Videos & Podcasts

Real estate deal flow and the economic outlook

Featured on this edition of the program is Jim Costello, chief economist at MSCI Real Assets, to discuss the latest trends in U.S. real estate deal flows and the economic conditions driving the deals that are getting done — and not getting done. (02/2023)

Foreign real estate investing in the United States and the forces that threaten

Gunnar Branson, the CEO of AFIRE (the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate), joins the program to discuss his organization’s insights with regard to foreign capital flows into the United States, secondary real estate markets, the country’s aging population and its restrictive immigration policy. (02/2023)

Bluerock CEO offers perspectives and forecasts for real estate 2023

Ramin Kamfar, founder and CEO of Bluerock, joins the program to discuss a host of topics, such as: The main headwind facing real estate investors, as well as the prime tailwind. The most likely property-type-of-the year. What might be the sleeper property type for 2023. The future of office. The U.S. housing crisis. It’s all here — those topics and more. (02/2023)

An interview with Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital

This is an edited version of cover profile interviews conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner of SkyBridge Capital. Scaramucci’s cover profile appears in the February 2023 edition of Real Assets Adviser.

Bringing smart-home technologies to single-family and multifamily homes

John Galante — president of AE Ventures, producers of the TecHome Builder Summits and Housing Transformation Summits — is our guest during this episode to discuss the host of current and emerging construction and home-based technologies that promise to revolutionize the housing business in its many forms. Looking further ahead, Galante shares his “big seven tech-home experiences and applications.” (01/2023)

Four logistics investments to make now for 2023

Melinda McLaughlin, senior vice president, global head of research with Prologis, looks ahead to balance of 2023 and identifies four logistics investments that will pay dividends in this year. (01/2023)

ETFs as the Silicon Valley of finance, and Blackstone’s BREIT conundrum

Phil Bak, CEO of Armada ETFs, calls ETFs the “Silicon Valley of finance,” while offering some cautionary notes about private REITs and redemptions. We get his take on the fallout surrounding the Blackstone BREIT and how the firm might have played it differently if it knew then what it knows now. (01/2023)

Corsair Infrastructure's Paul Cozza on the outlook for global ports

Paul Cozza, managing director, portfolio operations at Corsair Infrastructure, discusses how global ports are faring amid supply chain disruptions, long-term impacts associated with global transportation challenges and the outlook for ports moving into 2023. (01/2023)

The niche in life sciences real estate

Olivia Drew, portfolio manager for U.K. life sciences real estate at UBS, joins the program from London to discuss this burgeoning niche property type — its current status, performance, and expected longevity as a hot category. (01/2023)

The expanding investment in green urban infrastructure

Dom Bonte, a vice president at ABI Research, joins the program to discuss a new report produced by his organization showing global public and private investment in green urban infrastructure are expected to increase from $606 billion in 2022 to $978 billion in 2030. Why the boom? What are the main types of green urban infrastructure? What are the benefits for cities? How are "digital twins" being used to plan, design, manage and maintain green infrastructure? We discuss. (01/2023)