The FORT Podcast: Eric Weatherholtz – Partner at Healy Weatherholtz Properties
(03:20) – How Eric Got into Real Estate and What He Does Within The Space
(06:39) – How do you know you’ve found the right spot to start acquiring? What matters?
(10:32) – When doing assemblages, do you care about competition coming in?
(16:21) – Do you need the commercial first before it can attract residential or vice versa?
(18:09) – How do you finance these projects?
(25:02) – Are there times when you decide to pass on properties?
(30:16) – How do you create the “magic” after buying the building?
(40:24) – How are you structuring your leases?
(42:30) – Sticking To Your Guns
(45:45) – How do you manage these properties?
(51:43) – Who stages and programs the hospitality portion of your properties?
(54:45) – How do you justify the upfront TI for local tenants? Are you able to identify local businesses w/o a track record who’ll be successful?
(58:08) – What do you say to people who think retail is dead?
(1:02:24) – What’s your edge?
(1:04:39) – Is this a scalable business model?
(1:06:54) – Wild Stories From Eric’s Career
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