On Sept 1–3, 2021, members of the Editorial Advisory Board of Institutional Real Estate Americas met in person for the first time in two years. The meeting, smaller than usual and held largely outside at the Montage resort in Laguna Beach, Calif., served as a kind of reunion for an industry that has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic.

While the meeting was off-the-record, we can share a selection of topics suggested in advance by attendees, which formed the basis for conversations in groups both large and small. For more on the meeting, see “What we’re talking about.”

Allocations

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