In today’s episode of The Real State, we explore the intersection between real estate and construction workforce development. Today’s guest is Peter Morandi, the CEO of Eastman Cooke (ECA), a leading NYC-based general contracting and construction management firm. whose expertise includes ground up and renovations, corporate interiors, nonprofit facilities, specialty retail, academic institutions, hospitals, laboratories and more.
Alex Norman is the founder and CEO of Access Built, a leading agency helping organizations reimagine environments to be more inclusive. As the author of Boundless: Real Stories and Practical Strategies for Inclusive Living, Alex blends powerful life stories with actionable design strategies. A former global advertising and innovation leader, Alex now helps organizations uncover and remove the “friction points” in the built world. His work, rooted in personal experience and collaboration with design leaders, challenges audiences to see accessibility not as compliance but as a catalyst for innovation, inclusion, and human potential.
