Tangent - Proptech & The Future of Cities Edward Cohen & Jeff Berman

Hosts Edward and Jeffrey are joined by MetaProp Co-founder & GP Zach Aarons, and special guest Brad Hargreaves, Founder and Chairman at Common and contributor to Thesis Driven, to discuss Silicon Valley Bank's and Signature Bank's unraveling and it's potential implications on Proptech, commercial real estate and VC investing.
(2:05) - SVB's fallout timeline(7:13) - Advise for Proptech founders & teams banking with SVB(11:27) - Impact to investor sentiment(13:42) - Feature: HAC - Housing Assistance Council, helping build homes & communities across rural America (learn more)(14:50) - How can companies handle SVB's covenants(19:10) - Fed's options & their impact on commercial real estate(23:30) - Bank runs in the era of social media(25:55) - Buying low-yield bonds and 4 cap CRE buyers(28:50) - Brad's experience at Common choosing between Triple Point & SVB(33:50) - Opportunities ahead(36:53) - How can Proptech deliver innovation & adoption growing forward
Learn more:💚Brad Hargreaves on Twitter💚Thesis Driven blog (subscribe)💚Zach Aarons on Twitter💚MetaProp's website
Feature:💚HAC - Housing Assistance Council, helping build homes & communities across rural America (learn more)Connect with Tangent:💚Edward Cohen on Twitter💚Edward Cohen on LinkedIn💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn💚Tangent on LinkedIn💚Tangent on Twitter

Nick Romito is the CEO and Founder of VTS, Commercial Real Estate's leading leasing and asset management platform. Under his leadership, VTS has grown to more than 60% of Class A office space in the US and over 12 billion square feet of office, retail, and industrial is managed through the VTS platform globally.
(1:23) - State of the Office market(7:20) - Office space in the hybrid work era(11:55) - CRE debt maturity(13:37) - Feature: Raccord - Collect, organize and use CRE data seamlessly (15:46) - How will CRE owners and operators evolve (23:23) - How will CRE tenant experience evolve(25:56) - VTS's present and future(29:30) - Future of Cities: NYC(36:14) - Discomfort Zone: Remote work
Learn more:💚VTS Office Demand Index February 2023 (report)💚VTS (website)
Feature:💚Raccord (website) - Collect, access and utilize commercial real estate data instantlyConnect with Tangent:💚Edward Cohen on Twitter💚Edward Cohen on LinkedIn💚Jeff Berman on LinkedIn💚Tangent on LinkedIn💚Tangent on Twitter

Kevin Ortner is the President of Appreciate Holdings and CEO of its operating arm Renters Warehouse. Appreciate is the second largest residential marketplace for investors in the US.

Jason Fudin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Placemakr. Placemakr is a tech-enabled real estate and finance optimization platform that partners with developers, property operators, and investors to curate a collection of apartment-like spaces in selected neighborhoods. Their buildings range from brand-new apartments as they’re leasing up to established apartments looking to maximize their value. Jason previously led commercial developments at Vornado Realty.

Noah Isaacs is Co-founder and Co-CEO at Bowery Valuation, a commercial real estate appraisal firm that is powering the best-in-class appraisers to help them appraise smarter and faster. Before co-founding Bowery, Noah worked for BBG, valuing over $2.5B worth of commercial real estate in New York. Noah graduated from McGill University with a major in Statistics and a double minor in Operations Management and Labor-Management Relations. He has on multiple occasions lectured at Columbia University, with a primary focus on Proptech and the future of real estate.

Special guest Zach Aarons from MetaProp, one of the most active early-stage Proptech investor in the United States, joins Tangent again. Zach has been involved in funding over 60 startups at the intersection of Real Estate and Technology as an individual, and 150 startups through MetaProp NYC’s venture capital funds.

Imran Noorani is the Chief Strategy Officer and Co-founder at Peak Power, a Canadian company that is putting commercial and industrial buildings at the center of the clean energy revolution.