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A podcast about the buildings and projects shaping Los Angeles, featuring the key individuals driving them forward. Each episode of Building LA features a leading figure in the Los Angeles design, real estate and business sectors. We engage in discussion about the pivotal choices that propelled their professional journey, the driving forces that sustain their motivation, and the untold narratives underlying their most remarkable projects. Subscribe to be inspired by leaders within the real estate industry, learn about the projects impacting Los Angeles, and listen to the insider perspectives on how these projects came to be.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast about the buildings and projects shaping Los Angeles, featuring the key individuals driving them forward. Each episode of Building LA features a leading figure in the Los Angeles design, real estate and business sectors.
Building LA is hosted by Sam Pepper. The show has published 34 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Eric Weatherholtz: LA's ‘Vibe Economy’ and a New Strategy for Connecting Hospitality to Capital" (22 September 2026, 44 minutes), "Randall Winston: LA's Capital Infrastructure Program, Rebuilding the Palisades, and Preparing for the 2028 Olympics" (26 May 2026, 52 minutes), and "Alan Pullman: What Does It Take to Make a More Livable LA?" (11 May 2026, 55 minutes).
Building LA publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 55 minutes across 34 episodes.
Booking probability for Building LA is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Building LA requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Building LA's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Building LA are Property Management & Appraisal and Architecture & Engineering. Building LA has a business audience.
Sam Pepper hosts Building LA, a business podcast with 34 episodes published.
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Episode #32
Twenty years ago, Eric Weatherholtz closed on a rundown movie theater on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, teamed up with CIM Group, and signed a lease with Tiffany & Co.. That single deal flipped the market rent on the...
Randall Winston is the Deputy Mayor of Infrastructure for the City of Los Angeles. His portfolio covers everything in the public right of way, including street services, engineering, street lighting, sanitation, and...
Alan Pullman founded Studio One Eleven 25 years ago with a theory that ran against how most architecture firms operated: that the most important work in urban environments was not designing the next signature building...
Leon Rost is a Partner at Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the firm behind some of the most talked-about projects in architecture today. He leads BIG's Los Angeles office, which opened three years ago in a 1928 Paul Williams...
In Los Angeles, the ground floor is often where the identity of a neighborhood is established. In this episode, I sit down with Giancarlo Pagani, founder of Pagani Hospitality and Managing Partner of Mother Wolf Group...
Episode #27
Few architects ever achieve name recognition among the general public; fewer still become local heroes in northern English cities. Dan Meis, Managing/Design Partner at MEIS+ and SVP, Director of Global Sports Design at...
For most real estate professionals, using AI might look like asking ChatGPT to tidy up grammar on an email, but that’s just scratching the surface of what’s possible. Jake Heller, co-founder of AI for CRE Collective...
Downtown LA generates 30% of the city's business, parking, and transient occupancy tax revenues despite occupying just 1% of its land mass. Despite this, the neighborhood faces serious challenges: office vacancy rates...
Can LA still build things that serve everyday people? Chris Torres and Eli Lipmen think so, and their Festival Trail project is putting that belief to the test. Festival Trail is a bold 28-mile mobility and culture...
Most architects spend their careers talking to other architects. Vishaan Chakrabarti, FAIA took a different path, and it's made him one of the most influential voices in urban planning today. From his role as Manhattan...
Governor Newsom recently signed a significant rollback to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), creating a new statutory exemption for urban infill housing projects, effective immediately. Spencer Kallick, a...
What's holding LA back from reaching its potential? Jessica Lall, Managing Director of CBRE's DTLA office, and Carl Muhlstein, a veteran LA commercial real estate advisor, have a few ideas. When Jessica ran for mayor in...
Building LA
Building LA is back for season two with a fresh lineup of stories about the forces shaping the city from the ground up. This season, we're looking at how Los Angeles is being remade by architects and planners...
In today's post-pandemic world, we're presented with many new opportunities to think about and shape our workplaces. With over 7000 team members globally, Gensler leads the way with its innovative approach to workplace...
In this episode I sit down with Frances Anderton and David Kersh for a discussion about affordable housing and their new initiative, Awesome and Affordable. Many Los Angeles residents have misconceptions, or even...
In this episode, I'm joined by Robert Hale FAIA, Partner at RIOS. We talk about his career and two of his latest studio projects – Echelon Studios in Hollywood and the Sony Pictures Scenic Arts Building in Culver City...
Today, I’m joined by Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich, the co-founders of Patterns, to discuss their latest project – The Victory Wellness Center in North Hollywood. The project involves the conversion of a former...
Today, I’m joined by John K Chan, AIA the Co-Founder and Design Director at Formation Association, to discuss how to create a great retail experience, as exemplified by his firm’s design of the Atwater Canyon retail...
In this episode, I speak with Babak Ziai, the Founder and Managing Principal at BrandView, Inc. His commercial real estate investment management firm focuses on acquiring underutilized properties in exceptional...
In this episode, I am joined by Oliver Evans, the CEO and co-founder of The Kinn – a membership club and workspace in LA that caters to socially conscious entrepreneurs. The Kinn is a beautiful, light-filled space which...
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Sports Mental Performance Coach, Certified Law of Attraction Life Coach, Certified Grief and Loss Educator, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy
VP of Global Solutions Engineering, Precision Medical Care
Bjarke Ingels Group
AI for CRE Collective
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