Matt Garrison

@Ahameed449 @KobeissiLetter real estate developers are better negotiators than PHDs.

@KobeissiLetter Negotiating Teams. Irani. PhD. PhD. PhD. PhD. PhD. American. Real Estate Developer. Real Estate Lawyer Venture Capitalist

BREAKING: Iran has formally submitted its four "red lines" for peace talks with the US today, per Iranian state TV: 1. Authority over the Strait of Hormuz 2. Payment of war reparations 3. Unfreezing of all blocked Iranian financial assets 4. Securing a comprehensive regional ceasefire In-person negotiations are ongoing as we speak.

We need more coaches like Rick Pitino!

Opinion: Chicago needs a new Burnham Plan — and culture should lead it chicagobusiness.com/opinion/suppor… via @crainschicago

In Japanese, "tsundoku" means collecting books and letting them pile up, not for neglect, but for the joy of knowing they're there, full of untold stories.

Sense of urgency is the #1 skill.

@goldstein2002 watched this unfold Al, great story of balls and resilience. kind of reminds me of the guys investing in office today!

1/10 In late 2008 (a full month after I officially left Enova), while banks were imploding, we started buying foreclosed apartments on Chicago’s South and West Sides that no one else wanted. 15 years later: → Built the largest private apartment portfolio in Chicago, deploying $300M+ in capital with a portfolio worth over $1B → ~15,000 apartments across 3 cities at peak → Returned 100% of investor capital before any major exit → Sold the entire portfolio between Dec 2022 and Jan 2024 → Delivered ~4.5x+ net multiple to investors, ~18% realized IRR over 14 years in real estate (pretty unheard of) This is the unglamorous, rejection-filled, wildly rewarding story of Pangea Properties—from boarding up windows ourselves to building a 500+ employee team, a winding road to exit, and everything in between.

I showed this picture to my son and he asked me why we don't build hotels like this anymore. With a tear in my eye, I told him that we can't. We literally don't know how.

@bigfiyah1981 👀

These custom head covers are amazing! Have a buddy we call skeletor….

@Tesho13 Chicago neighborhoods.

My vision for American urbanism Detached homes. Narrow lots. Small yards. Dense enough for a walkable neighborhood while still allowing people a to own and control home

THE UNIVERSE IS WAY BIGGER THAN YOUR BRAIN CAN HANDLE Every star you see at night? That’s just our galaxy, the Milky Way. A single neighborhood with 100,000 light-years of real estate and over 100 billion stars. Some are so big they’d make our Sun look like a flashlight. Now zoom out. There are over 2 trillion galaxies. Each one with billions of stars and planets we’ll never see. Light from some of them has been traveling for billions of years… and still won’t ever reach us. When you look up, you’re not seeing the universe. You’re seeing your cosmic driveway, while the rest of creation rages beyond the horizon. Source: @cosmic_curios1

@Carnival_Poe @TripleNetInvest vacancy is primary factor in these type of trades. if calculated cost to backfill would not look so cheap.

@TripleNetInvest Now explain to all the non-real estate folks why it would trade like that? This context is important

An office campus in the Chicago MSA recently sold for $6.2 million or ~$7 per sq ft, per Crain's The former Aon campus last traded for $148M in 2012, representing a 96% 'discount' This is not a typo

@AJManaseer @saltshedchicago A lot of terrible and intentional out there AJ. We will take unintentional.

@mattgarrison @saltshedchicago I don’t mind it being graffitied and that could be cool, but whatever is there now looks terrible and unintentional

What is the deal with all this hideous graffiti on the walls of @saltshedchicago? At first I thought they were just waiting until all the construction work was done to clean it up but it’s been up there for like 3 years. How hard could it be to sandblast it or paint over it? Please tell me it’s not on purpose. Totally ruins what otherwise is a well executed project.

On June 6th, 1944 American hero's landed on the beaches of Normandy under heavy fire. The son of a president fought side by side brave men from all across the country. Privilege didn't mean you could take more, it meant you owed more.

An investment in the Loop is an investment in Chicago’s future. I’m thrilled to support the office-to-residential conversion at 79 W. Monroe, a project that will revitalize downtown with added jobs and affordable housing. blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/27/on-…

@GolfDigest @USGA Lots of scoopers. @bigfiyah1981

Are you better than the average golfer? 👀 (Data via @USGA)

@REALRYANCARLYLE @bigfiyah1981 What we think RC?

@bigfiyah1981 Sara Bay today, I'll keep a scoop counter! Working on the zoom, teach me your ways

NNGC didn't disappoint! Immaculate condition and beautiful layout🙏

@bigfiyah1981 @Jcdorward These are woke. You better than that @bigfiyah1981

@Jcdorward 1 club passes the test. Shapland is the way. shaplandbags.com

Question for you all: My buddy just got ping bag. Not a fan but whatever. Main question; he doesn’t play any ping clubs. But has a ping bag. Is this allowable? #weneedsnob

This is one of the great business leaders leading in real time unscripted on the topic of work from home. He is entirely right. We can all learn from him. A must listen.

Brick removal on downtown Cincinnati building reveals 19th century facade.