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 2017
December 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 11
- A winding PATH: Could tax reform affect foreign capital flows to U.S. real estate?
- The last mile: New technology and retail trends are transforming the industrial industry
- Creating a leverage strategy: Considerations for portfolio managers
- An emerging asset class: A look at institutional single-family rental activity in 2016 and 2017
- Steady as she goes: Third-quarter institutional real estate performance
- Another arrow in the quiver: New thinking on how to incorporate private real estate into defined contribution plans
- A tale of two markets: Comparing institutional and retail distribution markets
- Smaller cities are favorites for investment and development in 2018
- Uber to sell Oakland building
- CalSTRS selects RCLCO as new real estate consultant
- Office leasing activity hits highest level in two years
- Nontraded REIT sector attracts institutional managers
- Real estate jumps the 10% asset allocation hurdle
- 51 new property funds enter the market
November 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 10
- Mixing it up: The suburbs are coming back into favor, with dense, walkable, urban-like nodes
- Taking the driver out of the suburbs
- Fasten your seatbelts: Investors search for value in a more turbulent market
- On the cape: The Editorial Advisory Board goes east to discuss investor concerns and challenges
- Healthy tenants, healthy bottom line: How wellness can drive investment value
- Shop talk: A conversation with Rushabh Desai
- Back to school: Student housing, an institutional asset class
- Running strong: Multifamily sector bull run won’t quit easily
- Food for thought: What the industry is contemplating
- CBRE Global Investors fund acquires office tower in Chicago
- Columbia Threadneedle to acquire Lionstone
- PSERS cuts real estate allocation by 1%
- Stanford, Harvard and Yale endowments report returns
- QIC buys stake in regional mall portfolio from Forest City
- Taxation reformation
- First look at third quarter
October 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 9
- Cloudy with a chance of windfall: The powering up of data centers
- The REIT stuff
- Shed no tiers
- The case for real estate, revisited: Re-examining the evidence in favor of the asset class
- The three styles of institutional real estate investing
- The cost of doing business: Saving energy and carbon in existing commercial buildings
- A new debt frontier: The appeal of private direct lending to commercial real estate
- Back to the future: With the success of the city’s Olympic bid, transit-oriented development continues to create opportunities in Los Angeles
- Focusing on benchmarks: Benchmarks are getting more attention than ever, but at what cost?
- Not so fast: The changing role of real estate in investors’ portfolios
- Pension funds report strong performances in fiscal year 2017
- Political uncertainty weighs on investor sentiment
- 2017’s hurricane season emphasizes need for resilient property
- Aging population boosts demand for medical office
- U.S. adds 156,000 jobs in August
- Aon to acquire Townsend for $475m
- Real estate values shake it off in Q2
- REITs rise 0.6% in August
- Nearly 950 real estate funds seek capital
September 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 8
- A welcome development: Foreign immigration supports economic growth and real estate investment success
- Investors look to the Sunbelt for office-using job growth
- The top 10 issues affecting real estate
- Challenges confronting regional malls intensify: A look at the three major causes of retail contraction
- Merely bad: Taking advantage of a transition period in Brazil
- Finding a premium: Study shows mixed-use developments are a boon to investors
- Downward trend ends: Has institutional real estate performance stabilized?
- BIM bam boom: What institutional investors need to know about new development technologies
- Industrial issues: The top three factors affecting the investment darling
- The horse latitudes: Real estate is becalmed, but for how long?
- North Carolina pension CIO resigns as state treasurer slashes fees and fires managers
- Is the U.S. economy having a Goldilocks moment?
- Multifamily sector remains healthy, but supply is increasing
- Pension plans report investment returns for fiscal year
- Fundraising limps along
July 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 7
- The Trump trade: How listed real estate has performed post-election — and what the future may hold
- Impacts of the GICS top-level classification
- Follow the jobs: Technology, millennials support strongest secondary markets
- Perception vs. reality: Evaluating common assumptions associated with secondary markets
- Churn, churn, churn? Or is ‘buy and hold’ for the Byrds?
- Upswing with uncertainty: U2’s landmark ‘The Joshua Tree’ album has much to teach us about diversification
- CalSTRS adds transitional-core to investment policy
- Big impact: Why impact investing is gaining traction among global investors
- What’s all this, then? The only certain thing is more uncertainty
- Q1 GDP revised upward
- Manhattan outperforms among major markets
- Debt fund market share falls
June 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 6
- Passing the baton: Real estate firms develop succession plans to address leadership changes head-on
- Transitioning leadership, a case study
- Climate change and commercial real estate: How resilient is your portfolio?
- Climate change and commercial real estate: Risk analysis tool
- Expense management: Why you should review your operating agreements
- Balancing act: Institutional real estate sees healthy income, weak appreciation
- Question time: Editorial Advisory Board members tackle the hard topics
- Autonomous vehicles: How they work and implications for real estate
- All a go-go: Politics, automation, robotization and the end of globalization
- Shipping volumes increase at U.S. seaports
- Investors say “Aloha” to beachfront resorts
- U.S. adds 211,000 jobs in April
- Self-storage sector continues to strengthen
- Retail faces challenging headwinds in 2017
- Investors plan pullback in real estate commitments
May 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 5
- A closer look: Real estate private equity funds brace for financial reforms and shifts in regulatory landscape
- Core of the matter: How investors can achieve consistent core-like returns in today’s market and through cycles
- If you build it …
- The next stage: A sustainable investment strategy needs to go beyond classifications to encompass the neighborhood
- Case study: Development success via sustainability and wellness features
- A southern cure: Are Latin American REITs the perfect antidote to higher U.S. interest rates?
- Half full or half empty? Rising interest rates and commercial real estate
- Missing ingredients: A modest allocation to private markets, including real estate, could have an attractive impact on DC pension outcomes
- Think class B: Secondary-market, infill multifamily properties can generate institutional-quality returns in 2017
- A fresh update: New features and functionality on IREI’s website
- Has real estate fundraising hit the wall?
- CMBS delinquencies rise in March
- Yale’s actively managed portfolio earns 3.4% in 2016
- Investment market stays strong in the City by the Bay
- Investor confidence in private real estate remains high
- Investors prefer North America for real estate
- Institutional interest in student housing grows
- Investors turn to Boston office sector
April 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 4
- Stacking up: Commercial real estate debt is playing a larger role in LPs’ portfolio constructions as they go lower in the capital stack
- Beyond redemption: Investors in open-end funds face hard choices
- Taking flight: Despite capital controls, Chinese investors are actively buying overseas real estate
- Smaller and bigger: Divergent demand trends underpin a strong 2016 for U.S. data centers
- The Chilean system: The Latin American country’s pension funds are moving into real assets
- Spring forward, look back: Highlights from the past year
- Flung into Room 101: Where terrible things happen
- Los Angeles apartment sector takes top marks
- Prices rise for suburban office properties
- CBRE secondary trading volume reaches $2.4b in 2016
- Industrial market matures, driven by e-commerce
- Singapore investor buys D.C. office portfolio
- Hotel transaction volume forecast to reach $60b in 2017
- Tax implications under new administration remain unclear
- Sovereign debt and ratings trends
- Fundraising volume drops in 2016
March 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 3
- Poised for a comeback: Brazil faced its share of turmoil in 2015 and 2016; will 2017 hold something different?
- Decisive action: Fiscal stimulus and rising interest rates will affect property investors in Asia and around the world
- A 2017 outlook: 10 predictions for the year ahead
- Rising interest rates and CRE: Capital markets forces are running out of steam already, and investors are wary of bidding wars
- Mellowing out: Mature real estate cycle moderates institutional performance
- Meet and greet: Five ideas for better annual investor meetings
- Funds are closing faster
- Thinking, fast and slow: Algorithms, forecasting and the future of work
- Warehouse disrupted: Automation has made today’s warehouses smarter and more efficient than ever
- Student housing rents, inventory rise
- Korean investor forms U.S. real estate debt JV
- Real estate secondaries hit record number of deals
- Healthcare policy uncertainty affects medical office sector
- Houston office market has turbulent 2016
- U.S. industrial markets maintain record pace in 2016
February 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 2
- First look at Q4 2016
- A fine vintage: Will 2017 be a challenging vintage year for real estate funds?
- The phony war: The Brexit story is about to begin in earnest
- Transcendent metros tackle office market headwinds
- Recession risks: Uncertainty is the new normal in today’s investment environment
- Drawing a crowd: FinTech meets real estate investment
- Biting the apple: Foreign investors pick New York City as top real estate investment opportunity
- A call to action: Broadening the market for real assets
- What if? Just, what if? Autonomous vehicles and real estate
- Japanese investors buy U.S. office properties
- Housing prices return to prerecession level
- CMBS delinquency rate up 20bps in December
- Slowdown in U.S. office sector forecast in 2017
- Pittsburgh office market attracts institutional investment
- U.S. multifamily fundamentals remain largely favorable
January 1, 2017: Vol. 29, Number 1
- Sell everything! Cycles, the long-term view and the next recession
- Google leads way with 100% renewable power in 2017
- Canadian investors form New Zealand joint venture
- Miami property market attracts foreign investors
- U.S. property markets to watch
- Fundraising takes a breather after record 2015
- The year ahead: Real estate investors are exercising caution as they wait to see what 2017 holds in store
- It’s the economy, stupid
- Starting up: Real estate companies are investing in early-stage real estate technology firms
- Political scenarios: Will 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. return to economic relevance, or is it merely rhetoric?
- Natural interest rates: Implications for property from the long-term outlook for interest rates
- Unlocking a pent-up demand: Shariah-compliant investment poses challenges for Islamic institutions
- A dent in the universe: A tribute to Michael Humphrey