In March 2026, IREI began interviewing people across 11 different property types to share their insights and outlooks on asset management in a video series titled Asset Management In Focus.
In the ninth installment of this series, Chase McWhorter, managing director, Americas, at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviewed Nina Vascotto, vice president at ICONIQ, about asset management practices across different real estate sectors.
Vascotto, who oversees asset management and investment management at Iconic, discussed how ICONIQ operates across three verticals: growth tech/AI, data centers and hospitality/multifamily through the firm’s propco-opco fund and property management business Central. She defined asset management as the connector that brings together different pieces of the business and builds context around performance data.
Vascotto emphasized that effective asset managers need both technology and data capabilities, as well as practical experience i
