Steve Marcinuk

When Kasper Rune Sogaard looks at the property management software landscape, he sees an industry stuck in the past. As a former Amazon engineering manager who helped build the ingestion pipeline for Prime Video and later Disney+, Sogaard has spent his career developing sophisticated systems to automate complex workflows. Now, as the founder of MagicDoor, ...

“Most urban grids are pretty dirty. You might have a lot of clean energy development outside of the urban area, but how do you use it in an urban area?” poses Karen Alter, Chief Marketing Officer at NineDot Energy, highlighting one of the most pressing challenges facing America’s cities. The answer, it seems, lies in ...

“Tech is new for the sake of new. Real Estate is old for the sake of old,” observes Marc Zuluaga, co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Cadence OneFive. This tension between innovation and tradition lies at the heart of the challenge his company is working to solve in the building energy retrofit space. Founded three ...

“I like to say I’m two degrees of separation from every broker and buyer in Manhattan,” says Mike Fabbri, who was recently named The Agency‘s top-producing agent in New York City for 2024 by sales volume. This extensive network, built through years of working behind the scenes at some of New York’s most prestigious brokerages, ...

With U.S. homeowners sitting on over $35 trillion in home equity and reluctant to refinance their low-rate mortgages, innovative financing solutions are finding their moment. Leading this shift is Unison, which has developed products that let homeowners access their equity without taking on traditional debt. “Most homeowners can’t easily access their equity without taking on ...

With over 50% of outstanding mortgages below 3.5%, the traditional resale market has stalled. In this challenging environment, Jome CEO Dan Hnatkovskyy has identified and capitalized on a crucial market opportunity in new construction sales, building a platform that’s reshaping how builders connect with qualified buyers across 17 markets. “Builders have land investments, construction loans, ...

Former U.S. Congressman Kwanza Hall has built a career in public service focused on delivering concrete results. Now, as the new chairman of Develop Fulton, one of the Southeast’s preeminent development authorities, Hall is bringing fifteen years of public service experience to shape the region’s economic future. “It’s a really unique opportunity to make a ...

“Why are we doing this the same way we have for the last 100 years?” This question haunted Andrés Leal during his early days as a civil engineer, watching crews lay bricks and raise buildings using methods that hadn’t changed in a century. Today, as one of Commercial Observer’s top 30 PropTech leaders worldwide and ...

In the competitive world of real estate investment, Mitra Investment Partners has emerged as a distinctive player by blending innovative deal-making with a tech-forward approach to asset management. For Diana Shaw, the firm’s Chief of Staff, what began as a chance encounter with one of the founders during an evening walk has evolved into helping ...

“Housing is a day-to-day problem and an existential threat to the ability of so many residents to stay in the community they love,” says Jess Coleman, a City Council candidate for Lower Manhattan. “This district is dead last in affordable housing production, and at the same time first place in pedestrian deaths and vacant storefronts.” ...

Jeff Quintin remembers exactly what sparked his interest in real estate: watching successful agents visit his bank window in the early 1990s. “I would look at my check from working 40 hours a week, and then I would look at their commission checks I’m cashing and depositing for our customers,” Quintin recalls. “There were a ...

From pioneering affordable housing programs in the early 1970s to managing a current $5.1 billion development pipeline, The Michaels Organization has established itself as a force in the affordable housing sector. Now, as the largest privately held owner of affordable housing in the country, the organization is pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in sustainable, ...

“Nobody knows what’s happening in Florida real estate better than Florida’s Realtors®,” states Tim Weisheyer, the 2025 president of Florida Realtors®, the nation’s largest state Realtor® association. His statement reflects both the confidence and responsibility that comes with leading an organization representing nearly 240,000 members in one of the world’s most dynamic real estate markets. ...

TidalWave‘s launch of AI-powered language integration marks a significant shift in mortgage technology – moving beyond back-office automation to unlock underserved markets through intelligent language processing. The initial numbers are compelling: 23% of Hispanic Americans cite language as a barrier in mortgage applications, with 51% paying out of pocket for translation services. But CEO Diane ...

A chance conversation with a neighbor about their not-for-sale home sparked an idea that would lead Katie Hill to reimagine how the real estate industry approaches off-market properties. As the founder and CEO of Unlisted, Hill has created a platform that’s opening up access to the 95% of homes that aren’t actively listed for sale ...