Jörg Flachowsky is a vice president and director of JLL’s Project and Development Services division, serving as regional manager for the internal PDS Group in the Florida and Texas markets. His scope of work includes lender representation services on behalf of various preferred equity investors and construction lenders as part of their loan due diligence.

Jörg has acted as lender and owner representative for real estate development and construction projects with clients in the North/Southeast and Central U.S. regions. He completed development and construction management assignments of over a million square feet for mid- and high-rise corporate offices, industrial/logistics facilities, as well as hospitality resorts and multifamily residential projects.

He holds a master’s degree in project and construction management from Harvard University, plus a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. Jörg is a certified professional (SCPS) in Real Estate Finance and Investments from New York University’s Institute for Real Estate as well as an accredited professional (LEED-AP) in Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design from the U.S. Green Building Council. He is a Registered Architect in the state of New York.

Jörg also serves as the Centers and Initiatives Committee co-chair for ULI NEXT Americas Leadership Steering Committee as well as its local South Florida District Council’s Leadership Institute (former chair).

In the following Q&A, Flachowsky explores his passion for the commercial real estate industry and his experiences with ULI.

Q1. ULI: So many of us in real estate fall into the industry and hence commercial real estate professional organizations. How did you get involved with ULI?

Jörg Flachowsky (JF): I got introduced by a fellow YLG [Young Leaders Group] member (Anthony Chang) and former Hines colleague while working in their New York office. Still benefiting from that introduction to this day.

Q2. ULI: What is the most interesting project you’ve worked on over your career in real estate?

JF: One World Trade Center/Freedom Tower New York as an architect on the design team. First impressions matter; the people on that project did it to me (in a good way).

Q3. ULI: What are you most excited about regarding the industry’s future?

JF: The ongoing digital disruption at all levels. The hope would be that we get control and time for our creative ideas back and hand over control of the production and data processes to technology and software. Perhaps wishful thinking but we should try.

Q4. ULI: What are you currently reading/watching?      

JF: I’m currently reading Multipliers by Liz Wiseman. This is a great eye opener into how to and how not to manage human talent. I’m watching the reruns of all 6 seasons of House of Cards, which catches you with interesting, political chess game strategies to learn/adopt to business and life (not literally).