G. Lamont Blackstone

G. Lamont Blackstone is a commercial real estate consultant and urban redevelopment specialist who is also the acting executive director of Project REAP, a national organization that aims to diversify CRE’s talent pool.

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Industry · Policy
National

Winning the Opportunity Zone 2.0 Sweepstakes — the Rural vs. Urban Divide

By G. Lamont Blackstone
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Industry · Policy
National

Trump Wants CRE to Tap the Talent at Historically Black Colleges. Here’s How.

By G. Lamont Blackstone
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Industry · Capital Markets
National

Talented Immigrants Are a Boon to Real Estate — Keep That Pipeline Open

By G. Lamont Blackstone
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Development
New York City

In East Harlem, the Case for Brick-and-Mortar Diversity and Inclusion

By G. Lamont Blackstone
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Columnists
National

Why Ex-Athletes Are in a League of Their Own in Commercial Real Estate

By G. Lamont Blackstone
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Columnists
National

How to Get the Globe to Fund Your Development Projects

By G. Lamont Blackstone
Real Estate's diversity problem.
Columnists
National

Use This Finance Theory to Understand Diversity’s Benefits in CRE

By G. Lamont Blackstone
Magic Johnson at the opening of a new Starbucks in Denver in 2003.
More
National

How to Use DEI to Solve Challenges in Commercial Real Estate

By G. Lamont Blackstone
IMPACT
New York City

Dig Deeper to Understand Black Americans’ Influence on Commercial Real Estate

By G. Lamont Blackstone