MIT/CRE Meet the Visionaries
by MIT Center for Real Estate
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About this podcast
In this semimonthly, student-driven podcast, MIT Center for Real Estate will interview industry leaders to uncover the insights, strategies, and stories from the visionaries who are shaping the industry. Join us as we explore the ever-evolving landscape of real estate, from innovative technology and finance models to the latest sustainable practices. Get ready to gain valuable perspectives and be inspired by the visionaries who are leading the way into the future of real estate development.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 42 episodes
- S4 E4: Building Small: Incremental Development Builds Thriving Neighborhoods · 37 min · Season 4 Episode 1In the season 4 premiere of Meet the Visionaries, MIT Center for Real Estate alumnus Jim Heid SM '94 talks with Becky Lin, MSRED Candidate 2027, about building small. Founder of…
- Patient Capital, Location, and Resilience: Principles of Institutional Real Estate · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 18In this episode, Eric Plesman, President & CEO of Oxford Properties, challenges prevailing narratives on institutional real estate investing. We dig into whether permanent…
- The Mid-Year Verdict: Where Should Capital Actually Belong in 2026? · 57 min · Season 3 Episode 17Mark G. Roberts, MSRED alumnus, Managing Director of Research at Crow Holdings Capital, and Director of Research at SMU's Folsom Institute, joins us to unpack his 2026 real…
- Resilience and Vision: A Developers Journey · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 16In this episode, MSRED student Cherry Tang sits down with MSRED alumnus Carlos Rosso, Founder & President of Rosso Development. Carlos Rosso shares his journey from Argentina to…
- Building for AI: Capital, Power, and Risk in Next-Generation Data Center Development · 40 min · Season 3 Episode 15In this episode of Meet the Visionaries, interviewer Monisha Nasa speaks with Hossein Fateh, founder and CEO of Cloud Capital and CloudHQ, about the future of digital…
- Investing through Real Estate Market Shifts · 40 min · Season 3 Episode 14In this episode of Meet the Visionaries, MIT Center for Real Estate students Ryan Othman and Jainil Shah sit down with David DesPrez, Partner on Bain Capital’s Special Situations…
- The Next Step: Real Estate Decision-Making in India’s Growing Hospitality Sector · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 13In this episode of Meet the Visionaries, Jainil Shah sits down with Nirupa Shankar, Joint Managing Director of Brigade Group, for a wide-ranging conversation on leadership…
- The Forces Reshaping Global Real Estate · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 12MSRED candidate Michael Khamis welcomes David Steinbach, Global Chief Investment Officer at Hines, to MIT’s Center for Real Estate for an in-person conversation. David made the…
- Energizing and Decarbonizing Logistics at Global Scale · 26 min · Season 3 Episode 11In this episode of Meet the Visionaries, MIT/CRE student Monisha Nasa sits down with Susan Uthayakumar, Chief Energy and Sustainability Officer at Prologis, one of the world’s…
- Building Trust: Aligning Capital, Design, and Community · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 10In this episode of Meet the Visionaries, Jainil Shah sits down with Adam Gordon, Managing Partner at Wildflower, for a thoughtful conversation on real estate investing…
- Outlook 2026: Translating Insights into Strategy · 21 min · Season 3 Episode 9In this episode of Meet the Visionaries, Jainil Shah sits down with Sally Ann Flood, U.S. Real Estate Sector Leader at Deloitte, for a thoughtful conversation on navigating…
- Lifting Cities: Design, Civic Partnership, and Social Impact · 50 min · Season 3 Episode 8In this episode of Meet the Visionaries, MSRED student Michael Khamis speaks with MaryAnne Gilmartin, Founder and CEO of MAG Partners, about what it means to build cities with…
- Healthcare Developments: Leading in a Complex Landscape · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 7In this episode, we meet with Chris Bilotto, Executive Vice President at The RMR Group, and President & CEO of both Diversified Healthcare Trust and Service Properties Trust…
- Rethinking Place & Space: Smart City Infrastructure, Innovation Economies, and Adaptive-Reuse Projects · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 6In this episode, host Michael Khamis, a student in the MIT Master of Science in Real Estate Development program, sits down with EvanRegan-Levine, Chief Strategy Officer at JBG…
- Old House, New Trick: Japan's Housing Market Reimagined with Education and Technology · 36 min · Season 3 Episode 5In this episode, Shotaro Fujisawa, founder of Yamori (ヤモリ), joins us to discuss how his Tokyo-based startup is reimagining Japan’s housing market. Founded in 2019, Yamori tackles…
- Real Estate's Tech Transformation: Strategy, Operations, Efficiency · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 4In this episode MSRED students Isabelle Turri and Cherry Tang sit down with David Blumenfeld, Co-Founder of NextRivet, to explore how technology and data-driven strategy are…
- Blueprints & Ballgames: Designing Baseball's Iconic Venues · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode, architect and urban planner Janet Marie Smith joins us to reflect on her career shaping some of baseball’s most beloved ballparks. Her work has redefined the…
- Talking Housing with Jay Parsons: Reading the Market in 2025 · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 2In this episode of Meet the Visionaries, MSRED student Michael Khamis sits down with Jay Parsons, one of the industry’s renowned rental housing economists and strategists, for a…
- (SEASON PREMIERE) Scaling Sustainability: Urban Transformation in India · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 1In this episode, we sit down with Aun Abdullah, Vice President of Lodha Group and head of the Environment and Sustainable Urbanization agenda at the Lodha Foundation. Aun leads…
- Experiential Real Estate: Riding the Wave of Surf Park Development · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 15In this episode, we welcome the dynamic and inspiring Nicholas Edelman, CEO and Founder of surf park development company Aventuur. Aventuur is on a mission is to create…
