The Anti-Architect

In this episode, Christian Giordano is joined by Tim Greiner, Executive Managing Director at JLL, to talk about the evolution of New Jersey’s office market and what tenants really want today.

Tim shares his perspective on the shift to hybrid work and the office “amenities arms race". He also gets candid about what architects get right (and wrong) during pitches and why doing the work before you’ve won the work can make all the difference.

They also explore how AI is changing commercial real estate, and the opportunity it creates for the next generation of brokers.

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(2:52) What makes long-term business relationships last
(3:52) Is the office really back after COVID?
(7:36) What brokers need from architects
(18:44) How architects can improve their pitches
(23:02) What is happening in the New Jersey office market
(30:16) Redevelopment and office-to-residential conversions
(33:54) Which office amenities actually matter
(40:28) New Jersey incentives and the film industry
(51:12) Tim’s career story and major setbacks
(57:18) How AI is changing commercial real estate

What is The Anti-Architect?

Welcome to The Anti-Architect Podcast. I’m your host Christian Giordano. As the president and owner of design firm Mancini Duffy, I’m driven by a quest for learning and radically changing the industry through tech-first innovation. With this podcast, I’m hoping to improve the industry that I’m so passionate about by taking a critical look at how architects work with their clients and, in turn, how our clients view us.

It’s my goal to showcase all of these experiences - good and bad. Was it the architect or the client - or somewhere in between? I aim to bring my audience new voices from our industry, interesting people with diverse backgrounds. Through shared experiences, stories, and projects my hope is that we can improve our profession.

www.theantiarchitect.com