In this episode of The Matthews™ Podcast, host Matthew Wallace welcomes Will Mitchell, CEO and co-founder of Rabbet, to unpack how construction finance is being modernized and how lenders and developers are moving beyond spreadsheets, PDFs, and email chains into a more connected, data-driven workflow.”

Drawing on his background as a developer and entrepreneur, Will shares hard-earned lessons on building tech that actually gets adopted in a traditionally slow-moving industry, where disciplined execution, customer trust, and smart automation (including AI) can make the difference between friction and real scale.

In this episode of The Matthews™ Podcast, host Matthew Wallace kicks off the publication takeover series with the National Shopping Center Report, breaking down the West Coast market with Matthews™ Senior Vice President Matt LoPiccolo.

With deep experience across West Coast retail investment sales, LoPiccolo explains what is driving deals today, from cost of capital and cap rate movement to how leasing costs, execution risk, and tighter financing conditions are reshaping the value-add playbook.

Wallace and LoPiccolo also examine pressures influencing underwriting across the region, including rising operating expenses, tax reassessment impacts, rent resets, and post-COVID build-to-suit rent levels ,and what those trends signal for the next phase of retail on the West Coast.

Retail is changing fast. Get the inside edge from Jeff Enck’s annual Strip Center Roundtable, a high-energy discussion on market shifts, demand drivers, and opportunities ahead.

0:00:00 Introduction by Jeff Enck

0:01:32 Panel Introduction

0:06:54 Discussion

1:27:32 Outro