{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64def7a941893100117cffc5/6552ea2f89c70e0012669fc7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Deal - Michael Grassi - How Podia put its foot on a Byron backpackers and created an iconic hotel-apartment project...","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64def7a941893100117cffc5/1699932265525-24a8a74da0a83e46a55ff7cf07095a6c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>I’m talking with Michael Grassi, development director for Sydney-based property firm, Podia.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We’re exploring Podia’s hotel-apartment development in Byron Bay known as The Bonobo by Raes.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Located on Byron’s iconic Jonson Street, the Podia approach to developing this site is, well, quite unique.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Michael and I explore everything from acquiring the former backpackers site during the middle of Covid, dealing with a traditionally-hostile local community, engaging an award-winning design team to procuring a builder during a construction crisis and selling a once-in-a-generation investment opportunity to a sophisticated buyer segment.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This is a really interesting project and an even more interesting conversation.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Urban Developer"}