Americas Back to school: Graduate degrees enhance and expand skills, open new doors Demand for employees with commercial real estate degrees is growing. Many universities have developed curriculum and established specialty programs to meet this demand.
Americas Preparing for the future Universities that offer real estate–focused degrees are modifying their coursework to empower graduates to meet these future industry and societal challenges.
Americas The right stuff A few real estate industry HR professionals shared their thoughts on the hiring process and what they look for in entry-level new hires.
Americas Following the money: Europe has been the biggest beneficiary of an increase in global capital diversification The rise of cross-border real estate investment and global capital flows is due to large investors’ need to both diversify risk and chase enhanced returns.
Americas The third global pillar: Global core real estate is now an essential part of portfolios With its predictable cash flows, real estate can act as a foundational asset class that delivers low-equity beta, high income and attractive liquidity.
Americas Making the turn: A tipping point on climate change has arrived, but the pace of the transition from fossil fuels will determine winners and losers Now that reaching the most ambitious temperature goals are out of reach unless society makes drastic changes, dealing with a new normal could be the new reality.
Americas Fountain of youth: Multigenerational living could rejuvenate the senior housing sector Senior housing arrangements are starting to get increasingly creative; multigenerational living is one example.
Americas Making forecasts: Prioritizing processes and prescriptions in real estate investment forecasting Forecasts, whether explicit or implicit, underwrite every investment decision, but real estate forecasting poses unique challenges.
Americas Food for thought: Topics for discussion in fall 2019 The Editorial Advisory Board of Institutional Real Estate Americas submit key questions that are on their minds in the current environment.
Americas Shopping center owners will need creativity to attract tenants, shoppers With the ongoing upheaval in the retail sector, landlords of regional malls have been getting creative; will strip mall owners be able to do so as well?
Americas Healthcare real estate investment surges Investment in healthcare real estate has risen dramatically in the past five years.
Americas Paramount Group invests $900m in San Francisco offices Paramount Group has completed the acquisition of a 44 percent joint venture interest in 55 Second St. in San Francisco.
Americas Real estate industry makes progress in carbon reduction The real estate industry has made significant progress over the past 10 years in reducing carbon emissions and energy consumption while increasing asset value.
Americas Capital-raising by debt funds in H1 2019 Fundraising by real estate debt funds has shown strong activity in 2019, with $15.1 billion raised by funds that closed in the first half of the year.
Americas 2019 IREI Springboard: The sixth annual gathering of the industry’s future leaders Institutional Real Estate, Inc. would like to announce our sixth class of Springboard leaders.