Episode 31

Conquering Industrial Real Estate with Chad Griffiths

Published on: 24th May, 2023

Today’s episode of the Performance Mindset podcast features Chad Griffiths. Chad is in the industrial real estate industry and has been since 2005. He is an SIOR like Amy and has completed hundreds of deals over the years. Amy has been a guest on his industrial real estate show, which is how they met, and has been noted by GlobeSt. as one of the most influential industrial influencers in the country.

In this episode, you’ll hear:


  1. How Chad initially got started in residential real estate and quickly moved into the industrial arena.
  2. The features that make his market unique compared to Amy’s market in Florida.
  3. Why population growth drives industrial real estate, what precipitated his podcast, and the benefits he’s received from it.
  4. Done is better than perfect.
  5. Chad’s favorite collaborations as he’s gained more credibility with time and the connections he’s built through his podcast.
  6. What being a broker is like, and why it’s different than what he thought it would be.
  7. The importance of collaboration in real estate and the fierceness of the competition.
  8. Why his favorite project stands out for all the elements he could work on.
  9. Chad’s words of wisdom for someone looking to enter industrial or commercial real estate.


Connect with Amy Calandrino here:

Beyond Commercial

CREi Summit


Connect with Chad Griffiths:

YouTube

griffithscre@gmail.com

LinkedIn

Chad’s podcast episode with Amy


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Performance Mindset
Realizing Excellence in Business and Commercial Real Estate
After more than a decade serving business owners and investors, Amy Calandrino and the team at Beyond Commercial has discovered that our most successful clients have a performance mindset driving them to gain a competitive edge over others in the marketplace. Through helping our clients to execute data-driven decisions, we've found that it's about so much more than property in being successful. Often self-limiting beliefs coupled with lack of information can hinder one's performance in business and investments. By having the right support invested in your success and rigorous follow through by the entrepreneur, creating exponential wealth is possible. The objective of the Performance Mindset series is to not only share insights from our most successful entrepreneur clients and other thought leaders, but also share business and commercial real estate trends. If you want to grow, you're tuning into the right show!

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Amy Calandrino

Amy Calandrino, CCIM is the Founding Principal of Beyond Commercial, a Certified Women Business Enterprise (WBE) and Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) certified commercial real estate firm. Amy leads a team of commercial real estate experts who deliver tremendous value to business owners and investors across all asset classes.

Amy’s clientele includes local, regional, national, and international companies in a wide range of industries and numerous private investors and family offices. Her reputation as a fierce, results-driven dealmaker in sales, leasing, and investment transactions helps to achieve her client’s goals through winning bidding wars or otherwise accomplishing what others often cannot.

Currently, Amy is the Immediate Past President of Florida CCIM Chapter's Central District, Immediate Past President of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Leadership Winter Park Alumni Council, Representative on the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors, Associate Member of the Manufacturers Association of Central Florida (MACF), and Board Member on Seacoast Bank’s Central Florida Community Board. Amy also supports many community organizations including Valencia College’s Foundation, the Victim Service Center of Central Florida, Easterseals Florida, and Inspire of Central Florida. Since Amy finds fulfillment helping others to achieve success, her philanthropic efforts are focused on organizations aligned with her personal mission.

Amy’s recent accolades include: 2021 “Winter Park Magazine” People to Watch; 2021 “Orlando Business Journal” Women Who Mean Business; 2021 #CREi Top LinkedIn Influencers in Commercial Real Estate; 2020 Orlando Regional REALTORS® Association (ORRA) Young Professional Network “20 Under 40” Rising Star; 2020 Globe St. Real Estate Forum “Fifty Under 40” Commercial Real Estate Professional; 2019 Connect CRE Next Generation Award; 2019 Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Winter Park Champion of the Year nominee; 2019 ORRA Good Neighbor Award Recipient; and 2018 & 2019 Central Florida Association of REALTORS® Circle of Achievement Award.

Amy lives in the Winter Park / Maitland area with her husband Phil who is a well-respected business attorney and CEO of Forward Law Firm, toddler son Giovanni “Gio”, baby daughter Giulietta “Giulie”, and Duke the whippet (@DukeWhippet). Amy enjoys cooking, knitting, traveling, reading, golfing, playing poker, and spending quality time with loved ones. For more information about Amy, visit www.amycalandrino.com