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The overlooked and high-performing apartment markets of the Midwest

Ben Young, CIO at Buckingham and a former managing director at BlackRock in New York, is now stationed in Indianapolis and has much to say about the friendliness, work ethic and general ethos of Midwesterners — and the grand investment opportunities in the so-called Fly-Over States. (02/2024)

The surging financial commitment to impact investing

Ben Briggs, managing director of Briggs Capital Investments, points out that impact investing is targeting social needs ranging from assimilating refugees into the United States, to revitalizing communities, to battling the scourge of human trafficking — all while making returns on those investments. (12/2023)

With real estate projects on hold, onsite water reuse taking center stage

Aaron Tartakovsky, co-founder and CEO of Epic Cleantec, says only 2 percent of U.S. wastewater is recycled, and the built environment is the location where a high percentage of that waste is taking place. Meanwhile, real estate projects in locations including Phoenix and Tampa have been halted for lack of water. Enter the emerging era of onsite water recycling and reuse. What does it cost? What does it save? What are the continuing costs? And when does it pay for…

Hines execs offer vision of the winning office buildings of the future

Doug Holte, CEO of EXP by Hines, and Mike Horvath, vice president of conceptual construction at the company, discuss mass timber, learning machines, immersive environments and commercially connected building, all of which are part of — or future elements of — the company's T3 (technology/transit/timber) portfolio with 26 projects in its pipeline. Some of the organization’s work on this front can be viewed at this link: https://www.t3rino.com (11/2023)

Flex office and the challenges faced by office investors, owners and operators

Drew Cunningham — partner and COO of Dilweg, an office owner and operator, and a member of the Villanova University Sports Hall of Fame for his exploits as a Lacrosse player — answers the big questions facing office: How have office leases changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? What do tenants now expect from their office leases? What are office operators doing to meet this challenge? Why is flexibility (including flex office) so important or desirable in the current environment? Will…

The new age of building materials and factory-built structures

Dan Metzler, co-founder of Exceler Building Solutions, takes us inside the factory for a peek at the components of pre-fabricated commercial construction, as well as offering some insights regarding current and future advances being made for more durable and sustainable construction materials. (07/2023)

Build-to-rent homes or new construction? Here’s the difference

Dan Choquette — senior managing director at Cerberus Capital Management, and founding member and chairman of FirstKey Homes, a provider of single-family rental homes in the United States — takes a turn at the microphone to discuss the finer points of build-to-rent single-family-home communities as compared with the construction of new rental homes in neighborhoods across his organization’s 30 U.S. markets. (06/2023)

An assessment of investor appetites for residential housing in the current environment

David Reynolds, president of investment management at Mill Creek Residential, a developer and investor in residential housing, is our guest during this episode to discuss residential housing in general and build-to-rent single-family communities specifically. Thus far, Mill Creek has participated in the development of more than 275,000 rental homes over three decades, executing more than $25 billion in transactions since 1993. (06/2023)

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