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I’m extremely excited about our guest today! Ben Stevens not only works as a project manager for a real estate development firm, but he also wrote his own book “The Birth of a Building”, as well as maintains an online interview series called the Skyline Forum. His story is truly fascinating.

He spent his 20’s in the non-profit world in Europe. During his time there, he made friends with several architects. He became engrossed in the theories and ideologies that these architects possessed as it related to not only buildings, but City Planning and the built environment. One of them suggested he consider doing so as a “real estate developer,” and he decided to dive in. Ever since then, he has pursued his role with development with vigor, but still maintains his passions for related disciplines such as architecture and urban planning.

Late last year, he published his book “The Birth of a Building”. Which has quickly become one of my favorites on the topics of real estate and construction. He does a great job in discussing the creation of a building from conception to delivery in an easy to follow dialogue. His goal was to pull back the veil on the various processes that are required from all the disciplines involved to construct a building. I have provided a link below for those interested!

In this episode, we are going to discuss the psychology behind making tough decisions in development, a brief understanding of the complexities included in the real estate development process, and also how to wrap your mind around modeling a pro forma for real estate development projects. I’m excited to dive into the show!

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Resources:

Learn more about Ben Stevens here: https://benstevens.me

Find his book “The Birth of a Building” here: https://amzn.to/2WbgkRA