Willy sat down with Michael Levy, CEO of Crow Holdings, a Dallas-based real estate investment and development firm with over $33 billion in assets under management.
They discussed Michael’s broad macro view of the CRE market, opportunities he’s seeing across the asset classes, secular trends shaping the industry, opportunities in private credit, as well as his career journey, managing through the financial crisis, and leadership lessons learned along the way.
Key Points In The Webcast:
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Willy introduces Michael Levy
02:12 Talking about his professor Aaron Twerski
03:24 The importance of building relationships
05:05 Transition from Wall Street to CEO
08:57 The confidence of coming into a family-owned company
13:51 Why finding your passion matters
15:58 Instilling the legacy of moving forward
19:48 Do your past practices continue in your current leadership?
21:45 How significant is the ecosystem of relationships?
26:31 Understanding the market of other countries
27:26 Selling an industrial portfolio to Blackstone
29:05 Why foreign trademarks are an attractive investment
32:31 Strategic positioning of real estate ownership
37:20 Seeing an opportunity in the energy business
41:08 Toyota’s wooden building
42:52 The future of office
45:45 Current constructions and updates
46:26 Handling and analyzing risk
50:45 Strategies implemented by Crow Holdings
55:49 Political divide and Willy’s insights
58:14 Encouraging citizens to vote
59:06 The significance of the debate chamber’s architecture
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