Asset Management In Focus: Cortland’s Steven DeFrancis on tech, data and the new multifamily playbook

Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Steven DeFrancis, CEO at Cortland, as part of a series of videos focused on asset management. DeFrancis discussed the firm's vertically integrated asset management approach, how technology and data science have cut fraud losses, the impact of post-settlement data-sharing restrictions on multifamily operators and more. (05/2026)