Matt Lasky serves as Managing Partner and Senior Vice President of Equity Velocity Funds. He has advised clients nationally on over 1.3 million square feet of retail, mixed-use, and medical property since 2011. At Equity, he leads a team whose focus is on providing customized analytics and financial solutions to market strategy and capital markets clients nationally. The team brings deep experience in both multi-unit rollouts and acquisition/disposition work. In today's episode, he and Chris discuss lender attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic, Matt's perspective on working as a principal owner in the medical real estate world, and much more. Enjoy!   For more information on Chris Powers and Fort Capital, visit www.FortCapitalLP.com Follow Chris on Twitter! @FortWorthChris  01:18 — Matt’s Background and His Career Up to This Point 04:41 — What was it about healthcare that intrigued you and brought you to Equity? 05:32 — What is it like focusing on both the service side and principal owner side of the business? 10:34 — How does a deal in this space come together? 13:10 — Is your fund a generalist fund or does each have its own mandate? 16:20 — What are you seeing on the front lines of Retail that you can share? 19:04 — Are lenders changing their attitudes during this COVID-19 crisis vs. the ’08 crash? 20:24 — Are there any best practices for handling rent relief? 23:55 — What is the difference between borrowing from CMBS vs. borrowing from a bank? 26:05 — Is there anything that's been permanently damaging for retailers? 28:33 — What worries you going forward after COVID-19? 32:30 — Are insurers paying receivables quicker to close the gap? 33:09 — Did you go into this pandemic with anything under contract? Has anything with these contracts changed due to COVID-19? 36:03 — Is Equity on pause with acquisitions? What’s would your plan be if a deal presented itself right now? 39:27 — Where do you see the rest of 2020 and 2021 going? When do we get back to ‘normal’? 42:17 — Are you seeing any leasing activity or has it halted? 45:12 — Do you see retail rents taking a huge hit w/ social distancing or will a new player come in and take advantage of it? 47:54 — Is there anything interesting you suspect we might see 18 months from now?   The FORT is produced by Straight Up Podcasts