About this episode

Joe Vargas discusses how an Olympic mindset contributes to success in commercial real estate.

You'll learn how an Olympic mindset can translate into building one of the nations premier industrial real estate platforms in this conversation with Joe Vargas, President of Wonderful Real Estate. After winning a silver medal in water polo at the 1984 Olympic Games, Joe built a distinguished career in commercial real estate. Wonderful Real Estate is part of The Wonderful Company, and it develops, constructs, acquires, and manages a diverse portfolio of real estate focused on industrial, research, and development/flex, manufacturing, and office properties in California. You'll gain insight into how amenities, transportation infrastructure, and workforce development can create a lasting competitive advantage. Joe also discusses how AI is becoming a tool to make professionals more productive and ways to focus on finding solutions when leasing. You can connect with Joe at his company website and on LinkedIn . You can connect with me at: My website: JamesNelson.com LinkedIn: JamesNelsonNYC Instagram: JamesNelsonNYC Twitter: JamesNelsonNYC My Forbes.com articles: Forbes.com/sites/jamesnelson

People in this episode

Host: James Nelson

Guest: Joe Vargas

Topics covered

• mindset
• real estate
• commercial real estate
• AI in real estate
• competitive advantage
• workforce development

Keywords

• Olympic mindset
• industrial real estate
• commercial real estate
• AI
• competitive advantage
• workforce development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wonderful Real Estate, The Wonderful Company

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