No Vacancy with Taylor Avakian

*Taylor Avakian sits down with legendary West Side Los Angeles real estate syndicator Larry Taylor.* With more than 50 years focused exclusively on LA’s most desirable submarkets, Larry shares perspective on current pricing and opportunities, the unique advantages of the West Side, and principles refined across every interest rate and economic cycle.From the lasting appeal of prime locations like Century City and Santa Monica...

*Adam Miller for LA Mayor: Tech Billionaire on Fixing LA's Housing Crisis, Homelessness & Government Inefficiency | No Vacancy Podcast*Taylor Avakian sits down with Adam Miller — founder and former CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand (sold for $5.2 billion) — who is running for Mayor of Los Angeles. In this wide-ranging conversation, Miller breaks down his bold plan to transform the city through operational excellence, acco...

*No Vacancy Podcast: Richard Mehta (Xenon Investments) on Building a 3,300 Unit Empire in Los Angeles*Taylor Avakian sits down with Richard Mehta, co-founder of Xenon Investments. Richard has built one of the most impressive multifamily portfolios in LA with roughly 3,300 apartment units, mostly on the Westside, Mid-Wilshire, Koreatown, and parts of the San Fernando Valley.In this episode, he opens up about his journey from losing ...

Lourdes Castro Ramirez, President and CEO of HACLA (Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles), joins Taylor Avakian on the No Vacancy Podcast for an in-depth conversation on the affordable housing crisis, Section 8 vouchers, public housing, and strategies to address homelessness in Los Angeles.

In this episode, Lourdes breaks down how HACLA serves over 200,000 Angelenos, the realities of rental subsidies, emergency housing vouch...

Bob Buente, President & CEO of 1010 Development Corporation, joins Taylor Avakian on the No Vacancy Podcast for a deep dive into the real world of affordable housing development in Los Angeles. With over 30 years of experience as a faith-based nonprofit developer managing 400+ units, Bob reveals the "black arts" of financing affordable housing — from 9% and 4% tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, layered public subsidies, devel...

Randall Kaplan, Co-Founder of Akamai Technologies, shares his extraordinary journey from failed lawyer to building a $35 billion unicorn company in this powerful No Vacancy Podcast interview with commercial real estate broker Taylor Avakian.From writing 300 personalized cold letters to land a dream job with Eli Broad at SunAmerica, to co-founding Akamai during the dot-com era, navigating massive success and setbacks, mentoring with...

Randy Johnson, the real estate veteran who helped master develop Playa Vista from Howard Hughes land into a thriving 6000 unit neighborhood, joins Taylor Avakian on the No Vacancy podcast.

In this in depth conversation, Randy shares the full story behind Playa Vista: navigating 30 lawsuits, coastal commission battles, methane mitigation, massive infrastructure costs, multiple ownership changes, the Dreamworks saga, and turning wetl...

Alain R'bibo, top commercial real estate transaction attorney, strategic advisor, and Partner at Allen Matkins with over 20 years of experience, joins Taylor Avakian on the No Vacancy Podcast. With billions in deals across acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, joint ventures, and development, Alain shares insider perspectives on navigating complex CRE transactions in Los Angeles, California, and nationwide.

From why many multifamily ...

Greg Hebner, Managing Director and majority owner of Arixa Capital (formerly Erickson), joins Taylor Avakian on the No Vacancy Podcast for an in-depth conversation on private real estate lending, scaling a multi-billion dollar platform, and navigating today's CRE market.

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Nadine Watt, CEO of Watt Capital Partners, joins Taylor Avakian on the No Vacancy Podcast for an in-depth conversation on LA commercial real estate, the evolution of a multi-generational family dynasty, and the future of Century City offices.Third-generation leader Nadine Watt shares the remarkable history of Watt Capital Partners from her grandfather Ray Watt building homes for post-WWII veterans and pioneering timeshares and mast...

In this full episode of the *No Vacancy Podcast*, host *Taylor Avakian* interviews *Marc Menowitz* (also referred to as Mark in the episode), CEO of *Apartment Corp* — a Los Angeles-based multifamily real estate powerhouse managing over 17,000 apartment units nationwide.Marc, a fourth-generation real estate investor, shares his journey from coder and inventor to building a national portfolio focused on *affordable housing* (S...

In this episode of the No Vacancy podcast, Taylor Avakian sits down with Jeff Gleiberman, President of MG Properties, to pull back the curtain on one of the most successful multifamily investment firms in the country. Managing over 33,000 units and transacting billions annually, Jeff shares the "secret sauce" behind their 30-year track record, including their hyper-disciplined approach to vertical integration and why they prioritiz...

The U.S. faces a severe affordable housing shortage, with millions of renters paying more than 30% of income on rent. In this in-depth conversation, Jeffrey Jaeger, co-founder and principal of Standard Communities, shares his journey from brokerage and institutional real estate to building one of the nation's leading affordable housing platforms - managing over 30,000 units across 22+ states and targeting 50,000 by 2030.Jaeger brea...

In this in-depth conversation, recently retired CBRE Executive Vice President Laurie Lustig-Bower shares decades of insights from one of the most successful multifamily brokerage careers in Los Angeles real estate.With over 36 years at CBRE (formerly Coldwell Banker Commercial), Laurie and her team handled more than $12 billion in multifamily transactions in the last decade alone. She built her business on the Westside of LA &mdash...

Father-son duo Shawn Evenhaim and Edan Evenhaim are reshaping the Los Angeles skyline through Balaciano Group and the iconic The Q brand. With nearly 3 billion in transactions and multiple Builder of the Year awards, they share how they build, brand, and manage modern multifamily properties in one of the most challenging real estate markets.

In this in-depth conversation they cover:- Starting as an immigrant in construction and evol...

He Went From Del Taco to a $1.5B Empire (Here's How) | Henry ManoucheriHenry Manoucheri, Chairman and CEO of Universe Holdings, sits down for an in-depth conversation on building one of the largest privately held multifamily portfolios in the U.S. From his arrival in America as a teenage immigrant fleeing the Iranian Revolution to scaling a national real estate operation, Henry breaks down the mindset, strategies, and relentless wo...

What really separates strong real estate professionals from everyone else when markets tighten and capital gets complicated?

In this episode of No Vacancy, Taylor Avakian sits down with Vicky Schiff for a wide-ranging conversation on work ethic, conviction, and how serious operators think about risk, relationships, and capital in today’s real estate market. Vicky shares how she built her career by being the person who actually...

Uncovering the Hidden Power Structures in Commercial Real Estate with Hiten Samtani (Founder of Ten31 Media)Deep-dive conversation with Hiten Samtani, former Editorial Director at The Real Deal and founder of Ten31 Media, on the unseen forces driving commercial real estate in America's biggest markets.From long-term family dynasties and low-basis empires to cultural niches quietly controlling billions in Los Angeles and New York, p...

Join Taylor Avakian on the No Vacancy Podcast as he sits down with Jan Brzeski, a co-founder of Arixa Capital and a leading expert in private credit and real estate lending in California. In this in-depth episode, Jan shares his journey building a massive commercial real estate debt fund, revealing the inner workings of private credit syndication and how lenders navigate today's shifting interest rate environment.Discover key insig...