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 2016
December 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 11
- The new retail: Online shopping is having far-reaching impacts on retail and industrial property
- The five qualities of a well-tempered city: Lessons from J.S. Bach
- Tech revolution: Cities reimagine industrial corridors as technology hubs
- Micro-units vs. family units: What investors need to understand about affordable housing
- Driving value: Responsible and resilient property investing in the new millennium
- Moderation: Institutional real estate appreciation weakens, income holds steady
- The age of networks: "The world is changing right before our eyes"
- Global investors still failing to hit allocation targets
- REITs fall sharply in October
- CPPIB enters Seattle office market
- Slow and steady economic growth drives U.S. office market
- U.S. CMBS delinquencies increase in October
- 40 new funds launch during Q3
November 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 10
- Running strong: Robust underlying demand fundamentals keep investors bullish on the apartment sector
- Let's make a deal: Investors are finding fees, terms swinging more in their favor
- Uncertain directions: At the biannual editorial board meeting, LPs and GPs discuss where we go from here
- There's an app for that ... or maybe not: Will there ever be an asset-management application to replace intuition, judgment and street smarts?
- Tech factors: The introduction of new technologies will have big effects on real estate
- Peer to peer: NCREIF develops a new tool for plan sponsors
- A rose by any other name? Something doesn't smell very sweet
- Exit cap rate risk: Underestimated and ignored, but still very real
- Building relationships: Institutional investors look to engage real estate operators
- The best of both worlds
- L.A. story: Office investment in Southern California
- Real estate firms improve sustainability
- Everyone wants a piece of Union Square
- Boston's life science market centers on Cambridge
- Denver apartment sale sets Colorado record
- Initial reports indicate 2016 continues to trail 2015
October 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 9
- South Korean investor buys Novo Nordisk HQ
- CalPERS changes discretionary investment limits
- Multifamily market continues its resilience
- U.S. transaction volume totals $109b in Q2
- Risky business: As the real estate cycle turns, the risks of development may outweigh the opportunities
- Brace yourself: Defensive investing strategies for surviving a real estate downturn
- The debtonation countdown: How tight lending conditions are reshaping the CRE landscape
- Room to run: An analysis of the U.S. office market through headwinds and tailwinds
- Negative interest: One-third of global GDP is under negative interest-rate policy, and low interest rates are prevailing across developed markets
- A development puzzle: Single-family construction starts in Southern California are at a historically low level
- Food for thought: What's keeping the industry up at night
- Investing in Cuba: Opportunities and challenges
- Time to get techy in Seattle
- Open-end funds remain steady amid slower growth
- Cautious sentiment prevails in Asia Pacific
September 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 8
- So long, Alvin Toffler (So long, so long)
- A big shift: The impact of GICS changes on institutional investment in real estate
- Star power: Big-name firms attract lots of attention
- Fed holds rates steady in July, shifting focus to September
- Study finds REIT allocations outperform
- Investors turn attention toward high-yield real estate
- CMBS issuance hits four-year low
- Industrial property performs robustly in Q2 2016
- Mega-funds' dominance is slipping
- The future of work: What will work be? Where will we do it? And what does that mean for real estate?
- Outgrowing the market: Canadian pension plans are too big to invest at home
- Why core apartments now? The case for investing in core apartments rests on the potential for higher risk-adjusted returns
- Eye on the future: Three megatrends with global implications for real estate investors
- Shop talk: A conversation with Bryan Esterly
- Incoming: Income supports institutional real estate performance as appreciation eases
July 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 7
- A country on the rise: Mexico presents attractive opportunities for cross-border real estate investment
- On balance: New accounting standards require leases be recorded on balance sheets, which has implications for real estate owners
- The construction conundrum: How labor shortages impact commercial real estate
- Positive signs in the near term: It may be time to temper optimism with caution
- Millennial misrepresentations: What is really happening with millennial migration patterns?
- The Asian Century: Five trends position the Asia Pacific region as the world
- A tribute to Blake Eagle: His role in the institutionalization of the commercial real estate industry
- Risk ignored, value lost and opportunity foregone: Why we must change the way we evaluate real estate investments
- Apartment market levels off
- Real estate fund managers consolidate AUM
- Prime logistics rents increase globally
- Investor prudence felt in Q1 MSCI U.S. property index
- Debt funds continue to succeed
- May employment growth misses target
June 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 6
- Crossing the pond: European property markets are attracting U.S. investors
- Getting on board: LPs and GPs come together in Southern California for the money talks
- What next? U.K. investment can continue, regardless of Brexit
- Shop talk: A conversation with Paul Mouchakkaa
- Flattening out: Institutional real estate performance moderation continues in 2016
- Transparency: Standard software could enhance industry clarity
- A ruling on affordable housing: Investors, developers and property owners lose another property rights fight
- Big deals in the Dallas office market
- Global real estate volumes fall in first quarter
- REIT merger shows Houston goes its own way
- University of California increases real estate allocation
- Risks arise from tech markets' increase in sublease space
- New funds launch in Q1
May 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 5
- The global calculation: Why investors should consider expanding their real estate portfolios beyond U.S. borders
- Real estate gets a taste of GICS chic
- Federal Reserve pension begins investing in real estate
- Global real estate transaction volume to surpass $1t by 2020
- Most women satisfied with real estate career success
- Global real estate fund returns hit four-year high
- Real estate funds at steady pace in Q1
- Crossing borders: Foreign investment in the United States is a growing factor in the real estate market
- Adding value: Varied strategies are blurring the lines between the risks commonly associated with noncore investment
- FIRPTA reform: New tax laws for foreign investors in U.S. property
- Los Angeles: A fragmented metropolis in transition
- An elusive concept: Liquidity in international commercial real estate markets
- To your health: Five healthcare real estate trends to watch in 2016 and beyond
- What this is all about: A publication edited for institutional investors like you
April 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 4
- Science fiction and institutional real estate: Change is coming soon to the industry
- Los Angeles mixed-use property to change hands
- Value-added fund returns advance in Q4
- Euro zone most fairly priced market worldwide
- Detroit: America's great comeback city
- Latin America attracts (some) U.S. investors
- Commercial prices fall slightly in early 2016
- U.S. construction spending increases 1.5% in January
- An emerging group: A roundtable of LPs and GPs discuss investing with and by emerging managers
- The four food groups: A closer look at the four main institutional property types
- A work in progress: Are emerging markets becoming more investable?
- Building sustainability: The tools investors need to develop a green portfolio
- Investors forecast $51b in capital flows
- What we're watching: Central banks, interest rates, leverage, returns, transaction volume
March 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 3
- Airbnb users spent $2.4b on U.S. lodging in 2015
- Trends for funds closed in 2015
- Transaction analysis: Big gains in volume
- Australian office tower changes hands
- China's economy is slowing, but global impact may be small
- Canadian property returns 8% in 2015
- Real estate is important store of wealth, globally
- Pension to commit $1.3b to emerging-manager program
- Real estate secondaries volume reaches $8.2b in 2015
- The public-private disconnect: Valuations for public and private real estate have diverged, and so has market sentiment
- The failure of real estate risk management: Proposing an alternate approach
- Turning points: The world as we see it
- 2015 review: Strong year, tempered fourth quarter for institutional real estate
- Shop talk: A conversation with Paul Buckley and Caroline James
- Demographics, technology, urbanization: The DTU method of investing in real estate, and the secular trends that drive performance
- Rhyming cycles: Cyclical and secular forces are at play in the current market environment
- On a mission: For religious institutions, ESG investing is more than a catchphrase
February 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 2
- CPPIB JV buys $1.4b student housing platform
- A steady pace
- Mythical creature or undiscovered species? The debate over alignment of interest continues
- In the market: Real estate funds bounced back in 2015, and fundraising is on the upswing
- Going up: The Fed raises interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade
- Low oil prices: More stimulus and less pain than you realize
- Making forecasts: How you think is more important than what you think
- Strictly speaking: Discipline in the real estate markets
- A look back: Some highlights from 2015
- Trending outlook: The top 10 trends in real estate for 2016
- New index puts United States on top of the world
- London's West End remains world's highest priced office market
- CalPERS buys data center in Denver suburb
- How REIT returns stack up against the competition
January 1, 2016: Vol. 28, Number 1
- Christmastime in New York: Notes from the IREI CEO Summit 2015
- Investors are not managing to keep up, says survey
- CalSTRS reduces targets for high-return real estate
- Canadian pension fund invests around the globe
- CalPERS buys Midtown office tower for $1.9b
- U.S. high-net-worth market largest in the world
- NCREIF launches closed-end value-add index
- Ease on down the road
- Unicorn hunters: Technology-driven property markets have outperformed in the current expansion
- The power of positive thinking: Industry participants are upbeat in their outlooks for 2016
- The driverless-car revolution: These new vehicles will drive massive disruption, forcing real estate investors to re-examine their strategies
- NOI evidence: A 10-year study shows green-building strategies pay off
- Under development in technology-driven markets
- A favorable year: 2016 outlook
- How we will use the driverless car
- Risk illusion: Cognitive error and the art of real estate investing