SPONSORED: Nuveen Real Estate – A positive outlook for real estate with greater appetite for alternatives

2022 has brought inflation, currency parity between the United States and Europe, and geopolitical uncertainty. How will real estate look to investors as a result? The outlook, overall, is still positive, according to Shawn Lese, CIO and head of funds management, Americas, for Nuveen Real Estate. In an interview published in the October issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, Lese notes, “The good news is that operating fundamen­tals remain strong. Vacancies are low and rental growth is high in a lot of sectors. ... If we do have a higher period of volatility going forward, we will see a return to ‘location’ being a super-crit­ical determinant of the success of the investment.” Lese also explains investors’ increased interest in alternatives, they are increasingly likely to consider allocations the distinct property types that comprise alternatives, rather than to the overall “alternatives” category. To access a pdf of the Sponsored Section,