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Positive Development

Positive Development

By GREGORY McKNIGHT

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way.
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POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Amped Kitchens with Mott Smith

Positive DevelopmentNov 01, 2019

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POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: The LAB Anti-Mall with Shaheen Sadeghi

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: The LAB Anti-Mall with Shaheen Sadeghi

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way.

The subject of this program is The LAB Anti-Mall, a reclaimed industrial structure made into a collection of boutiques and restaurants in Costa Mesa, California, with its developer, Shaheen Sadeghi.
Jan 24, 202001:23:36
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: SteelCraft with Kim Gros

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: SteelCraft with Kim Gros

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way.

The subject of this program is SteelCraft, an outdoor urban food court built from shipping containers, in Long Beach, California., with its developer, Kim Gros.
Dec 20, 201938:03
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Del Rey Square with Tom Safran

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Del Rey Square with Tom Safran

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way. The subject of this program is Del Rey Square, an affordable housing community on the Westside of Los Angeles, with Tom Safran, CEO of Thomas Safran & Associates, the company which developed it.
Dec 13, 201956:52
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Springville Township with Aleks Baharlo

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Springville Township with Aleks Baharlo

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way.

The subject of this program is Springville Township, a master-planned community in Camarillo, California, with its developer, Aleks Baharlo.
Dec 06, 201942:22
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Haven CoLiving with Ari Chazanas and Ben Katz

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Haven CoLiving with Ari Chazanas and Ben Katz

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way.

The subject of this program is a new residential community in Venice, California called Haven CoLiving. We will speak to two of the founders and operators, Ari Chazanas and Ben Katz.
Nov 22, 201927:01
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Erewhon with Yuval Chiprut

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Erewhon with Yuval Chiprut

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way.

The subject of this program is the establishment of several new outlets of the vibrant, growing Los Angeles grocery store group, Erewhon, with their Head of Develoment, Yuval Chiprut.
Nov 15, 201901:10:28
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: San Vicente Bungalows with Jeff Klein

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: San Vicente Bungalows with Jeff Klein

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way.
The subject of this program is San Vicente Bungalows, a private members club in West Hollywood, California, with its owner, Jeff Klein.
Nov 08, 201950:24
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Amped Kitchens with Mott Smith

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT: Amped Kitchens with Mott Smith

POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT is a show about real estate properties with the individuals who developed them. In each episode, we discuss where a specific project began and show how it came to be, as we get to know the developers who made it happen. And as we illustrate these successful development projects, from inspiration through execution, we come to know the various challenges, strategies, and outcomes that the developers encountered along the way.

The subject of this program is Amped Kitchens, a flexible food production space built to incubate, support, and grow food companies of all types, with their CEO, Mott Smith.
Nov 01, 201901:01:48