Today I will be speaking with Harshad Pillai who is the Director of Fogarty Finger, an architecture firm committed to redefining the urban built environment through projects that are as evocative as they are pragmatic.

Harshad is currently overseeing the development of over 3 million square-feet of projects across various sectors of New York. Astoria West has more than 500 units soon to be available, as well as the Rise and NOVA in Long Island City.  Previously overseeing a range of multifamily projects, Harshad is carrying his skills over to 141 Willoughby, the firm's first office building that is slated to complete this year.  

Harshad completed the 160,000 square foot conversion of the former Shlitz brewery and bottling building in Brooklyn.  His design, The Jackson, a 70,000 square foot residential building in Long Island City was awarded the Global Future Design Award in 2020.

In this week’s episode we will be discussing:

-Empathizing with Developers and aligning business and design interests 

- How to prevent adversarial relationships with developer clients 

- How to grow with developer clients for long term relations 

To learn more about Harshad Pillai visit his:

Website: https://www.fogartyfinger.com/

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshad-pillai-87471610/

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This week I have the pleasure to be speaking with Jesse Tarr who is the founder and president of CityPermits. City Permits was established in 2009 as a small company consisting of 2-3 employees and has since grown exponentially over the past decade.

Their mission is to provide professional, efficient and thorough permit expediting services for residential and commercial clients.

In this episode we discuss:

- Why architects benefit from using an expediter

- How City Permits has evolved and grown into new territories and states

- How can technology, client relations and business intelligence can disrupt a particular service

To learn more about Jesse Tarr, visit his:

Website: https://www.citypermit.us/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/citypermit/

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This week I am speaking with Rhode Partners recent equity partners Director Bobby Tait, and Director of Operations, Kate Meehan.

Rhode Partners was Founded by Director Brett Rhode in 2007 and since then they have become a leading Austin firm specializing in master planning, architecture, and interior design, civic, multi-family residential, hotel, office, and retail projects..

In today’s episode we will be discussing:

• The Process of Buying the Firm: The legal and financial mechanisms in becoming partners
• How the firm was valued and what that means 
• What does it take to create an empowered culture 

To learn more about Rhode Partners, visit their:

Website: https://www.rhodepartners.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rhode-partners

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhode.partners/?hl=en

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Hello and welcome to the Business of Architecture. This week I am speaking with Hugh Glazer who is a CPA for 30+ years and delivers CFO and Business Operations Services to Private Companies and Not for Profit Organizations.

As a consultant, part time CFO and hands on advisor he strategically manages projects to offer merger-acquisition-integration, budgeting, financial planning and managing new initiatives to deliver dramatic results.

Hugh has mentored over 150+ CEOs through the ‘10,000 Small Business Program’ at Babson College. His specialties include software development, publishing, architecture, advertising, and not for profit.

He is also our specialist financial consultant inside of the SMART PRACTICE Method, our flagship business program for architects to run profitable and impactful businesses.

In this week’s episode we will be discussing:

6 Key Financial Metrics including:

1. Profit & Target Multiplier

2. Cash Flow Breakeven

3. Net Fee per staff

4. Utilization Rate

5. Checks & Balances

6. Accounts Receivable

To learn more about Hugh Glazer, visit his:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hjglazer

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