When your kids tattle on each other or someone else, your response should always be, “What happened just before that?”

#1 sign of a real, real estate developer? Scuffed shoes.

For better or worse, if you're a developer, you need to be checking everyone's work. Example: You hire a surveyor to create a survey. The surveyor's polygon doesn't close.

The Five Senses of Placemaking 👁️ Murals 👃 Fire Pits 👂 Music ✋ Interactive objects 👅 Ice cream, 🍺, and, of course, 🌮

Every real estate developer aspires to leave a permanent mark on the world - by creating or renovating or operating places for people to live, work, or play. And almost all of us aspire to be making a net-positive impact on the lives of the people who live where we work.

#1 sign of a real, real estate developer? Scuffed shoes.

Communicating with investors is a required skill for anyone who wants a career in real estate. Five tips on writing good investor reports: 1/7

Real estate is both a product and a service business. Your product is the buildings you create. Your service is delivering investor returns. Being good at both is essential for real estate entrepreneurs.

Closing out this series of #DamonsFavoriteDetails (at least for now) with some favorite moments at Ponce City Market.

The Reserve in Playa Vista has open ceilings with the cleanest infrastructure I've ever seen. #DamonsFavoriteDetails

OK. Truth be told, I have two favorite canopies. This one is on Wycoff Ave in Bushwick. #DamonsFavoriteDetails

Who else has a favorite canopy? Mine is this Meatpacking District gem (345 West 14th St) #DamonsFavoriteDetails

A curated tenant mix is the key to a successful retail environment. Here’s some steps were taking to achieve this at Camp North End. A 🧵 1/10

Who else has a favorite parking garage? Mine is in the LA Arts District in the "at Mateo" project. #DamonsFavoriteDetails

Who else loves Domino Park in Brooklyn? #DamonsFavoriteDetails

Industry City has the best planters.*. #DamonsFavoriteDetails * Remember, all planters should have vines spilling over the sides.

More #DamonsFavoriteDetails, this time from The Camp in Costa Mesa, CA. I particularly love the parking lot labels.

When your kids tattle on each other or someone else, your response should always be, “What happened just before that?”

We ask our main vendors to sign on to our Code of Conduct (the company and the individual working at our property). This establishes our expectations, and makes a future conversation about banning an employee easy.

#1 sign of a real, real estate developer? Scuffed shoes.

We speak at 150 words per minute but think at 700, so most people are only half-listening. True listening - not just waiting for your turn to speak - is a huge negotiation hack.

For better or worse, if you're a developer, you need to be checking everyone's work. Example: You hire a surveyor to create a survey. The surveyor's polygon doesn't close.

Social media recommendations for local retailers, developed by @campnorthend’s social media manager, @raqilah: • Post 2-3x weekly (FREE). • Lean into short form videos – Instagram algo prefers 7-15 second snips. • Use TikTok! Post 10-20 second clips w/relevant hashtags. 1/12

#1 sign of a real, real estate developer? Scuffed shoes.

The Five Senses of Placemaking 👁️ Murals 👃 Fire Pits 👂 Music ✋ Interactive objects 👅 Ice cream, 🍺, and, of course, 🌮

We ask our main vendors to sign on to our Code of Conduct (the company and the individual working at our property). This establishes our expectations, and makes a future conversation about banning an employee easy.

Communicating with investors is a required skill for anyone who wants a career in real estate. Five tips on writing good investor reports: 1/7

Real estate is both a product and a service business. Your product is the buildings you create. Your service is delivering investor returns. Being good at both is essential for real estate entrepreneurs.

A curated tenant mix is the key to a successful retail environment. Here’s some steps were taking to achieve this at Camp North End. A 🧵 1/10

We ask our main vendors to sign on to our Code of Conduct (the company and the individual working at our property). This establishes our expectations, and makes a future conversation about banning an employee easy.

#1 sign of a real, real estate developer? Scuffed shoes.

Every real estate developer aspires to leave a permanent mark on the world - by creating or renovating or operating places for people to live, work, or play. And almost all of us aspire to be making a net-positive impact on the lives of the people who live where we work.

We speak at 150 words per minute but think at 700, so most people are only half-listening. True listening - not just waiting for your turn to speak - is a huge negotiation hack.

For better or worse, if you're a developer, you need to be checking everyone's work. Example: You hire a surveyor to create a survey. The surveyor's polygon doesn't close.

Closing out this series of #DamonsFavoriteDetails (at least for now) with some favorite moments at Ponce City Market.

The Reserve in Playa Vista has open ceilings with the cleanest infrastructure I've ever seen. #DamonsFavoriteDetails

OK. Truth be told, I have two favorite canopies. This one is on Wycoff Ave in Bushwick. #DamonsFavoriteDetails

Who else has a favorite canopy? Mine is this Meatpacking District gem (345 West 14th St) #DamonsFavoriteDetails

Who else has a favorite parking garage? Mine is in the LA Arts District in the "at Mateo" project. #DamonsFavoriteDetails

Social media recommendations for local retailers, developed by @campnorthend’s social media manager, @raqilah: • Post 2-3x weekly (FREE). • Lean into short form videos – Instagram algo prefers 7-15 second snips. • Use TikTok! Post 10-20 second clips w/relevant hashtags. 1/12

Who else loves Domino Park in Brooklyn? #DamonsFavoriteDetails

Industry City has the best planters.*. #DamonsFavoriteDetails * Remember, all planters should have vines spilling over the sides.

More #DamonsFavoriteDetails, this time from The Camp in Costa Mesa, CA. I particularly love the parking lot labels.

When your kids tattle on each other or someone else, your response should always be, “What happened just before that?”

#1 sign of a real, real estate developer? Scuffed shoes.

We ask our main vendors to sign on to our Code of Conduct (the company and the individual working at our property). This establishes our expectations, and makes a future conversation about banning an employee easy.

If the hand bruises are from medication infusions, why wouldn’t they just use different veins that are out of sight?

Communicating with investors is a required skill for anyone who wants a career in real estate. Five tips on writing good investor reports: 1/7

Real estate is both a product and a service business. Your product is the buildings you create. Your service is delivering investor returns. Being good at both is essential for real estate entrepreneurs.

Sometimes we make mistakes. We built a super cool fireplace as part of the Mount district at Camp North End. There's comfortable seating in front of it, and it is a source of color, light, and of course warmth. And it was built on site by our tenant, Prism Supply. But ... 1/3