web01.fireside.fm Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:55:00 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Deconstruct - Episodes Tagged with “Construction” https://therealdeal-deconstruct.fireside.fm/tags/construction Mon, 01 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400 In Deconstruct, The Real Deal's reporters and editors explain the most important news in real estate. We follow the money across New York City and beyond to explain how real estate powers the world around us, breaking down policy impacts, industry trends, and important deals to know. This is essential listening for understanding the great, big world of real estate. en-us episodic All the real estate news you need to know, from the reporters and editors of The Real Deal. The Real Deal In Deconstruct, The Real Deal's reporters and editors explain the most important news in real estate. We follow the money across New York City and beyond to explain how real estate powers the world around us, breaking down policy impacts, industry trends, and important deals to know. This is essential listening for understanding the great, big world of real estate. no real estate,real estate news,business news,the real deal,tech,property,investing,brokers,commercial real estate,residential real estate,real estate investment,REIT,news,development,housing,apartments, multifamily, office, industrial, banking, finance The Real Deal hk@therealdeal.com How Lender Kennedy Wilson Picks a Real Estate Development to Finance https://therealdeal-deconstruct.fireside.fm/kennedy-wilson 7321e89a-b272-4fdf-bb53-42dd43fa2dbc Mon, 01 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400 The Real Deal full 3 The Real Deal The Real Deal's podcast Deconstruct looks at construction financing and how Kennedy Wilson, a lender in Los Angeles, is choosing which projects to lend on. 24:51 no For the most part, construction lending has dried up across the country, with more and more regional banks pulling back from financing ground-up real estate projects. But Kennedy Wilson, a lender based out of Los Angeles, sees opportunity in that. With more lenders on the sidelines, Kennedy Wilson can take advantage of lending to what it determines are the best borrowers and the best projects. And by being active, it can help take some construction loans off regional banks' balance sheets. The Real Deal's Deconstruct chatted with Thomas Whitesell, Kennedy Wilson's head of debt originations, about how the firm is choosing what to lend on, its optimism for multifamily and the difficulties with office-to-resi conversions. real estate, business, investing, construction, construction financing, real estate and finance, Kennedy Wilson, debt origination, lending, mezzanine financing, preferred equity, real estate news, news, development For the most part, construction lending has dried up across the country, with more and more regional banks pulling back from financing ground-up real estate projects. But Kennedy Wilson, a lender based out of Los Angeles, sees opportunity in that. With more lenders on the sidelines, Kennedy Wilson can take advantage of lending to what it determines are the best borrowers and the best projects. And by being active, it can help take some construction loans off regional banks' balance sheets.

The Real Deal's Deconstruct chatted with Thomas Whitesell, Kennedy Wilson's head of debt originations, about how the firm is choosing what to lend on, its optimism for multifamily and the difficulties with office-to-resi conversions.

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The Real Deal's Deconstruct chatted with Thomas Whitesell, Kennedy Wilson's head of debt originations, about how the firm is choosing what to lend on, its optimism for multifamily and the difficulties with office-to-resi conversions.

]]> Deconstruct Live at TRD's Miami Forum: Using AI to Hack Zoning https://therealdeal-deconstruct.fireside.fm/deepblocks 5913d99f-1f93-4925-b4ad-8efdb3881dc8 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0500 The Real Deal full 3 The Real Deal The Real Deal's podcast Deconstruct chats with Deepblocks CEO Olivia Ramos about how the firm uses artificial intelligence to create a parcel database that tells developers what they can build and where. 23:23 no Imagine a scenario where you, a developer, could pick a site on a map and discover exactly what you could build there. No more hiring experts, contacting the city, finding ways to match zoning requirements. Deepblocks, run by Olivia Ramos, is trying to do exactly that and more, using artificial intelligence. Deconstruct sat down with Ramos at The Real Deal's annual Miami Forum last November to chat about the firm, concerns around AI and how its applications are spreading across the real estate industry. real estate, business, investing, artificial intelligence, AI, Deepblocks, zoning, development, building, construction, city planning, rental market, housing market, The Real Deal, Miami, commercial real estate, New York City, real estate news, news Imagine a scenario where you, a developer, could pick a site on a map and discover exactly what you could build there. No more hiring experts, contacting the city, finding ways to match zoning requirements. Deepblocks, run by Olivia Ramos, is trying to do exactly that and more, using artificial intelligence. Deconstruct sat down with Ramos at The Real Deal's annual Miami Forum last November to chat about the firm, concerns around AI and how its applications are spreading across the real estate industry.

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]]> This Key Construction Material is Now An Endangered Species https://therealdeal-deconstruct.fireside.fm/2028 c850e829-0c8d-4d63-929b-aa4bac9c49e1 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 07:00:00 -0400 The Real Deal full 2 The Real Deal TRD's Deconstruct looks at a resource that is disappearing for the real estate world and how the industry can best adapt. 20:18 no It’s real estate trivia this week. A workhorse of the construction industry is now a disappearing resource. The catch: Few recognize the material is quickly slipping through our hands. TRD’s Deconstruct chats with reporter Kathryn Brenzel about the root of the crisis and how the industry can best adapt. real estate, business, investing, sand, construction, New York City, real estate news, news It’s real estate trivia this week. A workhorse of the construction industry is now a disappearing resource. The catch: Few recognize the material is quickly slipping through our hands. TRD’s Deconstruct chats with reporter Kathryn Brenzel about the root of the crisis and how the industry can best adapt.

]]> It’s real estate trivia this week. A workhorse of the construction industry is now a disappearing resource. The catch: Few recognize the material is quickly slipping through our hands. TRD’s Deconstruct chats with reporter Kathryn Brenzel about the root of the crisis and how the industry can best adapt.

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