Bank of America outlook sees renewed opportunity across commercial real estate, farmland, timberland and energy by Released | May 21, 2026 Bank of America has released its 2026 Specialty Asset Management Outlook, highlighting investment opportunities across commercial real estate (CRE), farmland, timberland and energy.
Midwest markets emerge as self-storage growth hub as capital realigns, Nuveen says by Andrea Zander | May 21, 2026 As capital reallocates and pricing gaps persist across U.S. real estate, investors are increasingly focused on precision — where to invest, how to structure deals and how to create value post-acquisition.
Hines: Real estate enters “buy phase” amid global market disruption by Andrea Zander | May 21, 2026 Trade disruptions, tariffs and geopolitical tensions are reshaping the real estate landscape, driving up costs, slowing development and reinforcing uncertainty across global markets.
CEO of AFIRE Gunnar Branson mines an Alaskan childhood for lessons on investing through uncertainty by Denise Moose | May 21, 2026 Gunnar Branson, CEO at AFIRE, has published a memoir, Chasing Lights, that turns a remote Alaskan upbringing into a meditation on how investors should navigate disruption and uncertainty.
Hines: Real estate enters “buy phase” amid global market disruption by Andrea Zander | May 20, 2026 Trade disruptions, tariffs and geopolitical tensions are reshaping the real estate landscape, driving up costs, slowing development and reinforcing uncertainty across global markets.
Perspectives: Why private market benchmarks can mislead advisers — and their clients by Geoffrey Dohrmann | May 19, 2026 Private real assets have become an increasingly prominent component of wealth portfolios.
Private markets reshape wealth management as alternatives drive portfolio diversification and revenue growth by Released | May 18, 2026 Alternative investments are rapidly transforming global wealth management, as private markets move from niche offerings to core portfolio allocations. Wealth managers are expanding access to private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real assets to meet rising demand for diversification, resilience and long-term returns.
Six steps to smarter technology adoption in multifamily operations by Robin Barone | May 15, 2026 As real estate managers and investors, we are ultimately fiduciaries of capital, responsible for driving both income and asset appreciation. Technology is embedded in nearly every aspect of daily life, yet within property management, its adoption remains uneven and often reactive. With hundreds of companies offering solutions, key questions persist: Which workflows should be prioritized? Where does technology truly drive ROI? And where does it fall short?
CBRE examines potential CRE impact from private credit stress by Released | May 15, 2026 CBRE has released a new brief, Private Credit Stress: Contained or Contagious?, examining whether current pressures in private credit could spill into commercial real estate (CRE).
BGO’s Ryan Severino: CRE labor recovery remains selective by Andrea Zander | May 15, 2026 April’s employment data reinforced the view that commercial real estate (CRE)-related hiring remains stable but limited in scope, according to Ryan Severino.
Geopolitical headwinds and structural labor constraints reshape North America office fit-out costs by Released | May 14, 2026 The cost of building a modern office in the United States and Canada has been structurally reset, with average fit-out costs now reaching $295 per square foot for a medium-quality space, according to JLL’s U.S. and Canada Office Fit-Out Costs Guide 2026, which sampled 50 cities across the two markets.
Senior housing enters a new phase of growth amid historic supply constraints by Arick Morton | May 13, 2026 The senior housing sector continues its upward trajectory, with occupancy improving for the 19th consecutive quarter, reaching 89.5 percent in first quarter 2026.
Perspectives: Tomorrow never knows — uncertainty is nothing new, only our awareness of it is by Geoffrey Dohrmann | May 12, 2026 Risk has been defined as the simple fact that more things can happen than will happen. That definition has always appealed to me because it strips away the drama and leaves us with something unavoidable: uncertainty. Not danger. Not chaos. Just the reality that the future contains multiple possible outcomes, only some of which will come to pass and few of which we can predict with any degree of certainty.
From megawatts to gigawatts: Blue Owl’s Lauren Sullivan on managing the data center lifecycle by Denise Moose | May 12, 2026 When interest rates began to rise in 2023 after more than 10 years of record-low interest rates, real estate entered a pricing reset. Valuations were hard to pin down due to a lack of trades, leading to exit queues in open-end funds and many closed-end funds seeking extensions.
Industrial sector positioned for resilience amid shifting market dynamics, DWS’ Todd Henderson says by Andrea Zander | May 11, 2026 U.S. industrial and logistics real estate remains compelling despite shifting macroeconomic conditions, structural changes in supply chains and rapid technological evolution. Todd Henderson, head of real estate, Americas, at DWS, said in an exclusive interview with IREI that a combination of supply discipline, technological innovation and shifting demand patterns is setting the stage for renewed strength across the sector.
