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
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Host Joe Smazal interviews the most prominent real estate developers and players in the ever-changing Chicago Real Estate Cityscape.
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Recent Episodes
June 24, 2026
From $500 Receivership to 850 Units: How the Motew Brothers Built MO2 Properties
Joe Smazal sits down with Kenny and Michael Motew of MO2 Properties — two brothers who've quietly built one of Chicago's most active middle-market multifamily operations to ~850 units across ~80 buildings, while staying relentlessly hands-on. They get into how the business has evolved from six-flat walk-up rehabs into ground-up new construction and adaptive reuse (office-to-resi, a church conversion, a West Loop deal), why ground-up surprised them by being easier, and the 691 new-construction project that took 5+ years and four parcels to assemble. The conversation covers their decision to double down on Chicago when others fled post-COVID, the realities of raising deal-by-deal investor money versus a fund, a down-zoning fight on Logan Boulevard and how they resolved it by actually sitting down with the city, and why communication is their #1 retention tool. They share hard numbers on the current market (67% retention, 5%+ on renewals, 8% on new leases), why Logan Square is outperforming, and candid advice for young investors trying to buy their first building today — plus a reminder that AI has its place, but they still go through every single lease renewal by hand. Finally we preview one of their latest buildings in the heart of West Town!
May 16, 2026
Chicago's Stockyards Revival - The New Generation of Warehouses From a 4 Generation Business
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. 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. Together they break down why modern infill industrial is so hard to deliver — and why only a handful of developers in the city can actually pull it off. In this episode: Why the Union Stockyards is an A+ industrial submarket and how it's transforming What separates a modern industrial building from the 1970s stock most tenants are stuck in (clear height, column spacing, truck courts, power, sprinkler systems) Land scarcity, environmental cleanup, soil conditions, and the new Chicago air quality ordinance Why industrial rents in Chicago are up 175% over the last decade Build-to-suit vs speculative development, and why 58% of new construction is now BTS Northwest Indiana maturing as an industrial market — and the $27B data center investment in Hobart and New Carlisle The real story behind NIMBYism against industrial and data centers Why Chicago's economic diversity keeps the industrial market steadier than markets like Houston Up-and-coming Chicago real estate talent worth watching A great listen for developers, brokers, investors, and anyone trying to understand how the buildings that supply the city actually get built. Real Estate Chicago Style is hosted by Joe Smazal, multifamily broker and owner-operator on Chicago's north side. #ChicagoRealEstate #IndustrialRealEstate #CRE #Stockyards #ChicagoDevelopment
April 16, 2026
From Chicago Board of Trade to The Salt Shed. Meet Chicago's Most Creative Developers: R2
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. 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, and why owning buildings within three miles of your office beats the Wall Street institutional playbook every time. This episode covers: Matt's origin story: from Coldwell Banker desk-hopper to #1 Coldwell Banker agent worldwide in 2006 How buying distressed student housing in 2008 set the template for everything that followed The TILC meat grinder problem in office - and how R2 is engineering around it The West Loop portfolio: losing a deal, buying back the note for $18.5M, and why 50%+ of original investors came back in The full Salt Shed origin story - bats, flashlights, and a German private equity company that loved their brand Why Urban Flex is the asset class nobody has named yet What Ralph Lauren taught Matt about real estate If you're in Chicago real estate - or just want to understand how the best operators actually think - this one's worth your full attention. Subscribe for more conversations with Chicago's most influential voices in real estate, development, and investment. Real Estate Chicago Style with Joe Smazal
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