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Get to know the people shaping the industry. Inside CRE brings you perspectives and personal stories from leaders in commercial real estate.

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NAIOP’s official podcast, Inside CRE, is hosted by President and CEO Marc Selvitelli, and features candid interviews with commercial real estate leaders who share industry and career insights.

Learn more about the people and personalities behind the projects you know!

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Chad Lavender, Newmark

In this episode, Chad Lavender, president of capital markets for North America at Newmark, breaks down today’s commercial real estate landscape, calling it a constructive market driven by strong debt liquidity and smarter capital. He explores recovery signals across asset classes – from tightening industrial supply to surging interest in retail, senior housing and data centers – while highlighting pricing trends and investor behavior. Lavender also unpacks challenges for developers, the rise of private credit, and the growing impact of AI on real estate demand, offering a grounded, forward-looking view on where opportunities lie. Recorded on April 13, 2026.

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Industry Leaders on Inside CRE

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Award Winning Techno-economist, Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist and Innovation Expert
Jordan Lott

President, Lake Washington Partners
Gina Baker Chambers

President, MCB Real Estate
Carleton Riser

President, Transwestern Development
Jonathan Martin

Politics Bureau Chief and Senior Political Columnist, POLITICO
Rick Tollakson

President and CEO, Hubbell Realty Company
Celeste Tanner

President/Chief Development Officer, Confluent Development
Aquiles Suarez

Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, NAIOP
Parag Khanna

Founder and CEO, AlphaGeo
Ryan Severino, CFA

Chief Economist and Head of Research, BGO
Carrie Denning Jackson

Director of Innovation and Sustainability, Jamestown
Colin Joynt

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, BXP
William O'Donnell

Managing Partner, Prologis Ventures
David Greek

Managing Partner, Greek Real Estate Partners
Matt Schlindwein, P.E.

Managing Partner, Greek Real Estate Partners
Ada Healey

Chief Real Estate Officer, Vulcan Real Estate
Carey Heyman

Managing Principal of Industry - Real Estate, CLA
Mark Roberts

Crow Holdings
Former Sec. Gina Raimondo

Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and first woman governor of Rhode Island
Mark Zandi

Chief Economist, Moody's
Melinda McLaughlin

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Research, Prologis
Amy Curry

Chief Strategy Officer, Dermody
Edward Griffin

CEO, Griffin Partners, Inc.
Kevin Hardy

Head, Eastern Canadian Office, Oxford Properties Group
Christopher Thornberg, Ph.D.

Founding Partner, Beacon Economics
Scott Jennings

CNN contributor, conservative columnist and former U.S. presidential advisor
Phil Mobley

National Director, U.S. Office Analytics, CoStar Group, Inc.
Lawrence Armstrong, LEED AP

Chairman, Ware Malcomb
Shannon O'Neil

Council on Foreign Relations
Alexander Thomson

Prevail Consultants
Nikki Greenberg

Real Estate Futurist
Brian Natwick

Chairman and CEO, Crescent Communities
Peter J. Cocoziello

President and CEO, Advance Realty Investors
Scarlett Miller

Professor, Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Penn State University
Cassie Catania-Hsu

Managing Director, CBRE
Julie Cleaver
Erin McDannald

CEO, Elevated
Greg Lindsay

Senior Advisor, Arizona State University Threatcasting Lab
Spencer Levy

Global Client Strategist and Senior Economic Advisor, CBRE
Sean Burton

CEO, Cityview
Christine Cooper, Ph.D.

Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist, CoStar Group
Rebecca Rockey

Head of Quantitative Insights and Principal Economist, Cushman & Wakefield
Chris Cillizza

Political Commentator and Journalist
Rafael McCadden, SIOR

Executive Director, Industrial & Logistics, Colliers International
Brian Walker

President, Burns Scalo Equities
Nicholas Pell

President and Chief Investment Officer, Link Logistics
Peter Zeihan

Geopolitical Strategist, Zeihan on Geopolitics
David Harrison

President, VanTrust Real Estate
Julie Whelan

Global Head of Occupier Thought Leadership, CBRE
Mark Rose

Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Avison Young
Richard Branch

Chief Economist, Dodge Construction Network
Dana M. Peterson

Chief Economist and Center Leader, Economy, Strategy & Finance, The Conference Board
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Reva Goujon

Director, Rhodium Group
Kate Nolan Bryden, LEED AP BD+C

Senior Vice President, MRP Industrial LLC
Kim Snyder

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