PODCAST: Bisnow's 'Make Yourself At Home' With WBS Equities CEO Wendy Berger

WBS Equities CEO Wendy Berger at her work-from-home station during the coronavirus pandemic.
Courtesy of Wendy Berger
Wbs Equities Ceo Wendy Berger At Her Work-From-Home Station During The Coronavirus Pandemic.

Bisnow has a new podcast chronicling how members of the commercial real estate industry are dealing with the impact of the current global health crisis.

The economic impacts are vast, and it is forcing businesses to adapt and make difficult decisions. In this series, Make Yourself At Home, we are hearing from members of the commercial real estate industry about how they are managing this new reality and gain insight into their day-to-day approaches. You can subscribe on iTunes and Spotify.

In Make Yourself At Home's debut episode, we speak to WBS Equites CEO Wendy Berger about her company's plans to offer rent deferrals to her tenants, being empathetic in business and how she thinks the industrial real estate industry will weather the pandemic.

"I've told everyone that this is a time for humanity to shine, and we are going to be shining examples — and to think first about people and to practice empathy," she said. "In every business decision we make, humanity first." 

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