The Deal Ranch

Dr. Peter Linneman is a Principal of Linneman Associates, KL Realty, and American Land Funds, and is the Albert Sussman Emeritus Professor of Real Estate, Finance, and Business Public Policy at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Wharton's faculty for 32 years, founding Wharton's Real Estate Department and the Zell-Lurie Real Estate Center. He is the founding co-editor of The Wharton...

Compilation Episode

0:00 - 14:42 Francis J. Greenburger | Chairman & CEO, Time Equities Inc. Episode 47 

- The Evolution of 50West: Underwriting, Financing, Marketing, Sales, Rentals

14:44 -  21:00 Richard Byrne | President, Benefit Street Partners Episode 48 

- Acquisition of Realty Finance Trust, a $700M commercial mortgage REIT at the time, which has grown to $6B and the 4th largest publicly traded mortgage REIT.

21:03 -...

Mark Vitner is the Founder & Chief Economist of Piedmont Crescent Capital, a boutique economic consulting firm providing strategic insight on U.S. and regional economic conditions, financial markets, and geopolitics—with a focus on how these forces impact consumers, local economies, housing, and commercial real estate.

With more than 30 years of experience in economic analysis and forecasting, Mark previously served as Senior E...

Doug Lebda is the CEO & Founder of Lending Tree. LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) is the nation's leading online marketplace that connects consumers with the choices they need to be confident in their financial decisions. LendingTree empowers consumers to shop for financial services the same way they would shop for airline tickets or hotel stays, by comparing multiple offers from a nationwide network of over 500 partners in one simpl...

Matt Bronfman is a Principal and the Chief Executive Officer of Jamestown. Matt joined the company as General Counsel in 1998 before becoming Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer in 2002. He became CEO in 2012 and is responsible for managing Jamestown’s global operations and overseeing corporate strategy and execution. During his tenure, Jamestown has executed more than $40 billion in transactions, grown its portfolio of a...

David Hartzell is the Steven D. Bell and Leonard W. Wood Distinguished Professor of Finance & Real Estate as well as the Director of the Leonard W. Wood Center for Real Estate Studies at University of North Carolina.

He also serves on the board of the UNC Real Estate Investment Fund, the real estate private equity fund that is managed by students in the real estate concentration at UNC Kenan-Flagler. 

He has worked with numerou...

Richard Byrne is President of Benefit Street Partners, as well as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Franklin BSP Capital Corp, Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc (NYSE: FBRT), and Benefit Street Partners Multifamily Trust.

Benefit Street Partners is a global alternative credit manager with ~$76 billion under management. The BSP team invests across the credit spectrum – from senior secured debt to subordinated debt, as well as...

Francis J. Greenburger is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Time Equities Inc. Founded in 1966, Time Equities, Inc. (“TEI”) is a diversified investment, development, asset and property management, licensed real estate brokerage, and alternative energy company. The TEI portfolio includes approximately 43.2 million square feet of residential, industrial, office and retail property including about 5,000 multi-family apartment units, a...

Ben Weinberg is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Castle Peak Holdings and Trailborn. 

Castle Peak is an investment and operating platform with a singular focus on hotels and resorts in supply-constrained outdoor destination markets across North America: National Park gateway towns, beach towns, lake towns, ski resorts, and wine country.

Trailborn is their market leading hospitality brand that operates all 7 properties and 559 rooms of ...

Michael Smith is the President & CEO of Charlotte Center City Partners.  Charlotte Center City Partners is a 501(c)4 not-for-profit corporation that manages the City’s municipal service districts (MSDs) 1, 2, 3, and 4. The organization boldly envisions actions that will assure Charlotte Center City is a welcoming, economically vibrant, culturally rich and beloved place for all. Charlotte Center City is positioned to be a leadi...

Mark Durliat is CEO and Co-Founder of Grace Bay Resorts. Durliat has been a driving force in the growth of luxury travel and residential development in the Turks and Caicos (TCI). He began developing in TCI when he led the acquisition of the 22 room boutique Grace Bay Club in 2001 and redeveloped this property into a five star condominium resort. Their team has gone on to develop some of the most iconic projects on the Island such ...

Tony Davidow, is a Senior Alternative Investment Strategist at Franklin Templeton, Host of Alternative Allocations podcast, and Author of the recently released book: Private Markets.

Order HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Private-Markets-Building-Better-Portfolios/dp/139431308X

In his role at Franklin, Tony provides independent research and analysis designed to help advisors make better informed decisions about allocat...

Wesley Carpenter is a Founder and Partner at Stormfield Capital, LLC. At Stormfield Wes leads investment strategy and portfolio management while serving on both the management and investment committees.

Stormfield Capital is an institutional private credit manager with deep expertise in lower middle-market commercial real estate bridge lending. With over $1.5 billion in capital invested, the firm specializes in originating and acqu...

Brian Leary is the COO of Highwoods Properties. Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HIW), headquartered in Raleigh, NC, is a publicly traded, fully integrated office REIT that owns, develops, acquires, leases and manages properties primarily in the best business districts (BBDs) of Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Nashville, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Richmond and Tampa. Prior to joining Highwoods Brian held senior management and exec...

E.F. "Buddy" Hucks is the President of EF Hucks and Associates and Hucks Curry Advisors. Buddy has over 40 years of commercial and residential real estate appraisal. In 1991, Buddy founded EF Hucks and Associates, an independent appraisal company in Myrtle Beach, SC specializing in appraisals for lenders along the coast of South Carolina.

During the past 25 years, Buddy has consulted and advised developers and has been actively i...

Steve Mcclure is the CEO of Spectrum Companies, and leads all aspects of the business from implementing strategy, guiding team leaders, and overseeing operations of its service lines: Asset Management, Capital Management, and Development.

The Spectrum Companies holds a variety of commercial properties under development, leasing, or management in a portfolio valued at $2 Billion. With a focus on the Southeast, their projects are loc...

Ford Elliott is CEO of Contender Development and a veteran real estate developer and entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in development, construction, business acquisitions and running multiple successful operating businesses. Contender is also a recent recipient of Marriott International's Developer of the Year Award. 

​Ford has led the team to over $2 Billion in active developments and founded Blackstream, which sells o...

Jeff Randolph is the President of TRG Communities, (The Randolph Group), is an award winning residential and mixed-use development company specializing in creating imaginative places for people to live, work, and play, while enjoying a certain lifestyle of community. 

After receiving his Master’s Degree in City and Regional Planning from Clemson University in 1983, Jeff began a 14-year career with Liberty Properties Group, the rea...

Matt Sloan is President & CEO of DI Development Company. With over 30 years experience leading prominent real estate and community development projects in Charleston, Matt is a regional leader within the industry. He began his career working in real estate consulting and in 1991, as a project manager representing the Guggenheim family, he became part of the team that created the visionary master plan for Daniel Island in Charle...