Tyler Pullen - Pathways for Scaling Innovative Construction

What has lead to the increase in 'better' companies succeeding in the proptech space? How did an early interest in climate change lead to a journey within the built environment? What did Tyler discover about real estate development that caused him to focus his attention on this space? How did the USC undergraduate experience prove challenging for a first in his family college student from the suburbs of New Jersey? Why did Tyler not end up finishing his PhD at UC Berkeley? How have many of the most vulnerable members of society ended up with housing in areas of cities with the greatest exposure to climate change risk? What was the premise behind establishing UC Berkeley's Terner Center? Why did Terner Labs decide to spin out of UC Berkeley's Terner Center? Why is there so much friction between housing innovation companies and affordable housing developers? What problems having engineering focused housing innovation companies encountered when trying to bring solutions to market? How have CA state legislatures engaged Terner Labs to understand the levers the state may be able to effect in order to reduce housing costs and increase housing production speed? Tyler Pullen - Head of Building Innovation at Terner Labs, joins Proptech Espresso to answer these questions and discuss how his unique professional background enables him to act as a translator amongst the different parties looking to advance industrialized construction.

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Tyler Pullen - Pathways for Scaling Innovative Construction is an episode from Proptech Espresso by Mark Hurst.

This episode is 63:33 long.

This episode was published on Apr 2, 2026.

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