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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Developer Sam Charney Dissects New York's 421a Extension and New Tax Break on the Block 485x

    May 20th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  26 mins 55 secs

    Last month, Gov. Kathy Hochul passed a bombshell housing deal that extended the 421a tax abatement and introduced a new tax break for apartment projects: 485x. Developer Sam Charney of Charney Companies talks the profit potential of 485x compared to 421a, demand for sites eligible for the extension and when rental construction will ramp back up.

  • Deconstruct Live! Talks Bank Failures, Multifamily Fears with Fortress, Benefit Street and Urban Standard

    May 13th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  30 mins 22 secs
    benefit street partners, cre, distress, fortress, lending, urban standard capital

    It's Deconstruct Live! at The Real Deal's New York Forum. Fortress' Steve Stuart, Benefit Street Partners' Mike Comparato and Urban Standard Capital's Seth Weissman talk bank failures, distressed note buying and lending demand in a live taping of Deconstruct.

  • What Marijuana's Reclassifying Means For Pot Shops and Cannabis Capital

    May 6th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  21 mins 31 secs
    cannabis, dea, marijuana, reit, schedule i, schedule iii

    Last week, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said it would move toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug — Schedule III instead of Schedule I. The move has big implications for the intersection of cannabis and real estate. Founder and CEO of cannabis REIT NewLake Capital Partners Anthony Coniglio talks tax relief and opportunity.

  • Looking at the Legislation Critical to Making Office-to-Residential Conversions Work

    April 29th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  32 mins 41 secs
    bobby fijan, business, commercial real estate, conversions, development, distress, financing, form developers, housing, investing, legislation, new york city, news, office, office-to-resi, office-to-residential, policy, real estate, real estate news, zoning

    The Real Deal's Deconstruct chats with Philadelphia-based developer Bobby Fijan of Form Developers about what legislation, policies, subsidies and programs have helped push forward office-to-residential conversions.

  • New York Finally Gets a Housing Deal

    April 22nd, 2024  |  Season 3  |  20 mins 13 secs
    albany, business, housing, housing construction, housing deal, investing, kathy hochul, multifamily, new york, new york city, news, real estate, real estate news

    Note: This episode was recorded before the state finalized a housing deal. For a detailed break down of what passed check out Senior Reporter Kathryn Brenzel's story here:

    After years of negotiations, Albany has finally fleshed out the framework for a housing deal. Tenants call it a give away to developers. Landlords have their own gripes with an intended boon for rent-stabilized owners. Deconstruct sits down with The Real Deal's Kathryn Brenzel to talk Gov. Kathy Hochul’s “parameters of a conceptual agreement.”

  • The Closing With CBRE's LA Head Lew Horne

    April 15th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  35 mins 51 secs
    business, cbre, commercial real estate, investing, lew horne, los angeles, office market, real estate, real estate news, the closing, the real deal

    The Real Deal spokes to CBRE's LA head, Lew Horne, about L.A.'s transfer taxes, the city's office market, his family and career. Deconstruct is airing an extended version of this interview, which appeared in the April issue of The Real Deal's magazine. To read the interview online, head to TheRealDeal.com.

  • Moody's Checks In on the Wall of Office Maturities

    April 8th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  21 mins 25 secs
    cmbs, debt, distress, foreclosures, loans, maturities, moody's, office, special servicing, wall of maturities

    The foretold wall of CMBS maturities has hit and early data on office loans signals the fears around repayments — that troubled owners won't be able to swing it — are being realized. Deconstruct talks with Moody's Analytics Senior Director and Head of CRE Economic Analysis Kevin Fagan and Director of CRE Economics Matt Reidy.