Videos & Podcasts

Ryan Brome, COO of investments at Forum Investment Group, discusses the transaction volume disconnect and what factors are contributing to that disconnect, how interest rates are affecting portfolio construction across debt, equity, and deal structure — and what considerations are driving those decisions today, what trends is Forum Investment Group is monitoring and how are those factors are informing current approach to market selection and more. (08/2026)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, chairman and CEO at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., sits down with Drew Odabashian, co-CEO and CIO at Horizon Land Co., to discuss how manufactured housing offers low costs and low risk through a homeowner-tenant, ground-lease structure requires strong operational execution to drive returns now that cap rates have compressed, benefits from a growing housing shortage, though aggressive rent hikes risk triggering rent control and more. (08/2026)

Dan Michaels, managing partner at Stockdale Capital Partners, discusses the current state of market fundamentals across the major CRE asset classes and where he is seeing the most resilience, specific markets or submarkets where the fundamentals are telling a different story than the broader narrative, where he sees the greatest opportunity and where is he exercising the most caution when it comes to supply and demand dynamics heading into the next 12 to 24 months and more. (06/2026)

Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Nina Vascotto, vice president at ICONIQ. Viscotto discussed asset management as an active, integrated function, the balance of technology and practical experience, evaluating partner and team quality and more. (06/2026)

Arunabh Dastidar, co-founder and CEO at Leni, discusses where he is seeing the most immediate and meaningful impact from AI at Leni, what AI-driven reporting and asset management looks like in practice, and how it is changing the way his team makes decisions, the biggest fears and misconceptions from institutional investors and operators when it comes to adopting AI, what AI can do and not do as far as bringing expertise to someone looking for information and more. (06/2026)

Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Ben Mohns, partner, global head of asset management, real estate at Harrison Street Asset Management. Mohns discussed Harrison Street’s “CEO or quarterback” philosophy; taking an active, hands-on role in overseeing investments across its $108 billion portfolio; the shift from rate-driven returns to operational performance as the new engine of value creation; the transformative role of AI, data warehouses and predictive analytics in modernizing senior housing asset management; and more.…

Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Bill Abramowitz, a portfolio manager at Nuveen Real Estate, focusing on asset management practices in healthcare and medical office properties. Abramowitz discusses Nuveen’s proactive, relationship-first approach to asset management with healthcare tenants; the growing role of technology in monitoring and managing medical office portfolios; asset management as a critical differentiator as healthcare real estate becomes increasingly institutionalized; and more. (06/2026)

In an IREI video podcast series titled "House Views," featuring principals of some of the leading global and regional placement agents to learn their views on the markets and sometimes, specific aspects of the markets, Geoffrey Dohrmann is interviewed by David Hodes, founder and co-managing partner at Hodes Weill & Associates, discussing forming Institutional Real Estate, Inc., his outlook for the company, starting the publications for IREI, starting the IRE.IQ database and more. (06/2026)

Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Martha Kelley, managing director at Bain Capital, as part of a series of videos focused on asset management. Kelley discusses asset management as a strategy execution, how AI and data tools are accelerating analysis, how retail is the most complex asset class to manage and more. (06/2026)

In a new video podcast, Geoffrey Dohrmann, chairman and CEO at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviews Gunnar Branson, CEO at AFIRE, to discuss Branson's new book, "Chasing Lights." The book covers themes such as endings as beginnings, and the danger of holding on; smallness, humility and connection; paying attention to small, beautiful things; honesty over performance in life and investing, and more. (05/2026) To purchase the book on Amazon, click here.

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)

Mark Fitzgerald, managing director at Affinius Capital, discusses the case for real estate in today's market environment. Fitzgerald touches on current valuations and where they sit in the historical cycle, to real estate's role as an inflation hedge, the significance of tight cap rate spreads, how the asset class stacks up against equities and more. (05/2026) To read the white papers that Mark mentioned in the video, see below: Real estate’s inflation dividend: What history reveals about today’s pricing https://affiniuscapital.com/articles/realestatesinflationdividend/…

In a new IREI video podcast series titled "House Views," featuring principals of some of the leading global and regional placement agents to learn their views on the markets and sometimes, specific aspects of the markets, Geoffrey Dohrmann interviews David Hodes, founder and co-managing partner at Hodes Weill & Associates, discussing Hodes Weill's strategic alliance with Chatham as a forward-looking "next chapter" rather than an exit, examining the forces driving today's record M&A activity in private fund management, explaining why…

Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Lauren Sullivan, managing director at Blue Owl Capital, as part of a series of videos focused on asset management. The discussion explored Blue Owl's vertically integrated approach to data center asset management, which encompasses the entire lifecycle from development through stabilization to exit, key trends including scale and scarcity of large-scale land and power, the technical complexity of data centers as critical infrastructure and more. (05/2026)

In a recent video, Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Arick Morton, CEO at NIC MAP, covering the strong recovery and record-high occupancy levels in senior housing following COVID, the historic demand boom driven by the first baby boomers turning 80 paired with historically low construction supply, the consistent outperformance of senior housing across all care segments and geographies, how industry data usage has shifted from a survival mindset to a growth-oriented one with AI-assisted…