I am writing this as we have just completed the 2024 Fall Editorial Advisory Board meeting for our Institutional Real Estate Americas publication. The event was held Sept. 10–12 at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Calif., which is situated on picturesque bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean about 20 miles south of San Francisco.

This year’s board members included senior investment officers from 26 different institutional investors (corporate, public and Taft-Hartley pension plans, insurance companies and family offices) and representatives from 10 leading consulting firms. Joining them were 37 investment managers and service providers who sponsor and underwrite the controlled circulation of the publication.

The members of the board represent the interests, viewpoints and concerns of our more than 2,000 institutional investors who subscribe to and read the publication each month. The investor members of the board collectively control more than $7.9 trilli