#311 - Susan Gruppi - Co-Founder @ M2G Ventures - Last Mile Industrial, The Stockyards, & Raising Capital

Susan Miller Gruppi is the founder and co-president of M2G Ventures, a commercial real estate private equity and advisory development company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Guided by the leadership of Susan and her partner, Jessica Miller Essl, the fast-growing company carefully invests in mixed-use and industrial development projects located in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and the Austin Central Texas region. On this episode, Chris & Susan discuss: - Fundraising in today's market - Trends in what matters to Family Offices - Making Industrial cool - Revitalizing the Fort Worth stockyards Topics: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:27) Susan’s experience in fundraising in this market (00:13:45) Why did you choose a GP fund? (00:16:25) What trends are you seeing in what matters to Family Offices? (00:17:43) Making Industrial cool (00:25:30) The Archetype in Brookhollow (00:28:16) Thoughts on the debt market (00:32:11) M2G’s Role in the massive success of the Fort Worth Stockyards and lessons learned (00:47:36) How have you seen massive projects like this get screwed up? (00:51:11) How do you handle a tenant who’s the lifeblood of an area but can’t afford a top dollar rent? Links: M2G Ventures - https://www.m2gventures.com/ Susan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-miller-gruppi-14653818/ Mule Alley in the Fort Worth Stockyards - https://mulealleyfortworth.com/ Support our Sponsors Better Pitch: https://bit.ly/42d9L0I Fort Capital: https://bit.ly/FortCapital Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/ Chris on Social Media: Twitter: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/45gIkFd Watch The Fort on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNX Visit our website: https://bit.ly/43SOvys Leave a review on Apple: https://bit.ly/45crFD0 Leave a review on Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Krl9jO

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