June 3, 2026

Local innovator featured on latest ‘Regenerative Real Estate' podcast

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One of Sysoma’s concepts designed to ballast regional food systems in urban infill.

If you are looking for another play in your headphones besides the latest historic biography, consider the “Regenerative Real Estate” podcast. The free podcast focuses on real estate and land development. Speakers are from around the world, the topics wide-ranging and the conversations often heady.

For the May 27 episode, Neal Collins sat down with Seattle-based Joel Fariss. They talk about how Fariss chose a new path based on lessons learned after seven years at Gensler, where he worked in applied research and strategic futures. Fariss' new company, Sysoma, focuses on placemaking, entitlement and regenerative development. The podcast episode digs into how the development industry is changing, and how it changed Fariss.

“It was great to talk with Neal about concepts of urban infill that look at projects regionally with food systems and community in mind,” Fariss told the DJC about the podcast.

The podcast itself started about six years ago, and continues with the same format: Collins informally chatting with industry professionals exploring topics such as impact investment, evolving development strategies, and as the name implies, a regenerative approach to real estate and development.

The podcast is available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Past podcast guests include: Stephen Aiguier, Green Hammer, Portland; Ross Chapin, Pocket Neighborhoods, Whidbey Island; Alix Lebec of LEBEC Capital Partners, Miami; Mara Mintzer, Growing Up Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; Thomas Patton, Lega Vera, Panama; Adam Davis, Ecosystems Investment Partners, Baltimore, Maryland; Mazyar Mortazavi, TAS Impact, Toronto; and Daron “Farmer D” Joffe, author and agri-hood developer, Georgia and Encinitas.

Learn more: https://chooselatitude.com/the-regenerative-real-estate-podcast