Sep 1, 2026 · 56 min · 11 segments
Mark Stapp, Executive Director for the ASU's Master of Real Estate Development program joins the podcast to talk about his work in real estate development and how he came to join ASU and become one of…
Mark StappGuestJessica SarkissianHostSo with all of that, you're involved a lot in the process of, and you go to GPEC, you get involved in all kinds of conversations and, and, So there's been a lot, have you started hearing or being in discussions about all the new stuff going on with, you know, you know, Taiwan and Japan and Korea, they're all coming out here.
I mean, they were brought out and I believe in the fall with AAD and they're kind of looking.
So, and it's kind of changing the way some of the projects get looked at, you know, you've got, it's fast tracking some things, you know, but do you think this is going to, this is like a trend or is this just going to be kind of fizzle out in the next couple of years after the pandemic? issues with the taxes or what are you thinking?
And the reason I say that is a lot of what is being, a lot of the international investment coming into the state, right? So we led the nation as a state in international investment and because of what's happening with TSMC, ostensibly, and the other related industries and businesses that go with TSMC.
But because a lot of it is national security related, a lot of it has to do with the national defense, those usually aren't transient.
And when you couple that with what's happening in terms of constraints on our developability as a metropolitan area, the character of the place is going to have to evolve dramatically.
It's like a living organism, a state right now with all the providers and all that stuff.
So with all of that, you're involved a lot in the process of, and you go to GPEC, you get involved in all kinds of conversations and, and, So there's been a lot, have you started hearing or being in discussions about all the new stuff going on with, you know, you know, Taiwan and Japan and Korea, they're all coming out here.
I mean, they were brought out and I believe in the fall with AAD and they're kind of looking.
So, and it's kind of changing the way some of the projects get looked at, you know, you've got, it's fast tracking some things, you know, but do you think this is going to, this is like a trend or is this just going to be kind of fizzle out in the next couple of years after the pandemic? issues with the taxes or what are you thinking?
And the reason I say that is a lot of what is being, a lot of the international investment coming into the state, right? So we led the nation as a state in international investment and because of what's happening with TSMC, ostensibly, and the other related industries and businesses that go with TSMC.
But because a lot of it is national security related, a lot of it has to do with the national defense, those usually aren't transient.
And when you couple that with what's happening in terms of constraints on our developability as a metropolitan area, the character of the place is going to have to evolve dramatically.
It's like a living organism, a state right now with all the providers and all that stuff.
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