Real Estate Chicago Style Podcast

Host Joe Smazal interviews the most prominent real estate developers and players in the ever-changing Chicago Real Estate Cityscape.

Real Estate Chicago Style Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 26 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.

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  Episode #4

  Chicago's Stockyards Revival - The New Generation of Warehouses From a 4 Generation Business

  May 16, 202650 minS2

  <p>Joe Smazal sits down with Barry Misner (CEO, Misner Group) and Larry Goldwasser (Executive VP, CBRE) inside a brand-new industrial building in Chicago's Union Stockyards — the geographic center of the city and one of the most constrained, high-barrier industrial submarkets in the country.</p> <p>Barry leads a third-generation, 81-year-old development firm with over 750 projects and $3B+ in completed work. Larry has 25+ years and 650+ transactions specializing in industrial land and redevelopment across Chicago, Western Cook, O'Hare, and Northwest Indiana.</p> <p>Together they break down why modern infill industrial is so hard to deliver — and why only a handful of d...

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  Episode #3

  From Chicago Board of Trade to The Salt Shed. Meet Chicago's Most Creative Developers: R2

  Apr 16, 20261h 16mS2

  <p>Matt Garrison and Zach Cupkovic, co-founders of R2 Companies, sit down with host Joe Smazal for a rare and wide-ranging conversation about how they built one of Chicago's most iconic real estate portfolios: from student housing at Purdue during the financial crisis to the Salt Shed, the Chicago Board of Trade, and a growing loft office empire acquired at reset basis while everyone else was running.</p> <p>They break down their two core strategies - Chicago Loft and Urban Flex - and explain why 30% vacancy is actually a lagging indicator, how they leased 850,000 square feet of office in 2025...

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  Episode #2

  How One Guy Bought a Chicago Skyscraper for $7.5M (And What Happens Next)

  Mar 17, 202635 minS2

  <p>We interview Tom Liravongsa, aka "The Skyscraper Guy," for an exclusive behind-the-scenes conversation inside the iconic Pittsfield Building — one of Chicago's most storied and historically troubled skyscrapers.</p> <p>In this episode, Tom breaks down how he acquired a 40-story, nearly 500,000 sq ft Chicago landmark for just $7.5 million — and why no one else had the vision (or nerve) to do it.</p> <p>He walks us through the full playbook: adaptive reuse strategy, the capital stack, historic tax credits, zoning approvals, and how a massive social media following became his most powerful fundraising tool.</p> <p>What you'll learn: Why...

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  Chicago's Real Estate Secrets: Why Investors Are Coming Back (2026 Market Forecast) EUBA

  Feb 23, 20261h 1mS2

  <p>The 2026 Edgewater Uptown Builders Association (EUBA) annual forecast brought together four Chicago real estate insiders spanning across development, property management, leasing, and sales, for a candid conversation about where the market is headed — and why Chicago might finally be having its moment.</p> <p>Key takeaways:</p> <p>No supply = rent growth. Downtown delivered just 145 units in 2025. Class A rents are up ~9% YoY, Class B up 7.5%.</p> <p>The neighborhood market is following suit.</p> <p>The ripple effect is real. Renters priced out of the West Loop are moving to Old Town, then Lincoln Park, then Edgewater/Uptown — crea...

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  $3.5 Billion in Value Created - How the New Guard is Changing the Chicago Skyline & Beyond

  Jan 19, 20261h 23mS0

  <p>In this episode of Real Estate Chicago Style, host Joe Smazal sits down with two powerhouses: Adam Friedberg, CEO of Mavrek, and Matt Wilke, Managing Partner of LG Group.</p> <p>Together, these two firms represent over $3.5 billion in real estate value and thousands of residential units.</p> <p>Instead of the "old guard" secrets and cut-throat competition, Adam and Matt discuss a new era of transparency and collaboration.</p> <p>They reveal exactly what is in their pipelines—from office-to-residential conversions on Wacker Drive to massive 700+ unit projects in Phoenix—and why diversification is the only way to surv...

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