The Editorial Advisory Board of Institutional Real Estate Americas met Sept. 10–12 in Cape Neddick, Maine. Prior to the meeting, we ask board members to submit the key questions that are on their minds in the current environment. A selection of those questions follows below.

Risk tolerances — Within a given strategy, would you prefer managers go up the risk spectrum to meet higher return requirements, or keep to a strategy of lower risk while underwriting lower returns? What is your risk tolerance, and how is it influencing your real estate investment activity and outlook over the next two to three years? Core vs. opportunistic — What are your recommendations regarding new capital allocations by strategy within this point of the real estate and economic cycle? Are you strategically overweighting core or noncore, or other key strategies? Market cycle — Has the economy effectively skippe