Podcast: Meredith Leapley on Microsoft accelerator partnership, diversity in real estate (podcast)


During the pandemic, Leapley Construction secured a contract to build out 16 floors at Microsoft Corp.’s Midtown campus at Atlantic Yards. The project included lobbies, a customer experience center and rooftop gardens — but it also resulted in more than just swanky spaces.

Microsoft and Leapley launched an accelerator program, Crafting Futures Together, to train minority business owners in the construction and real estate industries.

“I know what it means to be the underdog,” said Meredith…

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