Institutional Real Estate Americas
Institutional Real Estate Americas is a monthly publication for institutional investors in real estate — pension plans, foundations and endowments — and the consultants and real estate investment managers who serve them. With an emphasis on insights and analysis, the publication provides information about the people, events and trends driving this market. Features cover portfolio management, investment strategy and capital flows, with a focus on supporting the staff and investment committee members of public and corporate pension plans, foundations, and endowments. Every issue also contains lists of recent commitments and new fund offerings; people moves and promotions; and news and data about real estate fundraising and investment activity.
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Issues from 2014
December 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 11
- Risk-adjusted returns: Like Potter Stewart said, you know it when you see it
- NCREIF, Altus Group partner on new data platform
- The elusive offshore premium: There are riches in distant lands, but finding and capitalizing on them is not a simple proposition
- Study: Real estate improves DC plan outcomes
- New study favors REITs for total net returns
- U.S. property sales still growing, but cooling
- In the zone: Overlooking zoning ordinances can result in higher costs, delayed closings and lower asset value
- AEW embarks on $5b European property grab
- Attribution: What it is and how it is measured
- For the ages: Counting time in airline miles and cloud formations
- Returns on U.S. farmland are finally slowing
- Forecast 2015: Let the good times roll, but beware of excesses
- Third quarter fundraising eclipses $20b
- Hotel investment horizons: Three rules of thumb that asset managers should sometimes break
November 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 10
- Another brick in the wall: The rising wall of real estate investment dollars is causing some to wonder if too much liquidity is flooding the market
- Apartment vacancies rise for first time in five years
- Insurance companies making the move to real assets
- Construction starts fall 9% during August
- The new fund challenge: Though brand-name mega-funds are stockpiling huge war chests, the race to raise capital has never been harder for new funds
- DRA Advisors does $1.8b apartment deal with Lone Star
- A tale of two meetings: What is on the minds of investors in Europe and the Americas
- Grape expectations: Investors should not drink the Kool-Aid
- TH Real Estate issues 'megatrends' report
- NYC remains global real estate kingpin
- It takes all sorts: Navigating commercial real estate finance in a post-GFC world
- Real investors: Institutional investors want returns
- Taking aim: An assessment of the current global real estate investment environment
- REIT returns go into negative territory during September
October 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 9
- Climate change at land's end: Real estate investors like targeting coastal cities, but so does a seething Mother Nature
- We can do better: Some pension systems are shunning commingled funds in favor of customized investment structures
- Uncharted territory: Economic vulnerabilities include
- GTIS makes major bid for Brazil hotel business
- Investors, managers hot for Europe and real assets
- REITs continue spanning the globe
- U.S. capital pours into Europe
- Challenges to a positive outlook: Not all indicators are pointing northward
- All eyes on ASEAN: Can ASEAN develop a collective economy akin to the European Union?
- Brewing storm: Climate change and brownfield development
- Global impact: Immigrant patterns have big implications for real estate investors
- Asian insurers to step up property investment
- Fanning the flames: Chinese efforts to quell NPL issues suggest the problem is actually heating up
- Shop Talk: A conversation with Alan Dalgleish
September 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 8
- It used to be simple: Investors' economic motivations have gotten complicated
- USAA launches European operations
- Redefining medical office: Technology, new markets and consumer demand are transforming healthcare
- New frontiers in office: Africa is home to top emerging markets for office investments
- Millennial impact: Sustainability and flexible workspaces in Montreal
- Many happy returns: Putting time-weighted and dollar-weighted indices on the scale
- After the crash: The CMBS market's comeback is supported by positive metrics and more cautious lending standards, yet red flags still wave
- SWFs catch the fever: Their coffers bulging with trillions of dollars, sovereign wealth funds are boosting their real estate commitments across the Western Hemisphere
- Future tense: What is on the minds of the next generation of industry leaders?
- Amstar, MetLife make push into industrial sector
- Paladin expands its southern exposure
- First-half fundraising dominated by 12 mega-funds
- ARC Hospitality adds 126 hotels
- Millennials finally cracking the housing market
- U.S. property sales boom during Q2
July 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 7
- The war for talent: Building the next great investment house is all about recruiting professionals who have the chops
- The forgotten suburbs: Investors are excited about CBDs, but the
- Infrastructure REITs hit expansion mode
- All-cash buyers flood residential market
- EY report: Bribery and corruption worsen
- DTZ launches Latin American operations
- The broken contract: The French aristocracy never saw it coming either
- Construction outlook regains momentum
- Debt catches fire: Growing popularity of U.S. commercial real estate lending attracts global players
- Those balmy days of summer: Beware the fall
- India may finally be paving the road to Shambala
June 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 6
- Fade to gray: Declining birth rates and aging populations around the world are a bad omen for real estate investors
- Introducing FundTracker: Information is currency in the investment world, and this global database is a rich, new vein
- Drift and discipline: What I wish I had understood 25 years ago
- The good, the bad, the obsolete: Real estate has aged badly, but a revitalized economy may spell new opportunities
- Board meeting poll: Europe
- Washington State targets more real assets
- Global shopping center construction booms
- Aging well: Senior housing investments were a standout performer during the Great Recession, though the sector is not without its risks
- United States tops global industrial markets
- Tracking real estate
- U.S. property sales rise 13.5% during Q1
- REITs off to a strong start for 2014
- Q1 returns sluggish, NCREIF reports
- Rising city stars for the ultra-wealthy
May 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 5
- Report: Global urbanization to fuel massive development
- Chinese capital makes mad dash for the West
- TH Real Estate formed in mega-merger
- Affordable housing pinch takes on global proportions
- GIC opens office in Brazil
- Investors strike gold in California offices
- Gateway vs. non-gateway: Investors are spreading capital to more U.S. cities and rethinking what constitutes a first- or second-tier market
- Equities, bonds and things: How can investors deal with their problem of increasing liabilities in a low-return, multi-asset world?
- Retail outlook, 2014: It is still all about the housing market, location and e-commerce
- Post-stimulus: With U.S. monetary policy going back to normal, it's time to reconsider the commercial property investment outlook
- Rescue the DB plans: Why permanent corporate pension relief makes sense
- Not by very much: The consensus on inflation is incremental, but the risk might not be
April 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 4
- Risk and reward: Investors get ready to play ball in more than just the core markets
- Cleaning house: Investors are trying to make the single-family rental market pay off, but the numbers are sketchy
- Zero probability factor: Interest rates, unemployment, tapering and the federal debt
- The world in 30 REITs: Sam Zell thinks most REITs are not relevant (except his, of course)
- Core reality: The perception that there is no upside left for core investors runs afoul of statistical reality
- Lessons from Havana: Scenes from dystopia
- Paladin expands Peruvian housing platform
- Canadian, Japanese pensions target infrastructure
- CMBS delinquencies decline, but not all is cured
- What is next for single-family home REITs?
- Global property investment to hit $1.3 trillion
- LaSalle launches separate accounts unit
- The winner
March 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 3
- 2013 property sales rise 22% in the United States
- Beyond the BRICs: With most of the largest emerging economies producing languid returns, investors are thinking in terms of new vistas
- Fall of the mall: The once-hot shopping mall has cooled, and now for some the business has become a struggle to adapt or face extinction
- Global perspectives: Some observations from Editorial Advisory Board meetings in the United States, Asia and Europe
- It is a fee for all: Rethinking incentives and alignment of interests
- Blackstone executive predicts 10 surprises for 2014
- Large funds dominate 4Q fundraising activity
- New construction starts total $500b for 2013
- Europe in motion: Logistics on the other side of the Atlantic joins the global recovery
- What is a gateway city? A perspective from the hotel market
- U.S. investors plan $48b in real estate commitments
- Educational training: Changes and opportunities in the real estate business
- Investors gravitate toward real assets in 2014
- Global retirement assets hit record $32 trillion
- Tier 1.5 cities: The gap between first- and second-tier cities has enlarged to the point where a new category is warranted
February 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 2
- Norwegian capital crosses the pond -- again
- 2013 fundraising flat among equity REITs
- 2013 ends strong as vacancies fall across the board
- CMBS market well positioned for 2014
- A greener shade of investment dollar
- The infrastructure imperative: Hard lessons about the importance of soft infrastructure
- Real estate maximus: The floodgates of real estate investing appear to be opening, but things are not necessarily what they seem
- Rooms with a view: The global hospitality industry is making a strong comeback from its nadir
- Creative office: The evolution of open-plan work spaces demonstrates significant changes have come to market
- What if interest rates go orbital? The story behind REITs and the rising cost of money
- QE unchained: Will rising interest rates pummel your portfolio?
- The full monty: What you may have been missing
- BlackRock and the asset management talent war
January 1, 2014: Vol. 26, Number 1
- The CBD rides again: 20 years ago this magazine eulogized the moribund central business district, but it has since come back to life
- Latin America 2014: Rife with emerging economies, the region is giving investors much to think about during the new year
- When Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play
- Taking the high road: Do higher-yielding property markets pay?
- Prudential expands Latin American footprint
- U.S. REITs closing 2013 on a sour note
- Allstate launches emerging manager program
- Report touts new investment strategy for a new era
- CPPIB sets its sights on India
- The danger zones: Successful management of three types of risk can help investors avoid financial catastrophe
- Little feet: Canadian retailers look to wring big sales from small urban footprints
- CMBS delinquencies continue their decline
- A new day has dawned; how will firms seize it?
- Getting real: Alternative allocations and real assets are catching fire, with some pensions committing up to 65 percent of portfolio value to the former