Behar On The Block Anthony Behar

Todd Stevens is the Director of Strategy for Cuningham, a full-service Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture firm.  Todd and I discuss many notable projects he and his firm worked on including turning the House of Blues into the Pendry Hotel and how they mesh  "stories" with design into their projects.  They have worked on all forms of commercial real estate and with some of the biggest entertainment companies in the world including Disney and Universal.

My guest this week is Lisa Anderson @LisaAndersonLMA.  She is one of the foremost experts on supply chain and logistics.  She gives us great insight into the supply chain world today.  She discusses how we got in this mess, how much further we have to go and what companies are doing to pivot today.  The supply chain is a complex web that affects all of us.  Lisa breaks it down in an easy way to understand.  
 
Lisa is SAP ranked as a Top 46 Supply Chain Influencer, Arketi named her a Top 40 B2B Tech Influencer and Washington Frank recognized her as a Top 50 ERP Influencer.  Lisa has spoken at conferences such as the Global Supply Chain & Logistics Summit, the APICS International Conference, and the Drucker Supply Chain Forum, and she's been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, ABC News and CEO Magazine. Her book I’ve Been Thinking: Turning Everyday Interactions into Profitable Opportunities is a daily inspiration of new thinking to raise the bar and thrive in today’s competitive, fast-paced, 24/7 marketplace.
 

Christopher Rising is the Co-Founder and CEO of Rising Realty Partners, while also serving on its investment committee. Prior to that, Mr. Rising served as Senior Vice President, Asset Transactions at MPG Office Trust, Inc. (NYSE:MPG) where he oversaw all acquisitions, dispositions and related transactions for the company. He joined the company in 2007 as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives working directly with the CEO to formulate MPG’s strategy for reducing leverage and restructuring the company.
In 2003, Mr. Rising founded The Rising Real Estate Group (RREG), a real estate investment and brokerage company which through its partnership with Barker Pacific Group (BPG), a Los Angeles real estate operator and developer, raised an equity vehicle known as Hamilton Capital Partners (HCP). Mr. Rising currently sits on the investment committee for HCP, a co-invest vehicle which has acquired more than 25 real estate assets, and now includes 18 self storage facilities, retail, industrial, office and condominium projects.
As an owner, Mr. Rising has overseen the restructuring of the self-storage operation, acquisitions, and leasing operations. Mr. Rising is also a principal along with BPG and Golden Boy enterprises, Oscar de la Hoya’s firm, in 626 Wilshire Blvd., a 156,000 square foot office building located in downtown Los Angeles.
Chris Rising is a graduate of Duke University and Loyola Law School. He began is professional career as an associate at Pillsbury Madison & Sutro (now known as Pillsbury Winthrop), spent several years in the Office of the President at Cushman Realty Corporation and was a Director at Cushman & Wakefield. He is President of the Board of Chandler School in Pasadena, a member of the Board of Regents of Loyola High School in Los Angeles, the Board of Overseers at Loyola Law School and the Duke Athletic Advisory Board.

Jenny Goldfarb, aka Mrs. Goldfarb, is the founder of Unreal Deli. She grew up on the Standard American Diet (SAD), and in her early 30s, learned about the plight of animals on factory farms, which led her to adopt a plant-based diet. After much trial and error she became a whiz in the plant-based kitchen and realized the thing she missed most after becoming vegan was premium NY-style deli meat. She sought to recreate a corned beef made from beets, chickpeas, tomatoes and high protein wheat. The recipe became such a hit that it encouraged her to produce her Corn’d Beef Reubens for Delis, Whole Foods, even Shark Tank, where she took on Mark Cuban as primary investor. The company then developed Unreal Roasted Turk’y followed by Unreal Steak Slices. With no experience in the food sector, let alone launching a company, she gave birth to this rapidly expanding business in her tiny kitchen while pregnant with her 3rd child. The Unreal Deli product line can now be found in thousands of restaurant and grocery locations nationwide with more to come.

Don Kellar, MS, REP, PG is the CEO and Founder of Fulcrum Resources Inc. is a full-service environmental and engineering consulting firm that specializes in real-estate due-diligence, surface and subsurface assessments, remediation, and property condition assessments.

Brett Dedeaux is the president and founder of Dedeaux Properties.  He is recognized by Globe St as one of the top influencers in Industrial Real Estate and that same year the Los Angeles Business Journal recognized Brett on the LABJ 500.
Dedeaux Properties  is an industrial real estate investment & development firm. The company controls over 6,500,000 sq. ft. of industrial property in California along with a strategic presence in Chicago.

Dedeaux Properties focuses on acquiring and developing distribution facilities, cold-storage buildings and transportation-related properties including truck terminals and trailer parking yards.