You might say that innovation, passion, and real estate are in Lucy Billingsley’s blood. As the only daughter of real estate legend Trammell Crow, Lucy wanted to make her own name for herself and co-founded the Billingsley Company with her husband. The firm has been developing and creating spaces full of dynamic energy in the Dallas area for years.

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Coming off the heels of the successful National Multifamily Housing Council Annual Meeting, we focus this special edition of Leading Voices on a discussion of current trends in the apartment market 2led by a panel of experts. We hear from Co-head of JLL’s Multifamily Capital Market’s platform, Christine Espenshade; CEO of Holland Partner Group, Clyde Holland; and Executive Director of Up for Growth National Coalition, Mike Kinsella. The dynamic discussion focuses on an outlook for the 2019 multifamily market, as well as a dialogue on the core topic of making new development affordable to middle-income, workforce renters.

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Listen to this podcast interview with the CEO of Digital Realty Trust, Bill Stein. He discusses his career and the growth of Digital Realty Trust from its IPO in 2004 to becoming one of the best-performing and fastest-growing REITs. Digital Realty is now a $22 billion company, operates across five continents globally and is the 9th -largest REIT. 

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Daryl Carter is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Avanath Capital Management, LLC, a real estate investment firm that acquires, renovates, and operates affordable and workforce housing communities across the US.  His dual focus on both investment returns and improving the communities where he invests is rare in this business, and we hear on this episode what drives Daryl to succeed in this balancing act.

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John Stewart, Founder and Chair of the San Francisco based John Stewart Company, has shaped the affordable housing industry both in California and on a national scale in tremendous ways. Discover why tackling homelessness and innovative thinking are key to his story, and how the quality of architecture mirrors the quality of care it will receive.

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Sam Zell has always had an entrepreneurial mindset, attributing his real estate success to it. After getting his start managing student apartments as a law school student, he grew his businesses and helped transform what we know as the modern REIT.

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As a co-founder of Waypoint Homes, Colin Wiel wanted to strike out on his own again after the company went public as Starwood Waypoint. So he founded Mynd, a tech-enabled property management company focused on the single-family home industry that allows investors to track performance data in real time.

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Art Gensler founded the eponymous-named design firm in 1965, which has grown to become the largest design firm in the world. He and Riki Nishimura, the firm’s Director of Urban Strategies, discuss the evolution of the firm over the last 50 years while touching on the value of experiential design and creating an excellent team and platform for innovation.

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As the third generation to run Abbell Associates, the family-owned real estate company, Liz Holland has recognized the importance of changing with the times. As a large owner of retail space, Liz has ushered in the practice of deeply analyzing data to stay ahead of the evolving shopping trends to keep her tenants and properties successful.

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