Live at the U: The Built World Podcast x Dan Kodsi
We are taking The Built World Podcast out of the studio and onto the University of Miami campus for a special live event that is open to the public. In proud partnership with the University of Miami’s Master of Real Estate Development + Urbanism (MRED+U) program, we are honored to host a live conversation […]
Don Soffer – Founder & Chairman, Turnberry Associates
At 93, vodka on the rocks in hand, Don Soffer sits down to retrace how a kid from a tiny steel town outside Pittsburgh ended up building one of the most valuable pieces of land in South Florida. He talks about growing up above his family’s grocery store, watching refugees from Europe sleep in his […]
Malcolm Butters, Co-Founder & CEO, Butters Construction & Development
When it comes to warehouses in South Florida, Malcolm Butters has pretty much seen it all, built it all, and survived every cycle along the way. In this episode, he walks us through his journey from a Montreal kid working in his dad’s inner–city furniture business and dodgy off–site warehouse alleys, to moving to Florida […]
Isaac Toledano – Co-Founder & CEO, BH Group
In this episode, Ben and Felipe sit down with Isaac Toledano, Co-Founder and CEO of BH Group, for a very honest look at what it really takes to build a major real estate platform in Florida. Isaac shares how he grew up between Morocco, Poland and Israel through his parents’ stories, started visiting construction sites […]
Bob Knakal – Chairman & CEO, BKREA
New York City brokerage legend Bob Knakal flew down to Miami, sat across from Ben and Felipe with a glass of 1942 in hand, and unpacked four decades of selling buildings one block at a time. From shovelling snow as a kid to co-founding Massey Knakal in the late eighties and eventually selling it in […]
Cafecito Club returns on December 12 at 9am-ish
Miami might not wake up early, but when it does, it shows up strong. Join us on Friday, December 12 at 9am-ish (Miami Standard Time) at the Brightline Station inside the Central Fare Food Collective for a morning of good coffee, easy conversations, and the kind of networking that actually feels human. Cafecito Club started […]
Why We Built a Media Platform Instead of a Traditional Brokerage (and how it wins us deals)
Most brokerages chase clients. We built a platform that people want to be part of. If you walk into most commercial real estate brokerages today, you’ll see something that hasn’t changed since the 2000s: Cold calls Email blasts Generic brochures Listings on LoopNet Every broker says the same thing: “We’re hustlers. We have […]