Podcast | AREA Real Estate Advisors

In episode 10 of Your AREA Podcast, Tim Schaffer interviews Chad McCann, Senior Leasing Director for the Midwest Market of WeWork, to discuss company culture during work from home movement, 2021 Office Space and WeWork’s role in future office space.

Chad McCann is the Senior Leasing Director for WeWork in Kansas City. 3 years ago he took a risk and jumped at an opportunity with a rocket ship growth company that he knew very little about at the time in an industry he knew nothing about, Commercial Real Estate. One thing he did understand was relationships and how to cultivate them with the right people. Fast forward 3 years, after shaking what seems like 10,000 hands and acting as a sponge in every meeting he stepped into, and he would make the same decisions 100/100 times. WeWork and the CRE industry has been the most challenging, yet fulfilling endeavor he’s embarked on in the corporate arena.

As the leading space-as-a-service platform, WeWork provides unmatched speed, scale, and flexibility to your real estate – all while delivering an elevated employee experience.

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Recorded by Let it Fly Media.

In our latest episode of Your AREA Podcast, Tim Schaffer interviews John Kennyhertz, Partner/Attorney at Kennyhertz Perry Attorneys at Law to discuss Trademarking/Branding, Marijuana Business, the Innovation of Retail and PPP Loans.

Kennyhertz Perry is a business and litigation law firm representing clients in an array of industries assisting business owners and entrepreneurs. Veteran Kansas City lawyers, John Kennyhertz and founding partner, Braden Perry, have built a firm that provides a unique mix of top law firm quality expertise, practical experience, and pragmatic business solutions.

John previously served General Counsel for a Kansas City-based private equity firm, and now focuses his practice on business transaction and corporate law matters. He has extensive experience in the areas of domestic and international e-commerce; debt collection; consumer data privacy; ACH and payment systems; MSB licensing; online marketing and lead generation.  John advises clients on federal statutes and regulations, including Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (“GBL”), Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) compliance issues.  He provides a unique blend of legal, technical and practical business advice.

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Recorded by Let it Fly Media.

In our latest episode of Your AREA Podcast, Tim Schaffer interviews John Boucard, founder and CEO of Tesseract Vetures to discuss smart buildings of the future, reshoring of manufacturing and work through robotics.

Tesseract Ventures is a 21st century technology company that focuses on next generation robotics, smart spaces, software and radically connected platforms, helping industries become smarter, better connected and more efficient.

John Boucard created a team made up of inventors, dreamers, engineers, technologists and innovators to create a one-of-a-kind, unique technology company to better industries and companies of America.

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Recorded by Let it Fly Media.

In our latest episode of Your AREA Podcast, Tim Schaffer interviews Tony Rohr, national managing principle of Gould Evans to discuss sustainability in the workplace, the design of the Cerner Campus and working with Higher Education.

Tony’s design leadership is magnetic. He is known for bringing people together, within Gould Evans and among collaborators. As national managing principal of Gould Evans, he is responsible for ensuring that his work resonates with the company’s design vision, extending beyond the normal practice to create positive outcomes for people and communities. He excels at motivating the company’s design talent and championing their efforts.

Tony has overseen a wide range of public and commercial projects for clients who are interested in employing architecture to make a difference. Clients say that Tony immerses himself in an understanding of their identity, challenges and goals.

A couple of his key projects are local to Kansas City. Tony was a part of the new Cerner Innovations Campus and the Cerner Continuous Campus, a combined 3.5 million square foot campus in South Kansas City. Cerner’s vision for the campus was something that exudes who they are as a company, something people had not seen before. Gould Evans recently renovated their headquarters at 4200 Penn, a historic building in Old Westport. This was a fun and unique project for Tony to recreate a building with all of Gould Evans’ characteristics and personalities internally in the company.

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Recorded by Let it Fly Media.

In our latest episode of Your AREA Podcast, Tim Schaffer interviews Kevin McGinnis, CEO & President of Keystone Community Corporation to discuss innovation in the workplace; diversity of skill sets that bring commonality; how structure affects collaboration; and the speed of the digital transformation that is occurring as we speak.

Kevin has deep entrepreneurial experience starting a corporate accelerator and leading a growth-stage tech firm.  He noticed the region lacked a destination which enabled people to collaborate at scale, causing the region to lose pace economically.  Using his experiences focused on innovation, Kevin is working with several civic, corporate, and community stakeholders to bring the Keystone Innovation District vision to life.

Keystone Innovation District will be the home to a community where all are welcome to join with universities, corporate partners, and philanthropic organizations to design the future.  The strategic imperatives for Keystone include:

1. Programming and placemaking drive successful outcomes, not real estate.  The best practices associated with these operational strategies should serve as guidelines to both optimize and improve the odds of success across all stakeholders.
2. Many of the economic, political, and social challenges identified across the Kansas City region can be addressed through the collaborative scale of regional stakeholders’ cooperation and engagement.
3. The planning, development, and operations of the Keystone Innovation District must include a strategic focus on achieving a positive, equitable, and inclusive impact.  This is a long-term regional economic development program focused on bringing the future of education, entrepreneurship, and employment to the community.

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Recorded by Let it Fly Media.