Podcast: The Industrial Real Estate Show with Chad Griffiths

Bronwyn Scrivens of Omada Commercial joins host Chad Griffiths for a wide-ranging discussion from being a woman in the commercial real estate industry, to creating engaging content for clients and fellow industry professionals, developing your personal knowledge of the industry and your market, and more.

The interview was conducted live, so questions and comments from listeners will appear in the chat window.

Here are time stamps for the interview:

2:12 – Scrivens’ journey into industrial brokerage

5:40 – Becoming an expert in the industry

10:20 – Content creation strategy

16:25 – Actionable ideas to start creating content

32:05 – Industrial real estate associations & networking

37:20 – Being a woman in industrial estate

43:02 – Learning the market & growing a knowledge base

50:01 – CoStar

53:35 – How to find a good broker

Scrivens is an associate broker with Omada Commercial and has 10 years of commercial real estate experience specializing in acquisitions, dispositions and leasing of industrial assets around the greater Edmonton region and province of Alberta.

At Omada Commercial, Scrivens focuses on integrated solutions for industrial owner/user businesses who are looking to improve operational efficiency through functional on and off market industrial facilities. She also works actively to find solutions for landlords and developers with individual assets or portfolios through prospecting, marketing and consultation to improve returns, stability and longevity within their portfolios.

She has represented international, national and local tenants and landlords, purchasers and vendors. 

Recent industry involvement includes: NAIOP Edmonton board of directors (2018-2021), NAIOP Edmonton chair of the developing leaders committee (2018-2021), NAIOP corporate CRE converge committee (2020), CREW Edmonton chair of the breaking ground gala (2022) and NAIOP corporate developer of the year award committee (2022).

Recent industry awards include: NAIOP and Prologis Diversity in Commercial Real Estate Award (2018), Canadian Outstanding Young Leader in Commercial Real Estate Award (2019) and CREi Awards for Top-50 Influential Women in Commercial Real Estate and Top-150 LinkedIn CRE Influencers (2022).

Scrivens writes a monthly commercial real estate blog and produces a weekly commercial real estate vlog, and spends her spare time playing hockey, horseback riding and travelling the world whenever possible.