Podcasts about Silverstein Properties

ELISA ORLANSKI OURS Elisa Orlanski Ours is at the top of the architecture and design world game. She is a highly regarded designer, educator, and industry leader who currently serves as Chief Planning & Design Officer at Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group. A founder of the firm's Planning & Design department, Elisa has been instrumental in transforming the relationship between the design and the real estate industries, fusing architectural marketing with strong design principles throughout all phases of residential, hotel, and amenity space planning.  Elisa's portfolio boasts an impressive array of projects, ranging from master plans and hotel- branded developments to individual villas, with NYC highlights including 220 Central Park South, 56 Leonard, Hudson Yards, One High Line, and historic landmark conversions like The Greenwich Lane and The Apthorp. Through her work with Corcoran Sunshine, Corcoran New Development, and the brand's affiliate network, she has consulted with developers including Silverstein Properties, Related, Rudin Management, and Vornado Realty Trust, and has shaped the architectural landscape of New York City through collaborations with architects including Robert A. M. Stern, BIG Architects, Foster and Partners, Selldorf Partners, KPF, SOM, Yabu Pushelberg, Thomas Juul Hansen, Champalimaud, and Rockwell Group. Elisa has also had the privilege of working on the first NYC residential development with Herzog and de Meuron, Shigeru Ban, David Chipperfield, Studio Gang, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid, Studio Sofield, Adjaye Associates, and Michaelis Boyd.  Elisa holds a BA in architecture with a concentration in computer science from Barnard College and a master's in architecture from Columbia University. She is a dedicated working mother of two young boys who is actively dedicated to her community, supporting the NYC public school system and the Architecture League. She serves on the board of Southworth Development, an owner and operator of six golf resorts. ELISA RELATED LINKS Corcoran Sunshine AIA NYC Center for Architecture Salone del Mobile - Milano Architectural Digest GENERAL INFO| TOP OF THE GAME: Official website: https://topofthegame-thepod.com/ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/topofthegame-thepod/feed.xml Hosting service show website: https://topofthegame-thepod.podbean.com/ Javier's LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/javiersaade  SUPPORT & CONNECT: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/96934564 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551086203755 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOPOFGAMEpod Subscribe on Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/site/podcatcher/index/blog/vLKLE1SKjf6G Email us: info@topofthegame-thepod.com   THANK YOU FOR LISTENING – AVAILABLE ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS  

Tal Kerret is the President of Silverstein Properties, the company behind the historic rebuilding of the World Trade Center in New York City, and on the board of directors of Fundrise. Tal provides an in-depth look into the challenges and triumphs associated with redeveloping this iconic site, emphasizing its immense logistical complexity, symbolic importance, and economic impact. He shares his journey from the tech industry into real estate, discussing lessons learned about innovation, risk management, and leadership. Tal also highlights the crucial role of supportive board dynamics and culture in business success, reflecting on personal experiences in venture capital and entrepreneurship. This conversation offers valuable insights into building enduring projects and resilient teams. — For a deeper dive into these insights and more, be sure to listen to the full episode of the Onward podcast. Have questions or feedback about this episode? Drop us a note at Onward@Fundrise.com.  Onward is hosted by Ben Miller, co-founder and CEO of Fundrise. Podcast production by The Podcast Consultant. Music by Seaplane Armada.  About Fundrise  With over 2 million users, Fundrise is America's largest direct-to-investor alternative asset investment platform. Since 2012, our mission has been to build a better financial system by empowering the individual. We make it easier and more efficient than ever for anyone to invest in institutional-quality private alternative assets — all at the touch of a button.  Please see fundrise.com/oc for more information on all of the Fundrise-sponsored investment funds and products, including each fund's offering document(s).  Want to see the specific assets that make up and power Fundrise portfolios? Check out our active and past projects at www.fundrise.com/assets.

In this Greatest Hits episode of Getting to Aha!, host Darshan Mehta is joined by Gil Eyal, the Head of Marketing and Innovation at Silverstein Properties. Their conversation delves into Gil's transformative “aha!” moments, contrasting influencer marketing with celebrity endorsements, avoiding common pitfalls in celebrity endorsements, and highlighting the importance of storytelling in effective marketing. They also discuss diversification in digital marketing, the critical nature of conversions in marketing metrics, the longevity and scalability of various marketing channels, and the evolving role of AI in the marketing landscape.

In this episode of Big Shot, we sit down with another legendary real estate developer, Larry Silverstein. Best known for the 99-year lease he signed for the World Trade Center, just six weeks before 9/11, Larry's story is one of persistence and strategic partnerships—and a whole lot of chutzpah. He shares with us today how he leveraged partnerships, refurbished properties on a shoestring budget and built a business that today is valued at over $10 billion. As with many successful Jewish entrepreneurs, family is at the center of it all, and Larry speaks with extreme gratitude about his children and wife Klara. You won't want to miss hearing about how Larry very narrowly missed being at ground zero during 9/11, and how his wife supported his efforts in rebuilding the World Trade Center.  If you'd like to apply to be an executive producer, please complete the form here https://shorturl.at/xLQUW In This Episode We Cover:  (03:19) How Larry got established in real estate with no money (09:59) Why Larry turned down a 100k profit on his first contract  (12:51) How Larry leveraged investors to land million-dollar properties (14:22) The low-budget, resourceful way Larry's team refurbished buildings (16:31) How Larry collaborated with competitors in purchasing 711 Fifth Avenue (24:42) Coca-Cola's purchase of 711 Fifth Avenue (26:43) Why Larry worked with partners (27:33) The beginning of Larry's journey toward buying the World Trade Center (35:22) How Silverstein Properties built their own electric plant  (45:28) The drama of signing Salomon Brothers  (52:44) Larry's accident and acquiring the World Trade Center (58:45) Why Larry was absent from the building on 9/11  (1:00:20) How Larry decided to rebuild the World Trade Center (1:04:21) When Larry knew he made it (1:06:28) Larry's philanthropic efforts paying the tuition of medical school students — Referenced:  Harry Helmsley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Helmsley 711 Fifth Avenue Purchased from Columbia Pictures: https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/23/archives/realty-news-fifth-avenue-third-avenue-executives-named.html George Kaufman's obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/obituaries/george-s-kaufman-who-revived-astoria-studios-dies-at-89.html Peter Feinberg obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/15/obituaries/peter-i-feinberg-79-real-estate-developer.html Port Authority to lease World Trade Center to Silverstein Properties: https://www.panynj.gov/port-authority/en/press-room/press-release-archives/2001_press_releases/port_authority_toleaseworldtradecentertosilversteinpropertiesinc.html World Trade Center history: https://www.911memorial.org/learn/resources/digital-exhibitions/world-trade-center-history Ed Koch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Koch Salomon Brothers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Brothers Mortimer Zuckerman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortimer_Zuckerman Salomon Will Move to the World Trade Center: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/29/nyregion/salomon-will-move-to-trade-center.html The Collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert: https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/14/business/the-collapse-of-drexel-burnham-lambert-key-events-for-drexel-burnham-lambert.html NYU School of Medicine Offers Full-Tuition Scholarships to All New & Current Medical Students: https://nyulangone.org/news/nyu-school-medicine-offers-full-tuition-scholarships-all-new-current-medical-students — Where to find Larry Silverstein:  Silverstein Properties: https://www.silversteinproperties.com/ The Rising: The Twenty-Year Battle to Rebuild the World Trade Center: https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Twenty-Year-Battle-Rebuild-Center/dp/0525658963 Where To Find Big Shot:  Website: ⁠https://www.bigshot.show/ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@bigshotpodcast⁠   TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bigshotshow⁠    Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/bigshotshow/⁠   Harley Finkelstein: ⁠https://twitter.com/harleyf⁠  David Segal: ⁠https://twitter.com/tea_maverick⁠ Production and Marketing: ⁠⁠https://penname.co

Christelle Rohaut is the Founder and CEO of Codi (backed by a16z), where she's building the walk-to-work revolution. Codi offers turnkey, private office spaces with the most flexible terms on the market. In a matter of days, any company can find a space for their team, with full and part-time options, outsourced office management, and flexible leases. Codi has also created a Relief Fund to help businesses impacted by WeWork's struggles. Christelle is an Urban Planner who aspires to achieve positive social and natural impacts for happier livelihoods. She seeks to innovatively rethink urban systems to help cities be a happier place for all.(2:11) - State of Office market(13:58) - Feature: Housing Trust Silicon Valley(15:10) - What's wrong with traditional Coworking(21:43) - Types of buildings partnering with Codi(23:56) - Codi's WeWon't marketing campaign(29:34) - Collaboration Superpower: Brian Chesky (Airbnb CEO & Co-founder) & Conchita Martinez (Spanish tennis champion & coach)

Katharine Lau is the CEO and Co-founder of Stuf, a self storage startup delivering modern, tech-enabled storage to consumers and businesses. Stuf partners with real estate owners to monetize basements, garages, and other spaces in commercial buildings as storage, creating new cash flow opportunities for landlords while providing neighborhoods with a new amenity. Stuf was recognized by Fast Company as one of The World's Most Innovative Companies in 2022. Previously, Kat led the supply-side business of Industrious, the nation's leading premium workplace and coworking provider, where she pioneered an industry shift to asset- and liability-light agreements with property owners.(1:42) - Stuf origin story(5:46) - Target markets and type of buildings suited for conversions(10:00) - Business model & scaling CRE conversions(11:32) - Stuf's tech stack(15:02) - Feature: Housing Trust Silicon Valley(16:14) - Industrious transition from asset-heavy to asset-light(20:44) - WeWork's tumultuous office lease renegotiations(22:34) - Future of office uses(25:44) - Office-to-art space conversion(27:22) - Collaboration Superpower: Marie Kondo

In this Greatest Hits episode of Getting to Aha!, Darshan Mehta is joined by Rebecca Brooks, CEO & Founder of Alter Agents. They discuss Rebecca's aha! moments, how to improve customer experience by making it more powerful and emotional for them, the revelation of customer truths, the future of brand loyalty, the emotional side of customer experience, product innovation, experience innovation, augmented reality, brand response to feedback, and more.

In this episode of Getting to Aha!, Darshan Mehta is joined by Gil Eyal, Head of Marketing and Innovation at Silverstein Properties.

At 92 years old, Larry Silverstein is shaking things up. The founder of Silverstein Properties is spearheading a mammoth office-to-residential conversion. He's thrown his hat in the ring for the city casino bid. And he's in with a new crowd: the young folks of Lower Manhattan.

What does the housing crisis actually entail? To wrap up Season 3 of American Building, I'm joined by Keith Rand, Vice President at Mill Creek Residential, to discuss the main housing production issues Americans face today and different solutions to address them. We look at limitations with local and state government policy and unpack the proposed housing supply plan from the White House. In our conversation, Keith explains the root cause of the supply and demand imbalance in New York City. Between the exorbitant cost of land, insurance, and property taxes, the city that more than 8 million people call home is increasingly unaffordable and unsustainable. Keith breaks down a potential rezoning approach called “Own Your Air,” which promotes diverse housing stock and reinvestment into underserved neighborhoods. Keith shares his perspective on the most pressing issues we need to tackle when it comes to housing production and affordability, namely starting with local and state government policy. He highlights inefficiencies in large-scale tax credit programs and suggests ways to improve them. We also reflect on inspiring progress we've seen in state legislatures across the country, including California, Colorado, and Texas. About the Guest:Keith Rand is Vice President at Mill Creek Residential, the 3rd largest residential rental development company in the country. Previously, he worked in senior roles at Stonehenge and Greystar. He began his career at Silverstein Properties and JP Morgan Chase. Keith is a graduate of Duke University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Kennedy School at Harvard.Topics Covered:Shared housing challenges of rural and urban landscapes Highlights from Keith's time working for the Bloomberg administrationHow the lack of standardization in real estate creates challenges in housing development Thoughtful ways to lower property taxes for rental housing in New York City Ideas for building out the Section 8 voucher program Approaching housing from an empathetic, holistic perspective Resources Mentioned: FACT SHEET: President Biden's Budget Lowers Housing Costs and Expands Access to Affordable Rent and Home Ownership Episode 62 with Melissa Román Burch Progress and Poverty by Henry George About Your Host: Atif Qadir is the Founder of Commonplace, a company dedicated to tackling one of the biggest barriers to more inclusive, affordable, and sustainable development: improving access to capital. Commonplace helps impact-driven developers and capital providers with shared values discover and connect with each other.Connect with Keith Rand: Connect with Keith on LinkedInFollow Us: Grab our exclusive guide: How Eight Developers & Designers Are Responding to the Housing CrisisLearn more

On this episode of the Impact Real Estate Podcast presented by Jackson Lucas Executive Search, we have a great conversation with Silverstein Properties' Executive Vice President of Asset Management, Lisa Bevacqua. We talk to about how she went from consultant to EVP, how to lead without sharp elbows, and her work with Chief -- a private network focused on connecting and supporting women leaders. It's a double dose of Lisa this week on the Impact Real Estate Podcast.Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3I3nkG9Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ZJGLTWeb: https://www.jacksonlucas.com/podcast/Lisa-BevacquaEpisode Notes:03:39 - Empowering women in business 09:29 - How close to the real estate do you want to be?13:26 - You're in the details 15:58 - Real estate origin story 21:43 - Day-to-day 29:27 - The fundamentals32:03 - Finding a mentor 38:47 - The "Lisa" Way 41:51 - The Hot Seat presented by KK Reset

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Join Ben Miller, CEO of Fundrise, for a conversation with a very special guest on this episode of Onward: Larry Silverstein is the founder and chairman of Silverstein Properties, the owner-developer of the World Trade Center, along with a remarkable portfolio of other major properties that have defined New York City life and the Manhattan skyline for decades.  The interview gives us a tour of both Mr. Silverstein's life and the history of New York, as he recounts his experience investing in a number of influential New York properties. Each acquisition also highlights a different stage in financial history, showcasing a defining moment in the country's and New York's economic cycles. As Mr. Silverstein tells the story behind the acquisition of each piece of real estate, he imparts investing insights that remain critical to investors today. Those experiences include making the decision to invest during a struggling market — such as when he bought 711 5th Ave., in a declining New York — or the challenges of leasing a million square feet of commercial space — such as when he developed 7 WTC. Ultimately, when Ben asks what advice Mr. Silverstein has for investors today, he recommends, “whatever you do, think long-term” and to invest “in quality.”  Have questions or feedback about this episode? Drop us a note at Onward@Fundrise.com. Onward is hosted by Ben Miller, co-founder and CEO of Fundrise, and Cardiff Garcia, co-founder of Bazaar Audio and host of the economics-focused podcast The New Bazaar (after spending many years as the co-creator and co-host of NPR's The Indicator podcast). Podcast production by The Podcast Consultant. Music by Seaplane Armada. About Fundrise With over 1 million users, Fundrise is America's largest direct-to-investor alternative asset investment platform. Since 2012, our mission has been to build a better financial system by empowering the individual. We make it easier and more efficient than ever for anyone to invest in institutional-quality private alternative assets — all at the touch of a button.   Please see the Fundrise Flagship Real Estate Fund website (http://fundriseintervalfund.com), Fundrise Income Fund website (http://fundriseincomerealestatefund.com), and Fundrise Innovation Fund website (http://fundrise.com/innovation) for more information on each fund, including each fund's prospectus.  For the publicly filed offering circulars of the Fundrise eREITs and eFunds, not all of which may be currently qualified by the SEC, please see fundrise.com/oc. Want to see the specific properties that make up and power Fundrise portfolios? Check out our active and past projects at www.fundrise.com/assets. 

Silverstein Properties' CEO Larry Silverstein speaks to CBRE's Mary Ann Tighe about economic conditions, his predictions for a turnaround and the company's attempts to build in Astoria -- where the local council member has made it clear she will not support the project. This conversation was recorded at Bisnow's New York Economic Forecast event at 7 World Trade Center.

As a public relations veteran, Jody Fisher brings his vast knowledge to this episode of The PR Maven® Podcast. Jody shares some of his secrets to success, in particular, always trying to be helpful to the reporter rather than just trying to get a result for your client. He explains how he trains his clients for media interviews by making sure they are confident in the messages they want to get across. Jody also explains why the press release is not dead and emphasized the use of video to get results.   3:51 – Jody describes his career path, including a shift from radio to PR.    8:06 – Jody explains how to think like a reporter and have a sense of what is newsworthy. The key: always try to help the reporter.   17:00 – Jody shares how he prepares clients for media interviews by making sure they are confident, but not comfortable.   23:59 – Jody talks about why press releases are not dead and how the media uses them today.   28:32 – Jody lists how press releases can be repurposed in your content marketing strategy.   30:45 – Jody emphasizes the importance of video and how television media has had a video philosophy flip since COVID.   34:43 – Jody provides some resources he finds helpful.     Quote   “There's this horrible perception about PR people that we are somehow disingenuous or not completely honest, and it boils down to that four-letter word, nails on a chalkboard for me, spin. Good PR people don't spin because we don't have to. We have good stories and we want to give good stories to reporters to inform their audience of the interesting, funny, comical, essential, critical or lifesaving information that we have access to through our clients. I always say that PR people have just as much interest in helping the reporter as we do our client. It's not mutually exclusive.”– Jody Fisher, vice president of public relations at Austin Williams.     Links:   Nancy's Episode on The PR Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/93-nancy-marshall-the-pr-maven-on-building-a-personal-brand/id1528904589?i=1000575350537   Warren Weeks on The PR Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/90-warren-weeks-on-media-training-and-the-worst/id1528904589?i=1000570289127   Molly McPherson: https://mollymcpherson.com/   Indestructible PR Podcast: https://mollymcpherson.com/podcast/     Listen to Molly McPherson's episode on The PR Maven® Podcast.     About the guest:      Jody Fisher is vice president of public relations at Austin Williams, a Long Island based marketing, advertising and digital agency. Jody leads the division that represents clients across healthcare, higher education, financial services, non-profit and real estate industries. In his 25-year career as a PR leader, he has worked with New York based clients that include the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, Silverstein Properties at the World Trade Center, Friends of the High Line, the New York Post and Wall Street Journal and many more. He is also the host of The PR Podcast, a weekly show that spotlights guests with expertise in public relations and the news business. He's also a former NYC radio reporter and brings his newsroom savvy to his clients to create actionable PR programs.  Looking to connect:             Email: jodyfisher@live.com   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodyfisher/   Twitter: @jodyfisher  Website: www.jodyfisherpr.com   Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pr-podcast/id1528904589  

Marty Burger is the chief executive officer of Silverstein Properties, one of New York City's largest landlords. Their portfolio includes over 13 million square feet of real estate and they have over $10 billion of current development projects. Marty leads the company's day-to-day activities and focuses on acquisition, development, financing and fund management in the United States and abroad.     In this episode of the Closing Table, Marty shares the lessons he has learned as CEO of Silverstein Properties and what separates the good from the great.      What we discuss:     2:45 - Marty's journey to CEO 4:00 - What contributed to Marty's rise to CEO 5:30 - What's contributed to Silverstein's growth? 7:30 - What separates the good from the great?  10:15 - Silverstein's priorities post-covid     This podcast is brought to you by ProDeal, the data room for deal teams. We work with some of the largest and best lenders, sponsors and law firms who use our platform to organize and track due diligence.      Check out ProDeal: www.prodeal360.com  

Listeners, we're back this week with Luisa Mendoza.Luisa Mendoza is referred to as an innovative thought leader and disruptor, who has 20+ years of experience in global business development and marketing, with a focus on tourism and sports. Luisa graduated with a BS in Travel and Tourism Management from Florida International University. Because of her innovation and successful track record, Luisa was nominated as an Industry Impactor Honoree of the Microsoft Legacy Project – naming her as one of the most influential, groundbreaking Hispanic changemakers of our time.Mendoza served as BSE Global / Brooklyn Nets Director of Global Tourism Development, making her the first full-time tourism expert hired by a professional sports team in the U.S.A. during her tenure with the organization (2017-2019), she led the tourism marketing and sales initiatives which led for the Brooklyn Nets to more than triple revenue growth in sales from the global travel trade.Luisa's 20+ years of experience in the tourism industry also included leadership sales and marketing roles at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center, Marriott International, Silverstein Properties and NYC & Company, New York City's Official Marketing & Tourism Office.At just four years-old, Mendoza's parents sacrificed everything and migrated from Colombia to the United States to give her a better life. Mendoza's humble beginnings are a constant reminder that no matter your background, race, or socioeconomic status, anything is possible if you have the courage, passion and grit to follow your dreams. Mendoza's goal is to leave a legacy where she can provide hope and inspiration to women, minorities and children around the world.During our conversation, we talked about:Coming to the United States from ColombiaResponsibilityGoing to collegeCreating her roleReinventing herself during the pandemicRelevant Timestamps:5:30 - Miracle baby9:00 - Her parents' sacrifices & her gift for her mom14:15 - I didn't have other options17:45 - Her parents as her 'why'18:43 - Believing19:30 - Going to college23:10 - Believing in something25:32 - Her professional career39:06 - Re-inventing herself mid pandemicThis  episode is brought to you by the Small Biz Sponsorship ProgramAre you a business owner and you'd love to hear the name of your business at Cafe con Pam? Well, your wish has been granted. We have reopened applications to the Small Biz Sponsorship Program which allows small businesses the access to promote their company in this very show you're listening to right now. I wanted to make this accessible to all businesses so you can start promoting your company with $50. I know you're ready, all you have to do is complete the application at smallbizsponsor.com Follow Luisa on all things social:WebsiteLinkedInGlobal Tourism SportsUkonikAJL REPS Follow Cafe con Pam on all things socialInstagramFacebookhttp://cafeconpam.com/Join the FREE Cafe con Pam Challenge If you are a business owner, join us for Aligned MastermindJoin PowerSisters!  PowerSisters.ClubSubscribe, rate, review, and share this episode with someone you love!And don't ever forget to Stay Shining!

How do you create a place of remembrance in the heart of a bustling city? Michael Arad was a young, unknown architect when he beat out 5,200 others to win a competition to design the National 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center. He talks about what inspired him, changes he was forced to make to his design, the opening of the Memorial on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and his thoughts on a national memorial to the victims of Covid-19. Silverstein Properties long-time head of operations Bill Dacunto talks about surviving the 9/11 attacks. 

Architect Robert Whitlock, and developers Maria Masi, Marty Burger and Dawanna Williams talk about 5 WTC, the only residential tower proposed for the WTC site. Featuring 1,325 apartments, including 330 that will be permanently affordable, this will be the country's most significant and anticipated energy efficient and sustainable apartment building when it opens in 2026. 

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com FINAL KPF DESIGN OF 5 WTC IN NYC REVEALED, APPROVED A design by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) was selected for Five World Trade Center (5 WTC) by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey during a board meeting on February 11, New York YIMBY reports. The 900-ft-tall, 80-story structure at 130 Liberty Street is the latest piece of the redevelopment of the WTC site in NYC’s Financial District. The selection allows Silverstein Properties, Brookfield Properties, Omni New York LLC and Dabar Development Partners to secure a 99-year ground lease for the 1.56-million-ft2 tower. A departure from the sleek minimalist designs of the four other WTC towers, renderings show a floor-to-ceiling curtain wall with rounded corners and a large-scale grid of light-colored mullions. Residential amenities are indicated by a subtle setback at the middle. On the drawing board are 190,000 ft2 of office space, a 12,000-ft2 community area, 55,000 ft2 of public amenities, 7,000 ft2 of retail and 1.2 million ft2 of residential space for 1,325 apartments, 25% of which will be affordable. Construction is set to start in 2023, with completion anticipated in 2028. Image credit: by KPF To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

COVID 19 dramatically changed the Real Estate Markets. Will residential or commercial real estate be the same? What will coming back to the office look like? Can this be a watershed moment for the industry and drive some real innovation?Today we welcome to discuss:Gil Eyal - Strategic Advisor to the Chief Innovation Officer of Silverstein Properties, and Dan Goldstern - Co-Founder of Dojo.co@Shimonlazarov@MrEBITDAhardcorefinance.com

Tal Kerret is the President of Silverstein Properties, a real estate development and management firm based in New York City. Silverstein Properties owns and operates 40MM square feet of office space and residential properties including the World Trade Center, which they bought just six weeks prior to 9/11. Tal shares his unique perspective of what it's been like to rebuild One World Trade and help rejuvenate downtown New York City.  Before joining the family business of Silverstein Properties, Tal was a successful entrepreneur who was a part of the dot com boom in the early days of the internet. He used that experience and passion to start SilverTech Ventures, an accelerator, incubator, and venture capital firm. Tal tells us about SilverTech’s mission and a uniquely positioned company for the COVID era they’ve incubated called Dojo. By using their proprietary technology, Dojo allows companies to actually quantify the risk of contagion in their office space. It takes into account the airflow, the size of the space and other variables to give business owners a clear understanding of the risk in each room of an office. How do you think the future of office space will look in this new COVID shaped era? Guest Links: https://www.silversteinproperties.com/ (Silverstein Properties), https://silvertechventures.com/ (SilverTech Ventures), https://www.dojo.co/ (Dojo) Show Links: http://mpd.me (Website), https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkPeterDavis (YouTube), https://twitter.com/mpd (Twitter), https://www.facebook.com/innovationwithmpd (Facebook), https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovationwithmpd (LinkedIn)  Host: Mark Peter Davis Guest: Tal Kerret

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What can we learn from the former CFO of Silverstein Properties in NYC?  You know, the company that owns and developed the World Trade Center… In this episode, we interview Robbin Orbison, Founder and President of Cape Space on Cape Cod, MA. You’re about to find out.  Welcome to Episode 3 of the Consult Colletti Podcast.   We discuss how to adapt as a small business owner and what it takes to succeed in 2020! Robbin was the Chief Financial Officer of Silverstein Properties, the company that owns and continues to redevelop the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. She is now the Founder & President of CapeSpace LLC, a full-service coworking operation with locations in Hyannis and Mashpee. Robbin holds an MBA from Simmons College and sits on the boards of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, the Cape Cod Technology Council, and the Workspace Association of New York. She is also a partner in a venture called PopDesk which will soon be releasing a hotel.com-like app for booking space in coworking centers. She is also a partner in a venture called PopDesk which will soon be releasing a hotel.com-like app for booking space in coworking centers.     Robbin would like you to visit www.CapeSpace.com To learn how to get more customers on Google, visit GMBdownload.com and download Anthony’s on how FREE pdf!

On This episode, we have Marty Burger CEO of Silverstein Properties, one of the largest family-held real estate portfolios in the world. Marty has very humble beginnings, and in our conversation, we discuss his upbringing, how he got started in Real estate, being fired from his job, and his path to CEO. There are so many great lessons we can learn in this interview I hope you enjoy it. VIDEO: https://youtu.be/DdodcsoZE7I

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com NEW RENDERINGS SHOW HOW 2 WTC WOULD FIT INTO NYC SKYLINE Four new renderings show how 2 World Trade Center (WTC), originally conceived by Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, would fit into the NYC skyline, New York YIMBY reports. The British architect recently won a second chance at designing the supertall at 200 Greenwich Street from developer Silverstein Properties, and the renderings, by YIMBY and Instagram user Sinaevart, provide a look at what could become the second-tallest skyscraper in lower Manhattan after the 1,776-ft-tall One WTC. The first shows the four diamond-shaped structures on the crown pointing down toward the 9/11 Memorial, the second is a morning view from Midtown that obscures 3 WTC, the third is a sunset view from New York Harbor beyond the Statute of Liberty and the fourth is from Hudson Square that accentuates the original design’s dark centerline. A new design could look considerably different, and a construction timeline for what would be the final piece of the WTC complex puzzle will depend on landing an anchor tenant. Image credit: courtesy by Sinaevart To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today’s podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com FOSTER WINS ANOTHER SHOT AT TWO WORLD TRADE CENTER DESIGN The job for the design of Two World Trade Center, a long-awaited tower for the WTC complex in NYC's Financial District, has been returned to original architect Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, New York YIMBY reports. Also known as 200 Greenwich Street, the proposed tower would be the final piece of the 16-acre site. Foster's original 2006 design envisioned a diamond-topped skyscraper, with the shapes pointing down at the reflecting pools of the 9/11 Memorial. The project stalled in the early 2010s, and, in 2015, the design work was transferred to Bjarke Ingels of BIG, who proposed a tower composed of a stack of giant glass blocks. Construction was delayed after potential anchor tenant 21st Century Fox and News Corp. withdrew, and in 2018, Larry Silverstein, head of developer Silverstein Properties, indicated to YIMBY that Foster's design was still under consideration. The Foster design called for a 79-story, 1,350-ft-tall, glass tower holding just under 3 million ft2 of office space. The report indicated that Foster's original design would be "updated," but no specifics or renderings were given. Image credit: courtesy of Foster + Partners via dezeen To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Howdy folks, Double J here, with an OpGCD invasion of the Good Vibrations Podcast, 2019 Alternative Theory Year End Review. This is where Mr. Mark Devlin, host of Good Vibrations Podcast, sits down for a convo with Mr. Darren Williams, famously of Liverpool England, for a year end review of Darren’s top 10 Alternative Theory (aka. Conspiracy Theory) type topics. However, Mark Devlin is heavily engaged in other research matters at this time…so I’m baaaaaack, Double J here…with another invasion. Just like the 2018 Year End Review on Good Vibrations Podcast. Offering my unique brand of Operation GCD-style humor to Mr. Darren Williams’ (once again, famously of Liverpool England) top 10 Alternative Theory type topics of 2019. Connect with Mark Devlin Good Vibrations Podcast (available on apps podcasts are found): Emailmark@markdevlin.co.uk Websitehttp://www.markdevlin.co.uk Twitter@djmarkdevlin Connect with Darren Williams Twitter - @DazAltTheory Numerous guest appearances on Good Vibrations Podcast, Operation GCD, & many other Alternative Theory type podcasts. Connect with Double J & the Operation GCD Podcast (available on apps podcasts are found): Twitter - @OperationGCD Email - OperationGCD@gmail.com Website - www.OperationGCD.com Links & Show Notes DazAltTheory Top 10 of 2019 Notes 1). Stephen Dorril - senior lecturer in journalism at Huddersfield University (UK) whom specializes in researching the activities of British Military Intelligence was contacted by the wife of a deceased MI6 Agent (the Wife died in 2014). The Agent - Peter Hornsby was Lead Editor of the MI6 covertly funded Magazine: Flamingo (1961 - 1965) It deliberately targeted, the new influx of Black People from the then British Colonies in The Caribbean & West Africa. MI6 feared the ideology of Communism that was going throughout The Third World would arrive in the UK via the new immigration into the nation which was required after the devastation of World War 2 to the infrastructure & public sector, so the magazine was designed as a means to cleverly attack Communism by promoting Anglo – American values. Geopolitical articles within the magazine where of a serious nature near identical to media releases from the British Foreign Office's semi-secret Information Research Department. Also, revealed by Dorril was numerous Community Centres throughout London that serviced the mentioned new intake Afro – Caribbean Community where funded by C.I.A fronts in the form of 'charitable foundations' with the aim of identifying potential threats along with recruitment of new operatives. These Community Centres where also found in the major cities throughout the UK (Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield & Leeds) therefore was this C.I.A / MI6 Network even more extensive ? The revealing of this by Stephen Dorril – an academic along with author of numerous books on British Military Intelligence is important yet also worrying as it proves the covert manipulation of The Black Population of Britain. Therefore, has this continued in various ways such as elevating carefully chosen individuals from The British Black Community within Pop Culture (Music, Acting, Television Presenting & Journalism) with the counter narrative being individuals WITH talent that are deemed to not being able to be turned or having honour values being prevented from having opportunities ? If, this is the case then the UK is more tightly controlled than East Germany during the Cold War. Source: “Sex, ska and Malcolm X: MI6’s covert 1960s mission to woo West Indians” - theguardian.com/uk [ Saturday 26th January 2019 ] PAGE 1 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 2). The best friend of the current Pope whom was given the role of Treasurer for the entire Roman Catholic Church – Cardinal George Pell was found guilty of sexual offences against minors occurring in 1996 in his native Australia. One of the victims died of a drug overdose in retaliation in 2014 due to the impact of the abuse. This was without doubt, the most important news story of 2019 as it places the decision making plus general awareness of Pope Francis into question YET the significant Mainstream Media Outlets within the Western World didn't place the proper focus upon this scandal compared to say allegations made towards the historic sexual behaviour of R&B Singer R. Kelly in the SAME calender year which was a media hype – fest. Pell was sentenced to Six Years with parole happening after Three Years & Six Months along with being for the rest of his life on the Sex Offenders Register. Pell who remains an archbishop and a member of the College of Cardinals has been placed in protective custody during his incarceration has been visited by former Australian Prime Minister (2013 – 2015) Tony Abbot. A national outrage occurred in Australia due to this with Abbot justifying this by 'simply visiting a friend'. Then, on Christmas Eve 2019 – a group of local Catholics as a show of support for Pell decided to sing Carols outside the Melbourne correctional facility. Seems, they should re – read their Bible for... Matthew 18 : 6 Sources: “George Pell: Cardinal found guilty of sexual o ences in Australia” - bbc.co.uk/news [ Tuesday 26th February 2019 ] “Christmas Eve carolers for Cardinal Pell gathered at Melbourne prison” - catholicherald.co.uk [ Thursday 26th December 2019 ] PAGE 2 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 3). A concrete “altar” & a pagan metal plaque was discovered on Whinny Hill above St. Margaret’s Loch in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh (Scotland). Holyrood Park, which is also known as The Queen’s Park, is a royal park that remains part of Holyrood Palace, The Queen’s official residence in Scotland. The various articles don't detail how it was discovered yet photos show it BEFORE it was removed by unknown person(s) embedded in the ground within a section of turf cut into a triangle shape. A concrete altar was found buried beneath the topsoil and apparently was surrounded by “display objects”. It was later discovered that rather than the first believed ancient relics, one of them was carefully embedded into the ground using concrete & was part of artwork available on – line from Portland (USA) based artist: Maxine Miller. One of the pieces that was placed in concrete is priced as $75.00 (£54.00p) known as: Horned God and Goddess Celtic Elemental Pentacle Wall Plaque Cold Cast Bronze Miller's artwork is based in ancient occult knowledge. Therefore, what was discovered contemporary occult ceremonial worship ? Sources: “Satanic Plaque and Altar Unearthed in The Queen’s Holyrood Park in Scotland” - ancient-origins.net [ Saturday 22nd June 2019 ] “Mysterious ‘Altar’ unearthed in Holyrood Park most likely used by pagans not devil worshippers” - scotsman.com [ Saturday 22nd June 2019 ] “Mystery as pagan altar and symbol unearthed in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park” - edinburghnews.scotsman.com [ Saturday 22nd June 2019 ] Horned God and Goddess Cel c Elemental Pentacle Wall Plaque Cold Cast Bronze available at maxinemillerstudios.com PAGE 3 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 4). The following is NOT saying that MSC & J.P. Morgan Asset Management are involved in illegal activities. American Customs and Border Protection impounded 20 Tones high – grade Cocaine with a value of $1.3 Billion (£765. 9 Million) on Monday 17th June 2019 at Philadelphia’s Packer Marine Terminal from a container ship: MSC Gayane. The Ship is owned by global Merchant Bank: J.P. Morgan Asset Management and chartered to Mediterranean Shipping Company commonly known as MSC. Earlier in 2019 on Thursday 28th February – ANOTHER MSC Container Ship - the Carlotta docked at the Port Newark – Elizabeth Marine Terminal which is the major Port of New York and New Jersey. The main container ship facility for goods entering and leaving the New York Metropolitan area representing... New York City, Long Island, New Jersey inc. Newark and Jersey City & Connecticut (Stamford). MSC Carlotta was searched in a joint operation involving: US Customs and Border Protection, US Coast Guard, Homeland Security Investigations, Drug Enforcement Administration commonly known as The DEA, New York Police Department commonly known as the NYPD and the New York State Police. What was found was 1.5 Tones of high – grade Cocaine $77 Million (£58. 9 Million) making it the largest sizure of narotics at that Port in 25yrs. The MSC Carlotta was bound for London (UK). So, in the SAME calender year on the American East Coast the amount of high – grade Cocaine confiscated totalled $1. 300. 77 Billion [ one billion three hundred and seventy - seven million ] (£824. 8 Million) was on container ships of the SAME company whose ownership is represented in corporate offices in Geneva (Switzerland) [ MSC ] & Mid - town Manhattan (New York City, USA) [ J.P. Morgan Asset Management ]. The nation with the lowest GDP thus the poorest in the world is South Sudan (African Continent) that was worth in 2019: $275.1 Million (£210. 5 Million). Therefore, the Cocaine found was £614. 3 Million MORE than South Sudan. The mentioned is NOT saying that MSC & J.P. Morgan Asset Management are involved in illegal activities. PAGE 4 4 continued). Sources: “MSC pays millions to release MSC Gayane a er drug seizure” - safety4sea.com [ Tuesday 16th July 2019 ] “U.S. Seizes MSC Container Ship A er Record Drug Bust” - wsj.com [ Tuesday 9th July 2019 ] “New threat' as record-breaking $77m of cocaine seized at New York port” - news.sky.com/uk [ Monday 11th March 2019 ] “A Shipping Manifest Said the Container Held Dried Fruit. Inside Was 3,200 Pounds of Cocaine” - nytimes.com [ Monday 11th March 2019 ] “£1 million of cocaine bound for London seized in 1.5 tonne New York drugs bust” - mylondon.news [ Monday 11th March 2019 ] “Ship Seized In Record $1.3 Billion Cocaine Bust Belongs To JP Morgan” - zerohedge.com [ Wednesday 10th July 2019 ] The 20 countries with the lowest gross domes c product (GDP) per capita in 2019 (in U.S. Dollars) – statista.com [ Monday 9th December 2019 ] Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... PAGE 5 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 5). Hacker group known as: The Dark Overlord announced it had obtained unauthorized data connected to September 11th 2001 Insurance Claims from the following three firms... Silverstein Properties, Hiscox Syndicates Ltd & Lloyds of London. Via, Twitter & other Web Sites it declared that they had reviewed the data placing them into five sections known as Layers with Layer 5 having the most sensational content. To, have the sections revealed was based upon an amount chosen by them paid via the digital currency: Bitcoin. Layer 5 being worth in American Dollars: $2 Million (£1.5 Million) Crowd – funding paid for the documents in Layer 1 to be revealed thus proving the hack did in – fact take place. What was noticed was a sudden vast transfer of Bitcoin from one account to another yet due to the manner digital currency is the sender & receiver are anonymous yet the ripple is visible. In, December 2019 – a British Man: Nathan Wyatt 39yrs old of Wellingborough (Northamptonshire, UK) was extradited to St. Louis (Missouri, USA) under Federal Charges of being a key member of the hacking collective. Who paid for Layers 3 to 5 ? What information was on these sections that reveal unaware details relating to what happened in Manhattan on that tragic day of Tuesday 11th September 2001 ? The Mainstream Media of the Western World seemed to be done with this incident once payment was made. Sources: “Ransom Moves: The Dark Overlord Keeps Pressuring Vic ms” - bankinfosecurity.com [ Friday 4th January 2019 ] “Dark Overlord hackers release alleged 9/11 lawsuit documents” - nakedsecurity.sophos.com [ Thursday 3rd January 2019 ] “The Dark Overlord & 9/11 Documents: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know” - heavy.com [ Friday 4th January 2019 ] “Cybersecurity Expert on Dark Overlord's 9/11 Data: It Might Paint Bigger Picture” - sputniknews.com [ Monday 14th January 2019 ] “Pack your bags, you're going to America, Lord Chief Jus ce tells accused Brit hacker” - theregister.co.uk [ Monday 18th November 2019 ] “UK extradites Dark Overlord hacker Nathan Wya to the US” - teiss.co.uk [ Thursday 19th December 2019 ] PAGE 6 6). The following is NOT saying that Kevin Spacey is involved in illegal activities. On, Christmas Eve 2019 (Tuesday 24th December 2019) via his official YouTube Channel – the two time Oscar® Winning Actor: Kevin Spacey released a video titled: “KTWK” (Kill Them with Kindness is the full meaning) This 59 second video performed as the fictional character: “President Frank Underwood” from Netflix Series - "House of Cards” was a follow – up to a previous YouTube video titled: “Let Me Be Frank” As, with “KTWK”, the earlier YouTube video was released by Spacey on Christmas Eve 2018 (Monday 24th December 2018). What, makes “KTWK” different is 24hrs later on Christmas Day 2019 (Wednesday 25th December 2019) in the rural Norwegian Community of Lommedalen (40 minutes drive west of the capital Oslo) - Ari Behn committed suicide. In December 2017, Behn said that Spacey had groped his genitals in 2007 during the V.I.P after - party for the Nobel Peace Prize held in Oslo. Why, this go global attention was at the time of the incident Behn was married to Princess Märtha Louise of Norway whom is 4th in line to the Norwegian Throne & 26th in line to the British Throne. On, Sunday 29th December 2019 – the respected Pop Culture expert & author Christopher Knowles published a blog entry regrading Spacey titled: “Kevin Spacey, Super-Villain at Large” This article inspired me to look at the roles Spacey has played particularly focusing on Films. A significant amount of roles are characters that play Professional Criminals some having superior intelligence... “Keyser Söze” - “John Doe” - “Lex Luthor” - “Doc” - Turkish Crime Lord who operates a decades old international network. a serial killer bent on savagely punishing those who have committed the seven deadly sins bringing attention to evil in a world that he claims has accepted any & all types of immorality. billionaire industrialist that happens to be the arch – enemy of “Superman”. mysterious kingpin of an Atlanta (Georgia, USA ) based crime syndicate. Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... Then two portrayals based upon real – life individuals... “Michael Lynch” - loosely based on Martin Cahill, infamous Dublin crime boss assassinated by The IRA. James Arthur Williams - only person in the state of Georgia (USA) ever to be tried four separate times regarding a single homicide. PAGE 7 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 6 continued). What is strange is actors commonly leave roles that have popularity due to fearing they will be type – cast to the characteristics displayed in what made them popular. Yet, the work done by Kevin Spacey shows a deliberate choosing of master – criminals. The symbolism used in BOTH “Let Me Be Frank” & “KTWK” is fascinating from props such as specific Coffee Mugs to home ornaments to the emphasis placed by Spacey on specific words using the cadence of the fictional character - “President Frank Underwood”. In, September 2019 – an anonymous massage therapist who claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Spacey died, according to a notice filed in court by the actor's attorneys. The individual, suing as a "John Doe", filed claims in September 2018 with the allegation of being forced to grab the actor's genitals twice during a massage two years earlier at a private residence in Malibu. The combined etymology of “Roger 'Verbal' Kint” & “Keyser Söze” translates into contemporary English as... Famous Verbal King A rather apt description of Kevin Spacey. The mentioned is NOT saying that Kevin Spacey is involved in illegal activities. Sources: “Norwegian Author and Kevin Spacey Accuser, Dies at 47” - hollywoodreporter.com [ Wednesday 25th December 2019 ] “Massage therapist who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual assault dies” - pagesix.com [ Wednesday 18th September 2019 ] “Kevin Spacey, Super - Villain at Large” - secretsun.blogspot.com [ Sunday 29th December 2019 ] “Joe Rogan Reacts to the Kevin Spacey News” - JRE Clips Channel on YouTube ( https://bit.ly/2QHRw2e ) [ Monday 24th December 2018 ] “Kevin Spacey's Latest Bizarre YouTube Video” - JRE Clips Channel on YouTube ( https://bit.ly/2QHRw2e ) [ Monday 6th January 2020 ] PAGE 8 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 7). Katherine Keating is the 38yr old daughter of former Australian Prime Minister: Paul Keating (in office December 1991 – March 1996). You've likely have seen Katherine as the woman Prince Andrew is waving goodbye to in a very friendly manner at the then Manhattan Townhouse home of a certain Jeffery Epstein in December 2010. Whilst, Paul Keating was an overtly anti – British Royalty to such an extent he declared this in a famous February 1992 speech with Elizabeth The 2nd being in the audience at Sydney (Australia), his daughter is the complete opposite being a friend of Prince Andrew. Katherine is a New York Socialite to such an extent she attended the 2019 Halloween Party of the acclaimed Film Director - Todd Phillips. You might have enjoyed, Phillips most recent Film: “Joker”. Katherine attended the Party in fancy dress as that mentioned film main character: “Arthur Fleck” in full face – paint. Why, Katherine Keating has my attention is recent footage of her pleasant goodbye with Prince Andrew has her face blurred out. This doesn't need to occur as the incident happened along with footage & still photographs of others from that day being used yet NOT edited. In, a now difficult to locate video - Katherine Keating during her time working at The Huffington Post interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell that was made for Social Media. Ghislaine Maxwell ultimate ambition from my research was to be Chief Executive for an NGO given the role by The United Nations to protect marine biology of ALL International Waters. If, Ghislaine Maxwell was successful her TerraMar Project would have had Diplomatic Immunity which would have covered their compete fleet of Ships & Submarines along with Employees. As, international regulator of the world's International Waters – it would have given the TerraMar Project complete access to EVERY Dock yet Customs Enforcement would be banned from doing inspections. With, what has been revealed about Ghislaine Maxwell since the arrest of her former lover Jeffrey Epstein in July 2019 – we should all be thankful that she never obtain such levels of power including unrestricted international travel. Katherine Keating is part of a collective of selected individuals known as: The 21st Century Council. This is funded & part of The Berggruen Institute. Nicolas Berggruen identified firstly that Western Nations have populations that have realized the competing political elites care MORE for party ideology plus globalism than their socio-economic struggles. Secondly, Developing World Nations particularly China are too strict in the rule of their populations leading to a lack of creativity placing restrictions on GDP expansion. The 21st Century Council wish to use their expertise as individuals in the 25yr to 60yrs age range whom work in Politics to Pop Culture to advise nations on the best way of managing their populations. PAGE 9 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 7 continued). Katherine Keating has a number of positions on various boards yet her main job is Chief Sustainability and Strategy Officer of Maverick an American entertainment company. Keating head up a department that provides strategic resources to partner companies in the entertainment, technology and direct-to-consumer industries. She is supported by two subordinates: Head of Policy and Research & Head of Development. These are few names that Maverick represents... Paul McCartney Madonna Britney Spears U2 It's surprising that the MeToo Movement lead by American actress, activist, model & author Rose McGowan has been somewhat quiet regarding the associates, acquaintances & friends of Jeffrey Epstein ? Sources: Katherine Kea ng interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell in 2014 for The Hu ngton Post promo ng the work of The TerraMar Project [ a mirror copy due to original being deleted ] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a0rj6QdjW8 “Inside the high-al tude world of Katherine Kea ng” - afr.com [ Thursday 22nd August 2019 ] “How Katherine Kea ng's fortunate life among New York's elite barely skipped a beat a er video emerged of her being shown from Je rey Epstein's apartment by Prince Andrew ” - dailymail.co.uk [ Monday 25th November 2019 ] “Katherine Kea ng Joins Maverick as Chief Sustainability & Strategy O cer” - variety.com [ Thursday 15th November 2018 ] “Revealed: Why Katherine Kea ng was visi ng Je rey Epstein's mansion” - smh.com.au [ Saturday 21st September 2019 ] “Prince Andrew's links to Je rey Epstein” - bbc.co.uk/news [ Saturday 16th November 2019 ] The TerraMar Project O cal YouTube Channel - youtube.com/user/terramarproject PAGE 10 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 8). On, Thursday 12th December 2019 during her acceptance speech as the first ever recipient of The Billboard (American Music Industry Media Outlet) Woman of the Decade Award, for being one of the most accomplished musical artists over the course of the 2010s Taylor Swift accused the billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros of participating in "toxic male privilege" due to bankrolling music executive Scooter Braun, who outbid Swift to purchase the rights of her music from her first record label. Swift said: “This just happened to me without my approval, consultation, or consent. after I was denied the chance to purchase my music outright, my entire catalog was sold to Scooter Braun’s Ithaca Holdings in a deal that I’m told was funded by the Soros family, 23 Capital and The Carlyle Group.” adding Ithaca Holdings, 23 Capital, The Carlyle Group & Soros family are: “...potentially harmful force.” The Carlyle Group is an American multinational private equity, alternative asset management & financial services corporation. It has invested in the following... Booz Allen Hamilton, Freescale Semiconductor, Getty Images, Nielsen Holdings etc. Monday 10th to Tuesday 11th September 2001 at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel of Manhattan (New York City, USA) held an annual general meeting of The Carlyle Group which had... Sir John Major (former UK Prime Minister 1990 – 1997) George H. W. Bush (former American President 1989 – 1993) Shafiq bin Laden – the eldest billionaire Brother of a certain Osama bin Laden. The conference was stopped due to the attacks on The World Trade Centre. Swift has 85.5 Million Followers on Twitter & 125 Million Followers on Instagram. It will be interesting to see if Swift repeats her displeasure towards Soros & The Carlyle Group yet her mention of them has introduced Alternative Research to a significant percentage of her vast devoted fanatical following. Sources: “Taylor Swi Blasts George Soros For Exploi ng Her Music Without Her ‘Consent’ ” - dailywire.com [ Friday 13th December 2019 ] “Taylor Swi calls out the unregulated world of private equity” - qz.com [ Saturday 14th December 2019 ] “From 9/11 To PRISMgate - How The Carlyle Group LBO'd The World's Secrets” - zerohedge.com [ Monday 10th June 2013 ] “George W. Bush: “My Dad Was Mee ng with the Brother of Osama on September 11”, 2001. Does That Make Him a Terror Suspect ?” - globalresearch.ca [ Tuesday 17th March 2015 ] PAGE 11 Top 10 of 2019 Notes (Continued)... 9). As, the UK was winding down in preparation for Christmas – one of the highest courts in the land: Investigatory Powers Tribunal of the High Court voted 2 to 1 that MI5 (Internal) & MI6 (External) CAN engage in torture, killing & other illegal activity under the protection of the nation for ‘the greater good’. This ruling is a contradiction going AGAINST the foundation of Law in Britain.. The Magna Carta, which means ‘The Great Charter’ one of the most important documents in history it established the principle that everyone is subject to the law, even the king and guarantees the rights of individuals, the right to justice & the right to a fair trial. Yet, it seems Military – Intelligence along with Black Op’s of The UK can now commit serious offences under the protect of the very law that is supposed to prosecute such behaviour. This means that the UK in the 21st Century is in some ways no different to East Germany under the control of the infamous: Stasi (1950 – 1990). Sources: 10). Source: “MI5spiescankillwithoutfearofprosecu oniftheycanprovepublicinterest, High Court rules” - telegraph.co.uk [ Friday 20th December 2019 ] “Magna Carta: What is it – and why is it s ll important today ?” - independent.co.uk [ Monday 2nd February 2015 ] “It's cool for Brit snoops to break the law, says secre ve spy court. Just hold on while we pull o some legal jujitsu to let MI5 o the hook...” - theregister.co.uk [ Friday 20th December 2019 ] Man who receives a bone marrow transplant discovers sections of his body have replaced his DNA with that of the donor including four months after the transplant his semen contained 100% of his donor’s DNA...!!! “When a DNA Test Says You’re a Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away” - nytimes.com [ Saturday 7th December 2019 ] Every January, I wrap – up the ten things that got my attention for the previous year. This started with looking at 2017. If, you’d like to hear my thoughts on 2017, 2018 & now 2019 please search for: Mark Devlin Good Vibrations Podcast At, the time of writing this Good Vibrations is hosted at spreaker.com Also, please go to www.operationgcd.com/podes whom have a fantastic archive. Additional Information: Am, always on Twi er: @DazAltTheory - h ps://twi er.com/DazAltTheory END. PAGE 12

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Bill Arent, to discuss what the city of Las Vegas was doing with regard to opportunity zones within the city. Bill is the Director of the city of Las Vegas Department of Economic and Urban Development. In this podcast, Bill and I discuss how the city went from, pre opportunity zone redevelopment plans and incorporated the new tax incentives offered by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 into their new plans to revitalize under capitalized portions of the city.  We also discussed some of the projects that are in the works and other issues relating to opportunity zones. A partially edited version of the podcast transcript is provided below. IN THE BEGINNING Howard F Kline [00:01:16] Let's start in the beginning with regard to the city of Las Vegas and opportunity zones. Bill Arent [00:01:22] Well, we saw it as a great opportunity again, no pun intended, but we have a lot of the older parts of the city and the Las Vegas Valley. When you think of Las Vegas, you don't think of old. But we have some of the oldest parts of the valley where we have infrastructure that was built in the 40s and 50s. We've dug up wooden sewer mains and things like that. We're trying to revitalize and redevelop downtown Las Vegas. Bill Arent [00:01:49] We have about a 4000-acre area that is our city's redevelopment area. And so, when Opportunity Zones came along, we thought it was a great idea to be able to kind of overlay some of the things we were already doing with these new incentives. We worked really closely with the state and the governor's office and we were successful. We actually nominated 26 areas, 26 census tracts in the city. Twenty-two were selected, so we have over a third of the state’s opportunity zones right here in our city, most of them in the core downtown. Howard F Kline [00:02:23] Why did you choose the core area? [00:02:31] Well, it's really the areas that were struggling over the years for new investment but are also starting to see an upturn in new investments. We looked at it as part science, part art where we pick the areas that have been disadvantaged or a sense of disinvestment that are also up and coming neighborhoods. Most of those are in the core downtown. We picked some of the areas just west of downtown and some areas just east of downtown. We have some great areas where we're starting to see some new apartment projects and some new hotel projects. Most of the interest we've seen since we announced our zones have been really in two major segments, apartments, multifamily and hotel. We’ve talked to other investors who are trying to do other investment, but what we've seen in the city of Las Vegas is a lot of interest in those two sectors, particularly apartments and multifamily. MULTI-FAMILY IS THE DRIVING DEVELOPMENT Howard F Kline [00:03:30] Let's talk a little bit about apartments and multi-family. Do you have any idea why there's been such a focus on multi-family in these areas? If that's high on the city's list of development and why? Bill Arent [00:03:47] I think a couple reasons. Nationwide multi-family is a great investment. There's a lack of supply for quality rental housing in a lot of markets. The other thing I think you're seeing in the trend is a lot of people are looking to urban living and urban lifestyles where you have what I call the both ends of the bell curve. You have millennials or younger members of our workforce where they're not ready to own a home and they want that urban living. And then you have people which are downsizing where their kids are out of the home, or maybe it's a couple without kids and they wanted to have an urban lifestyle. Las Vegas has not traditionally had that. We're starting to see more and more of that. We’ve had some projects built, going into the recession and then the recession really kind of cut the legs out from under us. This is really rebirth. A lot of interest in downtown. We see a lot of large institutional investors interested in multi-family. And the way we think of opportunity zones is it doesn't make a bad investment good. It makes a good investment great. Across the board, we've talking to over half dozen multifamily housing developers from across the country. Locally, regionally and nationally about trying to find a project site center downtown. WORKFORCE & AFFORDABLE HOUSING Howard F Kline [00:05:11] Where does workforce or affordable housing come into play in these opportunity zones and do you see a predominance of workforce and affordable housing. Are you seeing more class A multi-family? Bill Arent [00:05:27] I think initially we're seeing more class A. In answer to your question about the city's goals, we do have kind of mixed goals. Primarily, we have two goals. One is more class A. We have some of the oldest housing stock around. We also have a lot of class C. Therefore, getting more class A apartments in downtown is a priority of the city. We have over 600 units in active construction right now in Symphony Park from two different partners, Aspen Heights at Austin, Texas and Southern Lands out of Nashville. Both of those projects, interestingly, are taking advantage of opportunity zones. We have a third project on the drawing board in Symphony Park. Combined that's over a thousand units for Symphony Park. We want to see workforce housing and mixed income housing, too. It’s our premise that if we get more luxury apartments in the core of our downtown, we’ll also see more mixed income development interest in the transitional neighborhoods which aren't established or not in the core of downtown. We’re hoping to see more mixed income projects where we have affordable rents for a portion of the units. The other thing we're starting to see and I'm actually headed to Chicago this week to visit and tour a developer there that's building highly amenitized micro-units where we're starting to see a synthetic affordability where the gross rent may be affordable where the developers can offer a higher quality project and just have smaller units. Instead of offering a traditional 800 to 1000 square foot apartment that you might see in the suburbs, it may be a 400 or 500 square foot unit that are very highly amenitized with restaurants, with shopping and on demand services. A hotel in concept, if you will. We're beginning to see that across the country and maybe Las Vegas is getting to that later than other more mature markets, like a Portland or Seattle. Howard F Kline [00:07:53] Shared amenities. Bill Arent [00:07:55] Shared amenities. Howard F Kline [00:07:57] I recently interviewed Darryl Carter, the CEO of Avanath about low-income and workforce housing in opportunity zones. Avanath has been doing workforce and low-income housing for 20 years and currently owns and manages over 2 billion dollars, worth of inventory. They have 15 projects that are currently in opportunity zones. I remember asking him a question, about nine years ago, about these micro-units. At the time, I thought of, what are now called micro-units, simply as affordable housing. I wasn’t aware that affordable housing had a different meaning.  He made it clear to me that micro-units were not the type of affordable housing that he was involved in. I picture micro-units as a more grown-up version of dormitories, which is not the term that people want to use, but you can have a small room with a small kitchen and a bathroom, a shower, and then all of these other amenities can be shared. And that makes a lot of sense, particularly in a city like New York, where you're lucky if your kitchen is not in your bathroom. Bill Arent [00:09:17] Right. Howard F Kline [00:09:18] I you have 200 square feet, you're doing well. I think that's a good idea. The other thing that Darryl had recently mentioned to me in our interview was the idea of mixed income. They have found that in workforce housing, mixed income, not necessarily a class A with all of the amenities, but a nice place to live with mixed income works very well. It tends to raise the living standard of those who have lower incomes and doesn't seem to depress those with middle incomes. Do you have any thoughts on that? You're the urban planner. Bill Arent [00:10:02] I think that's exactly right. From our vantage point, mixed income mixed-income works in the right communities. Mixed-income becomes real viable from a financial perspective, particularly if you're seeing strong rents on the market projects. We're starting to see rents in downtown at a two dollar per square foot or higher rate whereas the valley-wide market rent just the number 18 months, 24 months ago was probably closer to a dollar a foot, so we're seeing really strong pricing from projects like Fremont 9, which is already building up and running. We're starting to see that demand for a better product and people were willing to pay for it to have that urban lifestyle. That's when the mixed income starts to work because they can get enough profit out of the true market rate units to have the subsidized units be able to have a subsidy from the developer and maybe a little bit help from the city. Those projects start to work. You see a lot of mixed income in more mature housing markets. I think we're going to start to see that over the next couple of years. WHAT ABOUT RETAIL AND OFFICE? Howard F Kline [00:11:21] Where does retail and some industrial, I would imagine. Where do they come into play or office? Bill Arent [00:11:33] Well, for opportunity zones. I think it's going to come later. I think if you look at it again, it makes a good investment grade. Where we are strong right now in the valley even just looking beyond the city of Las Vegas. Multi-family and industrial, actually, industrial arguably is much stronger than multi-family right now. I think we'll see some investment in those areas. WHO IS SHOWING THE MOST INTEREST? The other thing that we're seeing, particularly in the opportunity zone front, are the large institutional investors having interest. We haven't seen a lot of the smaller players deploying large amounts of capital in the valley. There's another apartment project by Meadows Mall that's being developed by Silverstein Properties out in New York City. They're looking at opportunity zones. There's a project in the medical district called Revive, which is a combination, residential, retail potential, even some hotel units. They're looking at opportunity zones. It's really kind of the market and the institutional capital players that are driving what we're seeing as far as large flow of opportunity zones in the Las Vegas. To give you a sense of the scale of these projects, the two in Symphony Park, one was seventy-three million dollars, the total capital stack. The other was north of 80 million. These are pretty large projects. Institutional capital would be needed to make it work to begin with. Opportunity zone capital availability is helping driving an increase in the amount of equity available for these project sponsors to get them up off the ground and up and running. WHAT DOES THE CITY WANT TO SEE IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES? Howard F Kline [00:13:19] What's your perfect vision for opportunity zones in the city of Las Vegas? Bill Arent [00:13:25] I think we have a huge opportunity for moving more and more people to live in Las Vegas and in our downtown area. And I'd like to see over the next five years, three thousand new housing units being built in downtown. We’ve gotten off to a great start, but I think there's more work to do. Having the availability, the capital to develop more product is really important. One of the things that the city is doing is we've developed an online portal clv.oppzoneportal.com. The portal site includes, among other things, a plot analysis. We want to connect landowners, project sponsors and the funds and have, basically, a clearinghouse helping anyone interested in opportunity zones to connect the dots, including figuring out how to find the capital and that perfect site. At the end of day, real estate is local. A lot of the funds we're seeing are national in scope. But the real estate, is local. So how do they penetrate the local market, find the perfect location? That portal is available as a free charge to our clients. We already had those two sites that closed on the opportunity zone funding. They're on our portal trying to attract more people to the portal to basically funnel a lot of that traffic in our city. Howard F Kline [00:15:11] Zoning. How does zoning come into play in terms of opportunity zones? ZONING Bill Arent [00:15:18] Zoning is important. One of the things that the city can do is try to make sure for investors and product sponsors that we don't hold projects up. Having land use and zoning already in place, getting through our regulatory process with permitting and design review, we're trying to make sure we prioritize those projects so they can get in and out of our system quickly. FORM-BASED ZONING One of the things the city is doing is moving to a form-based code to help with predictability so that if you're designing within that box, if you will, of what is permitted in a particular zone, more and more. We're trying to get more administrative reviews where you don't have to go before the regulatory bodies as often. We're launching form-based zoning, initially in the medical district as a pilot to make sure our projects can get in and out of our system. It appears to be a real benefit for our partners. We realize time is money, always, particularly with the opportunity zones having that threshold to complete your substantial renovation within a specific time frame of 30 months. That’s another great thing about Las Vegas, is that the statutory time frame is doable, even without any help from the city, whereas you go to neighboring states like California and just to get zoning. You're doing well to get it done in 30 months. Howard F Kline [00:16:45] Speaking to a former Californian, 40 some odd years, why don't you take a moment and explain what form-based zoning is and how it differs from the more traditional use-based zoning? Bill Arent [00:16:58] Yes, the focus is more on the form, rather than the use. You plan a building of a certain density, not use. One of the things we recently did is for our wood frame construction, you can go now to 75-feet. It was fifty-five feet. With the form-base, you designed the forms, so whether you're building an office building or an apartment building,  you can go seven stories, 75 feet, it allows you get a 75 feet. You build an office building up to 75 feet, you build an apartment building you build it to 75 feet. Howard F Kline [00:17:44] That's big. Bill Arent [00:17:45] The big thing that we're hearing from our partners is predictability. So they don't want to have to start the process, wondering what's going to happen at the end of the funnel when I get out of the process and I get to be able to build it 50, 60, 70 units to the acre amount, going to be able to build it 20, 30 units to the acre, because then there'll be a tipping point where the project doesn't pass on. It kills the project. THE ISSUE OF GENTRIFICATION Howard F Kline [00:18:17] Let's talk a little bit about gentrification. That's not the softball. That's hardball. Bill Arent [00:18:26] Sure. Howard F Kline [00:18:26] What are your thoughts on gentrification? And is the city making any efforts to minimize the effects of gentrification? You’re talking about going to class A multi-family, which is likely going to cause some gentrification. What are your thoughts on that? Bill Arent [00:18:50] I think it's a tricky issue everywhere, maybe less of an issue here because some of the places we're developing are raw land. In Symphony Park, the projects are being built on a former railroad site that had sat vacant for decades. We're just now starting to get into the neighborhoods where gentrification is going to become an issue. I think that's where mixed-income housing becomes really important to look at policies and practices like first rights for residents to be able to move back into the properties after they're built. This is an issue we're tackling with one of our larger opportunities in the historic West Side at Marble Manor, which was a public housing authority property. Marble Manor is up for a redevelopment project where they're talking about knocking down units that were built a generation ago and look to build new mixed income housing, but do it in a way that is suitable for the neighborhood. I think suitability is a big issue. What's suitable for a neighborhood? Gentrification is a process that market forces may push it on its own. What can the city do to alleviate that? I think we can do mixed income housing. I think we can have responsible development and it's not going to be class A, high rise or class A apartments everywhere. I think there are opportunities to look at a more balanced approach as we get into some of the neighborhoods. INFRASTRUCTURE Howard F Kline [00:20:25] Infrastructure, what is the city doing or planning in terms of improving infrastructure in some of these opportunity zones that may not have the most modern infrastructure? Infrastructure would be cable, transportation. Probably those would be the basically communication and transportation would be the most major that I can think of for opportunity zones. OPEN & PARK SPACE Bill Arent [00:20:53] Infrastructure is a big part of our redevelopment program to begin with. In some areas, we’ve redone the streets and put in new landscaping. One of the big things that maybe other communities take for granted is just having quality open space and park space. We have a downtown masterplan vision that found that we were have the lowest amount of open space of just about any downtown out there, much lower than Phoenix, for instance. We are looking to try and fix that. We may not develop our own Central Park or our version of Central Park, but we can have nicer landscape features, green space, open space and a trail system. TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION One of the big visions is we're having a turn to have a trail system downtown to basically link all of her neighborhoods, to have jogging, jogging paths, bicycle paths, and that that's a big effort under way. As an example, Third Street between Bonneville and then extending south into the arts district, that's going to be a new trail system to have essentially do the thing that all traffic engineers hate, where we narrow the street but widen the sidewalks and other amenities so that it becomes a more walkable, more welcoming environment. One of the reasons I love living in Las Vegas is we have a great climate, most of the year. If you have a nice landscaped path where you can you can walk to the restaurants, having a shade canopy means everything. You can drop the temperature 20 degrees. Transportation is really important. We're working with the RTC on having a light-rail alternative coming down Maryland Parkway from the airport in the university and downtown.  Telecommunications is also very important. We’re looking at upgrading the fiber downtown, connecting all of our neighborhoods, making sure that we have connected communities. That's really important also. HOW TO GET INVOLVED Howard F Kline [00:23:15] If someone wanted to get involved and help, how would they go about doing that? Bill Arent [00:23:21] Well, I think the first way to get involved and help is just to be informed. Certainly, engage us at the city of Las Vegas. We have some great constituency groups that update all of our partners on projects. We have a business association called the Downtown Vegas Alliance, which is a great way to plug in. We have other, very important business groups like the Las Vegas Metro Chamber and the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance. Other practical way is if you have interests in opportunity zones, just reach out to us. We're here to help. Again, I mentioned we have over a third of the state's opportunity zones, so this is a big opportunity statewide. But we have the lion's share in our city and in the heart of our downtown. We're looking for projects big and small. While we certainly have some big projects on the drawing board there are also opportunity for smaller investors such as family wealth offices. We think our opportunity zones are as compelling as any in the country. The momentum swing is to have investment and development coming into downtown. And now with that added benefit, really the sky's the limit for Las Vegas.

On this week’s Tech Talk Radio, Emily Wright and Lucy Alderson bring you two podcasts from New York as Real Estate Tech week kicks off in the city.   First up, Emily visited the new Sandbox space at the Zaha Hadid Residences to speak to Related Companies’ Greg Gushee about the launch of this tech education space. As the man behind the concept, Gushee said that he hopes other developers will follow suit and that a plethora of fresh, new maker spaces will emerge around the world.    A dual space incorporating a public area as well as one reserved for residents at 520 West 28th Street in New York, Related Companies’ The Sandbox space has been created to help encourage people, and children in particular, to learn about all aspects of technology.    “It’s like a Soho House for mad scientists in one way,” said Gushee. “But equally we want spaces like these to be open to everyone so we have our public area too.”   Then Lucy met with Carlos Valverde, VP real estate development at Silverstein Properties to talk about bringing fresh tenants to the World Trade Center site, the power of tech and why developing in New York is a “headache.”

Marty Burger, Silverstein Properties' CEO, discusses his long history with some of the real estate industry's best known companies. Silverstein Properties, best know for the World Trade Center, is only part of the company's mega portfolio.

Larry Silverstein, chairman of Silverstein Properties, talks about how e-commerce is spurring a shift from retail to food. Former Governor of New York David Paterson discusses terrorism and security in New York City. EisnerAmper CEO Charly Weinstein talks about the role that blockchain could play in real estate. Finally, Mark Grant, the chief strategist at Hilltop Securities, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz why we won't see a big reversal in yields.