Propel Insights: Recent Episodes
Propel Insights
Propel Insights helps you face the challenges of the real estate industry by looking at the latest trends and sharing the vision of top executives, whether they were part of our conference program or speaker at a digital event. Find out how innovation and creativity can bring forward a better built environment, and be inspired by leaders from all over the world!
Propel by MIPIM NYC 2021 welcome note by Nicolas Kozubek and Aaron Block
Speakers :
Nicolas Kozubek, Propel by MIPIM director
Aaron Block, Co-Founder and Managing Director, MetaProp
Recorded during Propel by MIPIM - NYC 2021
In a post pandemic environment, PropTech is on the brink of a consolidation wave. Once done, the next steps and trends for the industry will likely emerge. Join this session and debate what will and should happen.
Discussion moderated by Michal Gologorsky
Speakers :
Faisal Butt, CEO, Founder & Chairman, Pi Labs
Judah Siegal, Senior Vice President, Brookfield Asset Management
Peter C. Lewis, President & Founder, Wharton Equity Partners
Recorded during Propel by MIPIM - NYC 2021
The rate of user adoption of blockchain technology is growing faster than the internet, helping spur the creation of a new investment class: digital real estate. Join Michael Phillips, President of Jamestown, to hear how the future of the built world is in the metaverse.
Moderated by Max Gross, Commercial Observer
Recorded during Propel by MIPIM - NYC 2021
COVID-19 is an accelerant and we’re not returning to a world that existed before the pandemic. Join Scott Rechler, Chair of the Regional Plan Association and CEO of RXR Realty and host of the podcast series, Recalibrate Reality: The Future of New York, to hear how the pandemic has spurred a new urban renaissance in New York City and the surrounding region. (Recorded during Propel NYC 2021)
Moderated by Max Gross, Commercial Observer
Recorded during Propel by MIPIM - NYC 2021
An exclusive discussion with Toby Dodd, President NY Tri-State Area, Cushman & Wakefield. A key moment to talk about better responding to the pandemic thanks to what Cushman & Wakefield learned from their offices in China. Talent is also discussed with a focus on the company's talent politics and new hires process.
A discussion on the benefits and challenges of technology innovation on the property sector across the asset lifecycle through a panel discussion showcasing the risks and potential mitigation through effective assurance approaches.
The U.S. housing market is booming, but where are true opportunities for savvy individuals and investors to purchase residential real estate? Top experts and players in the country’s hottest markets on what they expect to see for the next half of 2021.
For over 30 years, AFIRE has surveyed institutional investors from around the world The results from March’s survey are especially optimistic and very revealing.
We dive deep into MetaProp’s Global PropTech Confidence Index, a barometer of the health of the real estate technology market from the perspective of investors and founders.
The Index is the first and only set of data to be collected on global PropTech market sentiment.
NYC Recovery, D&I and Sustainability on the program of this opening fireside chat with Lindsay Greene.
An overview about NYC market dynamics and the NYCEDC’s vision for Proptech.
As the sector faces real pressures about sustainability concerns, technology should be the key answer to decarbonization. Will the future of RE be linked to digital innovation?
A first and exclusive opportunity to gather the major direct and indirect players investing in real estate asset technologies. Venture capital firms, real estate top players backing tech funds and institutional investors will share and develop their thought leadership about where to invest post-Covid, and how to integrate ESG concerns into investment practices.
How do we develop a people centric approach through technology that embraces mobility and the trend of partial remote working? How do we embrace technology-focussed design to support new approaches to work? How does a shift to virtual collaboration impact technology setups in office design? How can tech help with office design for health and wellness, and sustainability/ESG? And what impact will this trend have on costs and technology complexity? Debate the above with corporate real estate professionals, flexible office providers, landlords, investors and solution providers.
A key moment with our experts Louisa Dickins (Talent evolution), Daniel Connolly (Tech hospitality), Emily Jones (Data protection), Jonathan Lane (Future of work) and Poonam Mathis (Sustainable investments).
The future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed! One year after the Covid crisis, Michael Turner, Oxford Properties’ President, will share his convictions about this new world and his vision for the transformation of properties and the way real estate businesses will operate. From the evolution of Oxford’s global business to the increasing pace of change in the world, how will Oxford put its capital to work in a word buffeted by disruption?
Will New York City’s recover from the first CoVID-19 wave? How the City is leveraging its public health expertise to guide long-term economic recovery? And the role PropTech can play in creating healthier and more sustainable buildings and communities.
Working with Schneider Electric, Blackstone developed an aggressive energy-management and sustainability strategy. This session explains this collaboration through active energy management programs and the tens of millions in energy savings from sustainability efforts and strategic energy sourcing.
In this session, our partner Co-Liv looked at state-of-the art coliving in New York City, with the support of the major players of the ecosystem. They explained what the challenge and opportunities are with co-living, what are the successful business models and what is the sustainable human value provided by this new lifestyle experience.
Two years later, Co-Liv is back on stage to review the situation and analyse the changes. Echoing the 2019 session at Propel by MIPIM New York, this podcast deals with future trends in the industry, highlight the major trends from what people thought in 2019 to where people think the industry is going now.
Our industry is facing a real challenge with Diversity and Inclusion topics. Our speakers Sonya Rocvil, Lauren Weston and Craig Robinson explains the opportunity behind this important change.
RXR CEO Scott Rechler and VTS CEO Nick Romito discussing about their partnership:
How RXR is using real-time data to support their acquisition, leasing, and disposition decisions
The necessity of digital marketing and leasing and how RXR is making strides towards operating their business online
City University of New York (CUNY) University Dean of Continuing Education and Workforce Programs, Angie Kamath will facilitate a fireside chat with Cedric Bobo, Co-Founder of Project Destined and Tommy Craig, Senior Managing Director, NYC at Hines on their innovative partnership to prepare CUNY students for careers in real estate.
The Project Alpha is a joint initiative between to use AI to analyze internal, external, real estate and non-real estate data to identify key levers of alpha and beta that determine a building’s value. In short, using AI to break down the value driven by a building’s immediate surroundings (beta) versus the value driven by the building itself (alpha). Let’s hear from Oxford, Investa and Sparkbeyond about their project!
Following the Leaders Perspectives sessions, this exclusive discussion gives the opportunity to listen from C-suite speakers about the built environment and the importance of technology and innovation to set a new vision after Covid changes.
Following the Leaders Perspectives sessions, this exclusive discussion gives the opportunity to listen from Toby Moskovits and Ryan Simonetti about the built environment and the importance of technology and innovation to set a new vision after Covid changes.
Following the release of Pi Labs’ latest report ‘Technology and the Future of Real Estate Investment Management’ written in collaboration with Oxford University, Faisal Butt and Professor Andrew Baum look back at the research and discuss the macro-themes and innovations shaping the Future Real Estate Investment Management.
The fourth and final webinar in the Leaders’ Perspectives webinar series placed PropTech unicorn co-founder Nick Romito, CEO of VTS, head-to-head with Adam L. Stanley, Global CIO of real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield. The insightful debate was moderated by Jay Neveloff, Partner and Chair, Real Estate, at law firm Kramer Levin. Challenges, opportunities, trends that are likely to permanently shift the industry, a current state of the real estate market and more are covered during this episode.
Kathleen Cahill (Cushman & Wakefield), Ravi Patel (Newmark Knight Frank) and Shimon Shkury (Ariel Property Advisors) take on a wide array of topics from innovation strategies to adaptation, to the so-called new normal and the intersection between human expertise and data.
Vicki Been, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Development in New York City, is a nationally recognized expert on land use, urban policy and affordable housing. As Deputy Mayor, she leads the administration’s efforts to grow and diversify the city’s economy, invest in emerging industries across the five boroughs, build a new generation of affordable housing, and help New Yorkers secure good-paying jobs. Her leadership experiences will generate a dynamic and insightful discussion about the future of affordable housing and technology in the built environment
REaaS experts Dr. Amol Sarva (Knotel), Ryan Simonetti (Convene), Georgia Collins (Hana) and Charlie Hobey (EQ Office) discuss how innovation is likely to help the real estate industry overcome its current trials, and the potential direction for the future for flex offices in a session moderated by Minta Kay (Goodwin).
The CEO of one of the largest owners, managers and developers in the New York metropolitan area shares his thoughts on the rise of PropTech. How is the real estate industry adopting PropTech? What is his responsibility as an industry leader? How does he see the future of real estate and the changing user expectations? And much more!
Fifth Wall ‘s Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Brad Greiwe and VTS Co-founder and CEO, Nick Romito share their insights into current trends and future outlooks for an even closer collaboration between the ecosystems of real estate and tech.
Lisa Picard, CEO of EQ Office, opening keynote: Talent in the era of flexibility and technology featured during Propel by MPIM NYC 2019 (former MIPIM PropTech NYC). What does talent mean today when it comes to the new generations and their expectations? How can the workspace provide a transformational experience to keep and develop talent? What cultural shifts do real estate owners need to make in order to create a human-centered real estate?
Industry leaders Michael Phillips (Jamestown), Winston Fisher (Fisher Brothers) and Toby Moskovitz (Heritage Equity) discuss how an innovative mindset can help overcome current challenges of the industry in a session moderated by MetaProp's Aaron Block.