the great, big world of real estate.
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Episodes
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Will Trump be a net positive for commercial real estate?
December 2nd, 2024 | Season 4 | 16 mins 26 secs
1031 exchange, deportation, donald trump, federal reserve, inflation, tariffs, tax cuts
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed inflationary tariffs and championed business-friendly tax cuts. How will his campaign promises shake out for commercial real estate?
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The guy holding the gavel at the Fortress v. Cohen auction
November 25th, 2024 | Season 4 | 23 mins 4 secs
auction, charles cohen, cohen realty enterprises, courthouse, foreclosure, fortress
Matthew Mannion is auctioneer to the stars of New York City real estate. He handled the Flatiron Building's two-parter, the Times Square Margaritaville's flameout and most recently the UCC auction of Cohen Realty Enterprises' interest in a potpourri of assets.
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Investment lessons from 13th Floor's very active Arnaud Karsenti
November 18th, 2024 | Season 4 | 27 mins 50 secs
13th floor investments, arnaud karsenti, development, miami, multifamily, south florida
Arnaud Karsenti, the head of Miami-based 13th Floor Investments, has a whopping dozen multifamily projects underway in a city set to break another record for deliveries in 2024. Does Miami have the tenants to meet that supply? Karsenti talks in-migration, demand for housing near public transit and the pros and cons of public-private partnerships.
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The ultra-wealthy ride to ranchland
November 11th, 2024 | Season 4 | 21 mins 45 secs
luxury homes, ranches, texas
Deconstruct breaks down why ultra-wealthy buyers are spending tens of millions of dollars on luxury ranches in the Texas desert.
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How real estate donors and housing-conscious voters will drive the election
November 4th, 2024 | Season 4 | 18 mins 30 secs
election, housing crisis, real estate news
In the latest episode of Deconstruct, Suzannah Cavanaugh and Joe Lovinger talk with TRD politics reporter Kathryn Brenzel about what the presidential election means for real estate, and how people in the industry are preparing.
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Inside the workout room with Iron Hound's Rob Verrone
October 28th, 2024 | Season 4 | 30 mins 19 secs
business news, cmbs, distress, loan workout, real estate news
In the latest episode of Deconstruct, TRD's Suzannah Cavanaugh finds out how loan specialists fix bad debt – or at least try to – by talking with loan workout specialists Rob Verrone and Job Warshaw of Iron Hound. Verrone works with sponsors to hash out modifications for distressed CMBS debt, and Warshaw brings perspective from the other side of the table — he spent three decades heading up negotiations for special servicer LNR Partners.
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Has climate change become undeniable for real estate?
October 21st, 2024 | Season 4 | 29 mins 52 secs
helene, home insurance, hurricane damage, milton, real estate, real estate news
Hosts Suzannah Cavanaugh and Joe Lovinger talk with South Florida reporters Katherine Kallergis and Kate Hinsche about the havoc, both physical and financial, wreaked by Hurricanes Milton and Helene, and whether real estate will finally wake up to the threat of climate change.
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The man who bet the bank on post-pandemic office
October 14th, 2024 | Season 4 | 20 mins 6 secs
fraud, office market, real estate distress, suburban real estate
New Jersey investor Shaya Prager quickly amassed a portfolio of millions of square feet of suburban office. As the market turns, he's been mixed up with allegations of fraud and struggling to keep a grip on his real estate investments. TRD breaks down his rise and fall in the latest episode of Deconstruct.
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We got a rate cut. Now what?
October 7th, 2024 | Season 4 | 17 mins 30 secs
business news, deconstruct, finance, rate cut, real estate, real estate news, the real deal
The Real Deal's Suzannah Cavanaugh and Joseph Lovinger break down what's next now that real estate's much-desired rate cut is finally here.
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Tides Equities eyes a turning tide for multifamily
September 30th, 2024 | Season 4 | 49 mins 14 secs
multifamily, real estate news, tides equities
Co-hosts Suzannah Cavanaugh and Joseph Lovinger discuss the turning point for the multifamily real estate market, and Suzannah interviews Tides Equities principals Sean Kia and Ryan Andrade.
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WeWork’s Global Head of Real Estate on Emerging from Bankruptcy and What Comes Next
July 1st, 2024 | Season 3 | 32 mins 28 secs
bankruptcy, chapter 11, coworking, office leasing, office space, wework
WeWork emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month after a herculean effort to cut costs. The task demanded the cooperation of hundreds of landlords and their lenders. Peter Greenspan, the coworking firm’s Global Head of Real Estate, brings Deconstruct to those negotiating tables for a look at how WeWork addressed 500 leases worldwide, and offers a preview of the firm’s next chapter.
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BGO's Chief Economist on The Fed's Next Move
June 24th, 2024 | Season 3 | 17 mins 57 secs
business, commercial real estate, economics, federal reserve, interest rates, investing, new york city, news, offices, real estate, real estate news
The Real Deal podcast Deconstruct talks to BentallGreenOak's chief economist, Ryan Severino, about expectations around the Fed, interest rates, and how commercial real estate will be affected.
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Special Report: Alexander Twins Accused of Rape
June 17th, 2024 | Season 3 | 16 mins 16 secs
adult survivors act, alexander brothers, brokerage, luxury real estate, official, rape, sexual assault
Last week, The Real Deal broke the news that top broker Oren Alexander and his twin brother, Alon, had been accused of rape and sexual assault by at least two women. The complaints detail events that allegedly took place more than a decade ago. But the lawsuits and the nearly 30 people who came forward alleging similar incidents after the story published, according to an attorney representing the two women, speak to a pattern of alleged gender-based violence. Deconstruct speaks with South Florida Bureau Chief Katherine Kallergis, Reporter Sheridan Wall and Senior Editor Ellen Cranley about what we know so far.
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How to Jumpstart a Stalled Condo Project
June 10th, 2024 | Season 3 | 21 mins 20 secs
boutique, coconut grove, condo, condominium, new development, south florida
Real estate attorney Isaac Kodsi nabbed Arbor Residences out of foreclosure in late 2023 with two goals: revive the dead condo project and return deposits to former buyers. Not a year later, Kodsi says he nailed the latter goal and is on track to wrap construction by the end of 2024. South Florida Bureau Chief Katherine Kallergis interviewed Kodsi on how he paid back buyers and where sales, led by Sandra Masis of Cervera Real Estate, now stand.
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Opportunity, Opportunity, Opportunity: Goldman Sachs' Alternative Capital Lead on Real Estate Lending
June 3rd, 2024 | Season 3 | 27 mins 24 secs
banking, business, commercial real estate, finance, goldman sachs, investing, lending, new york city, news, private credit, real estate, real estate lending, real estate news
The Real Deal podcast Deconstruct chats with Goldman Sachs' co-head of alternative capital formation, Jeffrey Fine, about where the firm is looking to make new commercial real estate loans and the general state of lending.
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Dealing with Syndications 101 with LP Adviser Aleksey Chernobelskiy
May 28th, 2024 | Season 3 | 27 mins 41 secs
business, commercial real estate, distress, investing, multifamily, new york city, news, real estate, real estate news, real estate syndication, retail investment, sun belt, syndication
The Real Deal's Deconstruct chats with Aleksey Chernobelskiy, who advises retail investors and limited partners in real estate syndications.