Icon Insights

Icon Insights is a podcast produced by the University of Colorado Real Estate Center, based in the Leeds School of Business. The show features young alumni interviewing some of the most accomplished leaders in the real estate industry. Designed as an educational tool for anyone interested in real estate, Icon Insights offers candid conversations and essential information only available from the University of Colorado.

Icon Insights is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 16 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Icon Insights, a business show with 16 episodes published.

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  Chris Shears: Keeping Up With Change

  Aug 18, 202536 minS0

  <p >In this episode of Icon Insights, ‘12 University of Colorado graduate Mo Gillie speaks with Chris Shears, a principal at Shears Adkins Rockmore, an architecture, interior design and planning firm in Dever. Shears has directed the design efforts for many of Denver’s more substantial new projects, representing a construction value of over $1.5 billion. He also serves on the University of Colorado Design Review Board as well as the Board of Directors for the Downtown Denver Partnership, and he is a Studio Instructor at the University of Colorado Denver, College of Architecture and Planning.</p> <p>Gillie and Shears discuss a va...

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  Willy Walker: Lessons In Authentic Leadership

  Jun 10, 20251h 6mS0

  <p >In this special episode of Icon Insights taken from the recent Klump Annual Real Estate Forum in Denver, commercial real estate industry leader Willy Walker discusses lessons learned from more than two decades with Walker & Dunlop, one of the largest commercial real estate finance and advisory firms in the United States and internationally. Walker is the company’s chairman and CEO, he was named “Financier of the Year” in 2017 and 2020 by Commercial Property Executive, and he was named the Most Admired CEO by the Denver Business Journal in 2024.</p> <p >Interviewing Walker is Darren Powderly, the Co-Founder and Chief Busine...

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  Kim Koehn: Lessons in Leadership

  Jan 21, 202528 minS0

  <p >In this episode of Icon Insights, ‘23 Leeds School of Business graduate Ezra McPhail speaks with Kim Koehn, the owner of K2Ventures, an investment and development entity looking to develop, acquire, and/or redevelop small-to-midsize properties in the Denver and Colorado Front Range areas. Kim has held executive positions at national developers Opus Corporation, Corporex Companies, and Fifield Realty. He is also an adjunct professor within the CU Real Estate Center at the Leeds School of Business.</p> <p >Koehn discusses a variety of subjects from his decades in the real estate industry,  including settling in Colorado after growing up...

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  Danny Prosky: The Future of Healthcare Real Estate

  Jul 31, 202436 minS0

  <p>In this episode of Icon Insights, ’20 Leeds School of Business graduate Brandon Strickland speaks with Danny Prosky, the president and chief executive officer of American Healthcare REIT, Inc. American Healthcare REIT is one of the largest healthcare-focused real estate investment trusts in the word, and Prosky has spent more than 25 years of his professional career in the specialized field of healthcare real estate investment, where he has been responsible for more than $10 billion in transactions. </p> <p>Prosky discusses how he first became involved in healthcare real estate, the challenges of navigating a changing healthcare industry, what’s next for t...

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  Craig Ferraro: Developing In Ski Resort Communities

  May 31, 202439 minS0

  <p >In this episode of Icon Insights, ’23 Leeds School of Business graduate Luke Burns speaks with longtime Colorado developer Craig Ferraro about how he carved out a career working in ski resort communities, the philanthropic work that has kept him connected to those mountain resort communities, and the risks and rewards of working on projects high in the Rocky Mountains.</p> <p>Ferraro is the former Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer at East/West Partners, a Denver-based real estate development company. He's also an Adjunct Professor in Real Estate at CU-Boulder.</p>

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