Let’s Have A Drink (D.C.)

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In Let's Have A Drink, we sit down with the personalities who shape Washington, D.C., real estate — one of the most complex and affluent markets in the country. Hosted by Bisnow East Coast Editor Ethan Rothstein, we examine the deals, the disappointments and, of course, drinks of choice.

Episodes

  1. 12/20/2019

    A Conversation With Wendy Feldman Block

    In this episode, we’re drinking coffee with Savills' Senior Managing Director Wendy Feldman Block at A Baked Joint in Mount Vernon Triangle. Feldman Block, one of Savills’ top brokers, talks about growing up in the earliest days of Reston, representing tenants during the Savings & Loan crisis, being in a woman in real estate after #MeToo and how coworking has reshaped the office leasing market.

    27 min

  2. 12/06/2019

    A Conversation With Chris Clemente

    In this episode, we sit down with Chris Clemente, the founder and CEO of Comstock Cos., a developer based in Reston, Virginia. Over beers at the Palm in Tysons, we talk about his first company, founded when he was in college, going through the Savings and Loan crisis and making the “contrarian play” by building multiple office buildings before signing a tenant at Reston Station.

    24 min

  3. 11/22/2019

    A Conversation With Amol Sarva

    In this bonus episode, we sit down with Knotel co-founder Amol Sarva. We talk about the growth of his flexible workspace company, creating diversity in top management and the mythologies of startups.

    21 min

  4. 11/08/2019

    A Conversation With Bob Murphy

    In this episode, we’re drinking beers with MRP Realty Managing Principal Bob Murphy at Tony and Joe’s in Georgetown’s Washington Harbour. He talks about what it was like for the harbor to go under water — literally — how the Trammell Crow Co. created an "anti-jerk" culture, developing a major housing project in the city and navigating city politics.

    20 min

  5. 10/25/2019

    A Conversation With Melina Cordero

    In this episode we sit down with Melina Cordero, the managing director of retail capital markets at CBRE, at Allegory at Eaton DC on K Street. Over cocktails billed as wellness-focused, we talk about retail bankruptcies, department store reinventions and why she's not so sure online will kill brick-and-mortar.

    28 min

  6. 10/11/2019

    A Conversation With Monty Hoffman

    After a summer hiatus, the Let’s Have A Drink podcast is back with an interview with Monty Hoffman. Hoffman is the CEO of Hoffman & Associates and co-developer of The Wharf, a $2.5B megaproject on the Southwest D.C. waterfront. At the Whisky Charlie, a rooftop bar in one of the Wharf’s three hotels, he talks about shepherding the project through a recession, four acts of Congress and his original partner’s bankruptcy.

    30 min

  7. 06/14/2019

    A Conversation With Nina Janopaul

    In our fifth episode, we sit down with Nina Janopaul, the CEO of the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing, at the bar of Le Meridien, a hotel in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood. We talk about how she became one of the D.C. area's most prolific affordable housing developers, why she think's APAH's model can work beyond Arlington, and her fears — and hopes — about Amazon HQ2's impact.

    23 min

  8. 05/31/2019 · BONUS

    A Conversation With Brad Hargreaves (Bonus Episode)

    Let's Have A Drink D.C. is taking a break this week before we come back with more episodes. As a bonus, here's an episode from our counterparts in New York with Brad Hargreaves, the CEO and founder of co-living company Common. Over cocktails at a Brooklyn Caribbean restaurant, we talk about underserved segments of the housing market, the widening gap between rents and wages — and convincing lenders that the co-living business model isn’t some “kooky” thing.

    13 min

  9. 05/17/2019

    A Conversation With Toby Bozzuto

    In our fourth episode, we have beer and soda with Toby Bozzuto, the CEO of Bozzuto Group, at Brookland Pint. We talk about taking over the business his father founded, fostering diversity and inclusion and what can be done to save Baltimore.

    25 min

  10. 05/03/2019

    A Conversation With Yolanda Cole

    In our third episode, we drink martinis with Yolanda Cole, a partner and co-founder at Hickok Cole Architects. We talk about her early days at Kohn Pedersen Fox, why there are so many glass boxes that look the same in D.C., housing affordability and being a woman in leadership.

    22 min

  11. 04/18/2019

    A Conversation With Ben Miller

    In our second episode, we have tea with Ben Miller, the CEO and co-founder of Fundrise, at Magnolia Wine Bar in Dupont Circle. We talk about the challenge of building a business form scratch, hype and disillusionment over opportunity zones and crowdfunding, and why now he can finally "start to mess things up" for the real estate industry.

    20 min

  12. 03/29/2019

    A Conversation With Don Wood

    In our first episode, we have coffee with Don Wood, the CEO of Federal Realty Investment Trust, at the Canopy Hotel in Pike & Rose along Rockville Pike in North Bethesda. We talk about navigating an “over-retailed” country, breaking into mixed-use development in the 1990s — and how many beers he needs before he will talk about his days at The Trump Organization.

    17 min
  • 12 Episodes

Ratings & Reviews

4.8
out of 5
13 Ratings

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In Let's Have A Drink, we sit down with the personalities who shape Washington, D.C., real estate — one of the most complex and affluent markets in the country. Hosted by Bisnow East Coast Editor Ethan Rothstein, we examine the deals, the disappointments and, of course, drinks of choice.

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