During this episode, Viviana describes her motivations and inspirations leading up to the founding of the Growing Cities Podcast, relaunching her branded consultancy and how her experiences at the NYU's Schack School of Real Estate has prepared her for a career in real estate asset management. She compares her experiences as a consultant for Lemor Development Group to working for Cushman and Wakefield. She overviews her podcast episodes with guests about how to grow a city.

In this episode we talk to a shining star of Colombian urban development and land use expert Nadya Rangel. She is the head of Secretaria Distrital of Habitat Bogotá-Colombia. She has decades of experience working with massive government projects and underserved communities to integrate them to the Bogota built environment in a way that is strategic to the sustainable urban development of Bogota.

On this episode Viviana talks with finance and blockchain technology expert, Claus Skaaning. The topic of our conversation is how to use cryptocurrency or tokens as a new vehicle to invest in real estate. Claus is a PhD in Computer Science from Denmark, passionate about the democratization of currency at the global level, and CEO of DigiShares. He shares his insight on how the real estate and finance industries can capitalize on a future that would be founded on blockchain infrastructure.

In this episode Viviana talks with Pedro B. Ortiz. He is one of the few experts in metropolitan management and planning, and a leader in bringing awareness to the latent reality that large cities have to grow in a more strategic and sustainable fashion. Metropolises carry the inheritance of starting under situations in which social equity, and long term thinking was not part of the strategy. The result of it is the uncontrollable spread of slums all over the world.

Viviana talks with Architect, and rising star for Hawaii Construction & Development Consulting (HCDC), Phap Vu about the Hawaiian built environment, and real estate development.

He has a wide range of experience from luxury development, to floating architecture, to sustainable and affordable real estate.

Viviana talks with Former Chief Economist at the NYC controller’s office about his insight on how a mature city like New York City manages growth. Mr. Braconi shares his views on how New York mitigates the negative effects from city growth, how to use data to analyze urban growth, and about the future of affordable housing as a way to grow a city sustainably.

Viviana talks to Stuart Brodsky about sustainability in the built environment and how it helps to unlock value for CRE investors. Historically the real estate industry has affected the natural world. Therefore we must identify solutions to reduce emissions and mitigate climate impacts.

Viviana speaks with James Robert Sellinger about Green building, real estate investment, and the government incentives currently available in New York City. Green building is a holistic concept that starts with the understanding that the built environment can have profound effects, both positive and negative, on the natural environment, as well as the people who inhabit buildings every day.

Broadcast media is constantly evolving. The transition from radio to podcasting is a great example of it. Thanks to new technology and the democratization of access to this type of audio broadcasting, professionals from all industries including real estate are able to have a voice. In this episode we talk to radio and communications expert Carlos Patiño Millan.

Bogotá is the capital of and largest city in Colombia. Within this city, the past and present come together mixing colors of modern buildings and authentic colonial roof tiles…