🎧 Power of Place Episode #13 | Garages & Gates - Paul Suzman

Power of Place - Stories of the Pacific Northwest

Sometimes the key to success is being in the right place at the right time with the right attitude. Tune in to a lively and wide-ranging discussion with Paul Suzman, nephew of South African anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman and founder of OfficeLease, the West Coast’s first commercial tenant/buyer representative (founded 1981). Paul recounts his experiences in the Seattle area handling office leasing during the meteoric rise of tech titan Microsoft. His distinguished clients have included Nordstrom, Laird Norton Wealth Management, and Russell Investments, among many others. R. Benefit from Paul’s decades-long observation and understanding of Seattle’s power structures and the relation between public and private sectors. “Downtown is a very, very fragile organism.” - Paul Suzman