Deconstruct

Who's still buying NYC's rent stabilized buildings?

March 12th, 2026  |  Season 5  |  23 mins

business news, investing, news, real estate, rent, rezoning, the real deal

Deconstruct hosts and The Real Deal staffers Lilah Burke and Hannah Kramer give updates in the sex trafficking case against the Alexanders, political notes about tax increases and the potential rollback of an environmental law, and the battle over West Park Presbyterian church. Then, the hosts interview broker Lev Mavashev, who sells rent-stabilized multifamily buildings in New York and explains how the 2019 rent laws impacted the struggling niche.

The sex trafficking case against the Alexander Brothers comes to a close

March 5th, 2026  |  Season 5  |  19 mins 12 secs

alexander brothers, business news, news, real estate, true crime

In the latest episode of Deconstruct, hosts Lilah Burke and Hannah Kramer talk about the sale of Ivana Trump's Upper East Side mansion; commercial mortgage fraud rooted out by brokerage Walker & Dunlop; the cell phone companies that's stopped paying landlords; and talk in-depth with senior editor Ellen Cranley about the federal sex trafficking trial against the Alexander brothers, two of whom were once the highest flying brokers in the luxury real estate world.

Inside the multifamily mortgage fraud that's rattled the real estate industry

February 26th, 2026  |  Season 5  |  18 mins 41 secs

business news, fraud, investing, lending, mortgage, news, real estate, the real deal

Correspondents from The Real Deal's newsroom discuss the ongoing trial of the Alexander brothers, who face serious allegations of sexual assault and sex trafficking; the fraud case against former HFZ executive Nir Meir; the implications of high-end rental prices in New York City; and dive into a complex mortgage fraud scheme with senior reporter Keith Larsen. The episode concludes with a look at ICE's controversial plans to convert industrial sites into detention centers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”