The war in Ukraine has dominated the headlines for many months. Since February 2022, nearly 9 million Ukrainians have fled their country, and tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers have died. My guest today, Denis Buyanov, has lived through the sirens, explosions, and tragedies that come with war. During this episode, he openly shares his expe…

This Kyle’s Take features commentary on the recent performance of Mexican real estate across the residential and commercial spectrum, insights from the interview with Jaime Fasja, poll results, and a preview of the next guest. 00:15 – Introduction Kyle sets the stage for the episode by describing the context of his surroundings at the Ritz Carlton …

While this episode’s guest, Jaime Fasja, has a family background in real estate dating back 50 years, he crafted his own way to the highest echelons of retail, hospitality, and industrial real estate investment & development across Mexico and the Caribbean. The 180-person firm that he started from scratch in 2012 and now leads as co-CEO, Thor Urban…

This episode of Kyle’s Take features coverage of French real estate performance across product types throughout COVID, noteworthy investment projects, insights from the interview with Alon Kasha, poll results, and a preview of the next guest. 00:42 – Paris COVID Protocols 02:02 - BREAKING NEWS 02:11 – High-level residential performance 02:41 – Effe…

Little did Alon Kasha know at the time, but the move that he and his wife Betsy made to France nearly 20 years ago led to what is today a thriving real estate development and interior design firm called Kasha Paris. In this episode, Alon sits down with Kyle in the kitchen of one of his recently renovated apartments to describe the creation of this …

To wrap up summer, Kyle shares some newsworthy real estate headlines and COVID observations from Italy, key takeaways from his conversation with Alberto and Enza Barba, information about his next online poll, and future guest commentary. 00:15- Episode Introduction Kyle expresses the special nature of his podcast, as it was recorded on-location in …

Entrepreneurs Enza and Alberto Barba host Kyle at their spectacular, newly opened hotel called Petrea Lifestyle Suites in the hills of Positano, Italy. With a background in tourism and languages, this dynamic couple has created a 3-room oasis that lends new meaning to the terms “hospitality” and “room with a view.” Overcoming multiple COVID-related…

Kyle takes Global Real Estate Dealmakers on the road, reporting from Phoenix, Arizona on breaking Turkish real estate news, key insights from his past guest (Firuz Soyuer), poll results and the upcoming poll, and commentary on the next guest. Dealmaker Highlights 01:25 - BREAKING NEWS 01:47 – Residential Price Appreciation Turkey posted the greates…

Few people are as well versed in Turkish real estate as Firuz Soyuer. Having spent nearly three decades growing his Istanbul-based commercial and residential real estate advisory firm, he joins Global Real Estate Dealmakers to elaborate on the extent to which institutional and private real estate investors have proliferated in the country. Firuz al…

In the second Kyle’s Take of 2021, Kyle shares some real estate headlines from Japan, key takeaways from his recent conversation with Taito Ohe at U Share, past and future poll information, and future guest commentary. Dealmaker Highlights 00:52 - BREAKING NEWS 01:07 - Pandemic’s Effects on Tokyo Housing 01:51 - Mori Building Partnership with Aman …

The Tokyo-based Taito Ohe joins the show to explain how his architectural background, top-notch education, and interest in entrepreneurship have led him to co-found U-Share as one of its three partners. Balancing his responsibilities as Chief Strategy Officer with a separate role at the acclaimed architectural firm, Plantec, Taito describes the rea…

Kyle kicks off 2021 with a solo episode to provide some commentary on 2020 themes and share his views on the most salient topics that will arise in global commercial real estate over the next year. 01:17 - 2020 Highlights 02:06 - Featured Guests Review 05:08 - NOTEWORTHY THEMES OF 2020 05:55 - Sudden Movement 06:08 - Landlord Focus 06:30 - Behavior…

Gloria Gil joins the show to discuss her background and 39-year career in commercial real estate, including her 14 years as Senior Managing Director at the Regents of the University of California, the governing board of the University of California. At UC Regents, Gloria built an entirely new asset class and grew the AUM of the real estate portfoli…

Andrés Berral joins the show to discuss his 10 years as an attorney with Clifford Chance, an international real estate law firm with offices on five continents. Living in Madrid, Andrés discusses his firm, responsibilities, as well as the comparative performance of the real estate market in Spain both before and during the Covid-19 global health cr…

Tom Livelli, a Managing Director at Greystar's office in Santiago de Chile, joins the show to speak about his background, residential real estate experience across the Americas, and strategy for investing in South America in the coming years. Of particular note, Tom discusses the formation of Greystar's recently announced joint venture with the Can…

From the shores of the Red Sea in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Mowaffaq Al Hashimi sits down to discuss the growth of his career in real estate, including the reasons for founding Saqifat Al Safa in 1996 and focusing on certain business disciplines. Gaining exposure to both the US and Saudi markets throughout his academic and professional lives, he mainta…

Kofi Asomaning, a Wharton-educated architect, consultant, and developer, provides in-depth commentary about how his firm, Keystone Real Estate, is taking advantage of advisory and development opportunities within the Ghana market. While COVID-19 has slowed down the timeline of his projects, the country has not been as significantly affected by the …

President of Pink's Hot Dogs, Inc., Richard Pink joins the podcast to speak about his life as an entrepreneur, senior real estate executive, and mentor to undergraduate students. Started by his parents in 1939, Pink's has become a staple of the Los Angeles dining scene over 80 years of operation, attracting locals, tourists, and celebrities who lov…

Kyle Hutchin, an associate director at the boutique tenant advisory firm Franklin Shanks, joins to discuss Sydney's occupier market and the facets that make the city an attractive global real estate investment target. Since joining the firm five years ago, Kyle has helped Australian and international technology tenants align their property needs wi…

A research analyst at Nairobi-based Cytonn Investments, Wacu Mbugua joins to discuss her experience during quarantine and and the pandemic's effects on the firm's real estate development projects. Given her experience with site feasibility analyses and acquisitions due diligence across the firm's portfolio, Wacu has a keen perspective on the driver…

Colombian-born Sebastian Luque, who is an investment director at London based Round-Hill Capital, takes time during self-quarantine at his Madrid apartment to provide his thoughts on multifamily investment and development in Bogota, as well as explain how Round Hill is reacting to the coronavirus pandemic across its portfolio. With a split engineer…

As a country manager for IWG plc (formerly Regus), Irina Baeva joins to speak about her experiences growing the co-working business in Moscow and other Russian cities over the past nine years, including during the financial crisis of 2014-2015. Her skill set, determination, and resourcefulness have contributed to the leading position that IWG holds…

Kyle introduces the influences and motivations behind his creation of Global Real Estate Dealmakers, followed by an explanation of the benefits listeners will gain from tuning in to future episodes.By Kyle

Israeli developer and entrepreneur, Doron Haleva, joins from Tel-Aviv to discuss the evolution of his business named Welcome. Starting with a single apartment renovation in the student and tech hub of Be'er Sheva, he now controls over 400 multifamily units across 15 different buildings. Over the course of the episode, Doron describes the lessons le…

Ukrainian real estate investor and consultant, Denis Buyanov, joins the show to speak about the services of his firm, Atelier M2, as well as his views on the attractive and unattractive characteristics of the Kiev property market. As Denis specializes in advising clients on turnkey residential / small office real estate solutions, he has insightful…

Real estate entrepreneur and best-selling author, Erez Cohen, shares how his upbringing and early exposure to real estate & finance shaped his career path, the lessons gleaned from his relationships with real estate icons, and the positioning of his firm's real estate strategy in the larger Mexico City investment landscape. Having worked on real es…