The Build Up with Ammar Alkhafaji

The Build Up with Dave Blaszkiewicz

1:03 - His ambitions for Invest Detroit 2:05 - What he plans to do with the New Markets Tax Credits Invest Detroit was just awarded. A breakdown of the episode: 5:45 - How the changing economic environment impacts his organization 7:45 - Why he’s concerned about the future of commercial real estate in the next few years 9:30 - Where the next wave of investor interest will be in Detroit 13:35 - How Invest Detroit is expanding in target neighborhoods 15:30 - When he would get involved on the developer side of commercial real estate 16:45 - Why Invest Detroit created the Ebiara fund 18:55 - What development tools does he wish were accessible in Michigan that aren’t yet 21:10 - Why he supports reform on tax policy 24:10 - How has development financing changed in the last decade 30:30 - His biggest failure in business and how he overcame it

The Build Up with Sue Mosey

1:00 - Why she doesn't have a cell phone 1:30 - Her latest vision for Midtown 4:30 - Challenges for the neighborhood and how to keep people in homes 9:45 - Why the pandemic didn't Midtown as bad as other areas 11:30 - Her desire to preserve buildings as part of redevelopment 16:05 - Balancing preservation with new construction 18:10 - How Cass Corridor became Midtown 21:55 - Her succession plan 22:30 - What's still on her bucket list 24:35 - Her biggest failure in business and how she overcame it.

The Build Up - NAREE edition

1:20 - Housing shortage issues and questions of a new recession 2:45 - The state of the office market  4:05 - Converting office space into residential 7:00 - A glut of office space in the suburbs 8:05 - Rising rents  9:00 - An example from Calgary 11:05 - What happens when office leases start to come up 15:25 - The interview with Mason Ailstock begins

The Build Up with Ammar Alkhafaji

1:20 - How he balances dual careers  4:15 - The Four Corners Square project 6:25 - How he has learned so much in his 20s. 8:50 - What he sees as the future of retail 10:05 - What is coming next and how he blends his interests in medical and real estate 12:15- How to bring creative development from downtown to the suburbs  13:40 - How he balances working with his father 16:20 - How he handles when his careers are in conflict and whether he can continue to do both 18:05 - Which career is harder 18:55 - What he does in his precious free time  19:55 - What it was like to go into residency at the start of the pandemic and did he ever want to quit 23:55 - His biggest failure in business

The Build Up with Richard Hosey

Among the topics Hosey addresses in the podcast: 1:30 – Why he feels confident the Fisher Body 21 plant project will succeed. 2:45 – Why having the largest black-led development in the city is important. 4:05 – What attracts him to historic preservation. 6:15 – The one building he would want to take on. 7:55 – How financial incentives can be expanded to help development. 9:35 – The unique challenges of working in Detroit. 11:50 – What more can be done to preserve affordable housing in Detroit. 15:40 – Balancing secrecy and transparency on big development projects. 21:05 – Why he came back to the city to be a developer. 25:55 – How to remove barriers for Black developers. 30:15 – His biggest failure in business.