The Retail Real Estate Podcast

Brandon Singer, the CEO of Retail By Mona, joins the show to discuss how retail real estate is performing in NYC and shares his story in launching Retail By Mona during the heart of COVID.

In his 17 years in the industry, Brandon has had one of the most successful careers as a retail broker in New York City. He has completed over 700 transactions in his career including Gucci's flagship in Meatpacking and Nike on 5th Ave. He was previously the Executive Director at Cushman & Wakefield before founding his own shop, Mona.

Brandon Singer's contact:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-l-singer-213325b/

Email: [email protected]

Joe Lee's contact:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeleelocate/

Email: [email protected]

Ty Brewster - one of the top franchise brokers in the US - is having a career year in commercial brokerage (yes, you heard that right in 2023!) He joins the show to cover why franchise real estate is growing and how he's managing to have a huge growth year in a down market.

Ty's contact: [email protected]

Jason Richter, CEO of Capricorn and former Head of Real Estate at American Apparel, joins us to go over state of the retail real estate industry, which verticals within retail are growing, and how retail brokers should be approaching this current climate.

Jason Richter, CEO of Capricorn and former Head of Real Estate at American Apparel, joins us to go over state of the retail real estate industry, which verticals within retail are growing, and how retail brokers should be approaching this current climate.

Home to Whole Foods, Publix, Marine Layer, The Thompson Hotel, and so many more, 12 South and The Gulch - two Nashville neighborhoods separated by less than 2 miles - have quickly become the hottest draws in town. Rents in the neighborhoods have doubled or even tripled in under 5 years! What's driving the growth?

LocateAI is a leader in retail real estate analytics and created the industry’s first AI-powered retail real estate brokerage. Our data science team uses 180,000 variables to build predictive analytics and market strategy maps for our clients, who rely on this objective data to make optimal real estate expansion decisions. LocateAI provides this data at no cost to retailers – learn more at https://www.locate.ai.

Home to Whole Foods, Equinox, The W Hotel, SoulCycle, ABC Cocina and ABC Kitchen, Gramercy Tavern, and so much more, the Union Square to Flatiron District corridor - bridged by Broadway - is one of the most accessible and busiest 7-day trade areas in all of Manhattan.

LocateAI is a leader in retail real estate analytics and created the industry’s first AI-powered retail real estate brokerage. Our data science team uses 180,000 variables to build predictive analytics and market strategy maps for our clients, who rely on this objective data to make optimal real estate expansion decisions. LocateAI provides this data at no cost to retailers – learn more at https://www.locate.ai.

This week, Robert Kluger (Chief Development Officer at Kura Sushi USA) joins Stephen Quinonez (Co-founder, CTO at LocateAI) to discuss how retail trends will change due to COVID-19. Topics covered include:

• How will retail sales be affected in 2020?
• When will rent prices bottom out?
• How are consumer preferences changing?
• How should retailers adjust their real estate strategies?

Relevant links:

• Retail traffic tracker: https://locate.ai/retail-tracker
• Wisconsin bars packed after State Supreme Court ruling: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/05/14/856075037/wisconsin-bars-reopen-after-court-strikes-down-safer-at-home-bans
• Travis Scott concert on FortNite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYeFAlVC8qU

Robert Kluger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kluger-8a49764)

Stephen Quinonez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenquinonez)

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LocateAI is a leader in retail real estate analytics and created the industry’s first AI-powered retail real estate brokerage. Our data science team uses 180,000 variables to build predictive analytics and market strategy maps for our clients, who rely on this objective data to make optimal real estate expansion decisions. LocateAI provides this data at no cost to retailers – learn more at https://www.locate.ai.

Home to the pennant winning Washington Nationals, the Capitol Riverfront is one of the fastest growing office/residential/entertainment nodes in all of DC.

There must be a reason that New York City's NoHo -- North of Houston ("how-stin") -- neighborhood landed star retailers Rumble, Soulcycle, Barry's, Dig, La Colombe, Equinox, Bandier, Kith, and so many more. We sat down with Michael Cohen, Director at Newmark Knight Frank in New York, to understand why.

Zach Aarons, co-founder and General Partner of MetaProp ($40M+ invested in 90+ real estate technology companies) joins Stephen Quinonez, co-founder and CTO of LocateAI, to discuss how retail and commercial real estate will change after COVID-19.

Topics covered include:

• how to adjust strategy accordingly (hint: don’t overreact)
• is now the time to adopt new technology?
• the evolution of experiential retail
• the future of shopping malls
• the trend towards urbanization

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LocateAI is a leader in retail real estate analytics and created the industry’s first AI-powered retail real estate brokerage. Our data science team uses 180,000 variables to build predictive analytics and market strategy maps for our clients, who rely on this objective data to make optimal real estate expansion decisions. LocateAI provides this data at no cost to retailers – learn more at https://www.locate.ai.