Place Shapers

Great places don’t just happen. They’re shaped.Place Shapers, hosted by Todd Fidelman, explores the bold ideas, unlikely risks, and radical origin stories behind some of real estate’s most influential residential and mixed-use communities. These aren’t just developments—they’re places that become destinations, cultural landmarks, and catalysts for entire regions.Through candid conversations with the visionaries who imagined them, Place Shapers reveals how empty land turns into thriving hubs, how communities are designed with purpose, and how long-term vision can redefine a geography. From first sketch to lasting impact, the show goes deep on the thinking, tradeoffs, and leadership required to build places people actually care about.If you’re interested in real estate, placemaking, urban development, or how bold vision turns into lasting value, Place Shapers offers a rare look behind the blueprints.Place Shapers is produced by Merrick Studios – where culture takes the mic.

Place Shapers is a business podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 9 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Place Shapers, a business show with 9 episodes published.

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  Episode #8

  Justin Marshall on Scaling Multifamily Without Losing the Culture Behind the Company

  Jul 9, 202645 minS1

  <p >Justin Marshall, President of Property Services at Fogelman Properties, joins Todd Fidelman to talk about scaling a multifamily operator toward 50,000 units without going rigid or corporate. They get into why private ownership changes how Fogelman operates, why every asset gets its own strategy instead of a standardized playbook, and how reputation has quietly become one of the clearest signals of operational health.</p> <p >Place Shapers is hosted by Todd Fidelman and produced and distributed by Merrick Studios. Catch all our episodes at https://merrickcreative.com/place-shapers.</p>

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  Episode #8

  Justin Marshall on Scaling Multifamily Without Losing the Culture Behind the Company

  Jul 9, 202645 minS1

  Justin Marshall, President of Property Services at Fogelman Properties, joins Todd Fidelman to talk about scaling a multifamily operator toward 50,000 units without going rigid or corporate. They get into why private ownership changes how Fogelman operates, why every asset gets its own strategy instead of a standardized playbook, and how reputation has quietly become one of the clearest signals of operational health. Place Shapers is hosted by Todd Fidelman and produced and distributed by Merrick Studios. Catch all our episodes at https://merrickcreative.com/place-shapers.

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  Episode #7

  Stephanie Lynch on Customer Experience, the Power of Place, and Where Real Estate Brand Goes Next

  Jun 4, 202647 minS1

  <p >Host Todd Fidelman sits down with Stephanie Orton Lynch, Merrick Creative's new Chief Growth Officer, for a conversation about what she has learned across a career spent shaping how people experience the places they live, work, shop, and gather.</p> <p >From Nordstrom to The Greenbrier to her most recent role at Tri Pointe Homes, Stephanie shares what surprised her about crossing over to the developer side, how AI is reshaping real estate marketing, and why connectivity will define the mixed-use winners of the next five years.</p> <p >A conversation for anyone shaping the places people choose to...

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  Episode #7

  Stephanie Lynch on Customer Experience, the Power of Place, and Where Real Estate Brand Goes Next

  Jun 4, 202647 minS1

  Host Todd Fidelman sits down with Stephanie Orton Lynch , Merrick Creative's new Chief Growth Officer, for a conversation about what she has learned across a career spent shaping how people experience the places they live, work, shop, and gather. From Nordstrom to The Greenbrier to her most recent role at Tri Pointe Homes, Stephanie shares what surprised her about crossing over to the developer side, how AI is reshaping real estate marketing, and why connectivity will define the mixed-use winners of the next five years. A conversation for anyone shaping the places people choose to live in, gather in, and remember. Place Shapers is hosted by Todd Fidelman and produced and distributed by Merrick Studios.

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  Episode #6

  Chris Clifford on Adaptive Reuse, Experience-First Retail, and Building Places Worth Staying

  May 13, 202649 minS1

  <p>In this episode of Place Shapers, host Todd Fidelman sits down with Chris Clifford, retail broker and developer at Cast Capital Partners, to explore what it really takes to transform the way people experience a place — from the ground up.</p> <p>They discuss the philosophy behind the Cliff, a $72 million adaptive reuse project turning a former Henderson office campus into an open-air, experience-first retail destination, and why Chris believes the projects worth doing are always the hardest ones. Chris shares how he's curating community over commerce, bringing breakout San Diego concepts to the Las Vegas Valley, and why as...

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