#042 - Chris Rising - Inside the Epicenter Of A Covid-19 Real Estate Crisis

Chris Rising is the co-founder and CEO of Rising Realty https://risingrp.com/ who own and operate over 5,000,000 SF of office towers which have redefined the explosive resurgence of Downtown Los Angeles. He has been through multiple recessions and downturns and has been mentored and counseled by some of commercial real estates biggest legends including Robert Maguire, John Cushman and his father Nelson Rising.Chris is sitting at the epicenter of the Covid-19 Crisis and how it is crushing tenants, landlords, lenders and thousands of employees.

​​​​​​​In this episode Chris walks us through what he has been doing to protect his employees and assets and how the government PPP Loans could save the jobs of hundreds of thousands of workers. We also discuss his life story and career arc including his football hay days as a middle linebacker at Loyola High and Duke University.