AI's Influence: Transforming Human Behavior and Retail Dynamics
In this forward-looking episode of Leaning In, Terry Montesi is joined by Bart Higgins and Katie Hillier of Future Perfect X, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming the future of human behavior, retail, and placemaking. Drawing on their deep backgrounds in design, anthropology, an...
Navigating Retail Real Estate: Insights from Kimco CEO Conor Flynn
In this episode of Leaning In, host Terry Montesi sits down with Conor Flynn, CEO of Kimco Realty, for an in-depth discussion about the evolution of retail real estate, the future of mixed-use development, and the trends shaping consumer behavior. Conor shares lessons from his two decades at Kimc...
Decoding Retail Market Trends with JLL’s Monica Mason
Terry Montesi sits down with Monica Mason to explore what is really driving the resurgence of retail real estate investment in the United States. Drawing on her work analyzing capital markets data and investor behavior, Monica explains why retail fundamentals have strengthened in recent years and...
Reading the Market with JLL's Mark Gibson
In this episode of Leaning In, Terry Montesi sits down with Mark Gibson to break down the current state of real estate capital markets and what’s actually happening beneath the headlines. Mark shares a data-driven perspective on investor behavior, capital flows, and why many widely discussed risk...
Betting on Physical Retail with Sandeep Mathrani
In this episode, Terry Montesi sits down with Sandeep Mathrani to unpack a career defined by bold bets, operational discipline, and contrarian thinking in retail real estate. Sandeep shares how he got his start with a single apartment purchase and quickly evolved into a capital markets leader, ev...
Dana Telsey on Why Retail is Winning
Terry Montesi and Dana Telsey explore the evolving retail landscape through the dual lens of consumer behavior and real estate demand. Telsey, chief research officer and founder of Telsey Advisory Group, shares insights from three decades analyzing retail brands, department stores, specialty conc...
The Man Behind $5 Billion of Placemaking ft. Terry Montesi
Terry Montesi has spent 30 years and over $5 billion building the retail destinations people actually remember — and in this conversation, he tells us how.
As founder and CEO of Trademark Property Company, Terry has developed 24 million square feet of some of the most celebrated mixed-use and re...
Where Retail Meets Logistics
Terry Montesi and Kevin Kessinger sit down with Luke Petherbridge, CEO of Blackstone's Link Logistics, on Leaning In to explore how e-commerce, industrial real estate, and physical retail have evolved from competitors into complementary partners. Luke brings a rare perspective; he's led major pla...
The Art & Science of Developing Iconic Retail Properties with Terry Montesi (#431)
This week Chris sits down with Terry Montesi, Founder and CEO of Trademark Property Company, a Fort Worth developer of retail and mixed-use real estate he started in 1992.
Terry was last on the show in 2019, in the middle of what the business was calling the retail apocalypse. They have closed fo...
Why Dallas Is Just Getting Started with Chris Kleinert
Terry Montesi and Chris Kleinert explore the complexities of large-scale real estate development in one of the country's fastest-growing markets. Kleinert, CEO of Hunt Realty Investments, shares how his background in banking workouts and private equity prepared him to lead major projects with per...
