Videos & Podcasts

Why Mexico is well-positioned to capitalized on the evolution of global trade

John Sherman, a director for William Blair & Co. and the lead author for the firm’s report titled Why Mexico Is Positioned Well as Global Trade Evolves, joins the program to elaborate on his findings. (07/2025)

Editors’ Roundtable: July 2025

IREI editors convene to discuss internal and external issues of the day, and you’re invited to listen in. Joining the discussion is Loretta Clodfelter, the organization’s editorial director; Mike Consol, editor of Real Assets Adviser; Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe; Andrea Zander, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas; and Kali Persall, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure. (07/2025)

MSCI private capital benchmarks summary for Q1 2025

Luke Flemmer, head of private assets at MSCI, joins the program to comment on the results of the survey, which analyzes the performance of various private market strategies, including buyouts, venture capital, private credit and real assets, based on dataset of more than 14,000 funds and $12 trillion in capitalization. (07/2025)

Class A malls are staging a comeback — here is the how and why

Brandon Isner, head of research, retail capital markets at Newmark, has published a report that suggests class A malls are hot again, and class B malls are poised to attract new investment. (07/2025)

Pharmacies are closing by the hundreds; what is the impact on the real estate involved?

Alex Killick — managing director of CWCapital Asset Management, a third-party special servicing and asset management firm — is dealing with the abandoned properties and joins the program to discuss the impact. (07/2025)

The city within a city project in Toronto

Derek Goring, CEO of Northcrest Developments, is working on the development project of a lifetime, a $22 billion 300-plus acre mixed-use project in Toronto that will house 55,000 residents when completed. Being built on the site of a decommissioned airport, the so-called YZD project will preserve and make use of the airport’s runway and its airplane hangars. (07/2025)

The real estate investment opportunities in the massive U.S. defense and aerospace industries

Tom Taylor, managing director of aerospace and defense at JLL, is out with a new report pointing to the multitude of real estate investment opportunities contained with the nearly $900 billion U.S. defense budget, both in the United States and abroad. (07/2025)

Webinar: Q2/2025: FTSE Nareit U.S. Real Estate Indexes In Review & What’s Next

Institutional Real Estate, Inc. and Nareit present a quarterly update offering expert analysis of the FTSE Nareit U.S. Real Estate Index Series. During this one-hour webinar, John Worth, executive vice president of research & investor outreach at Nareit, and Brandon Benjamin, director of real estate securities at Brookfield Asset Management, will discuss the 2025 Q2 performance and upcoming trends to help you benchmark and analyze exposure. (07/2025)

Real Assets Adviser Hot Minute with Peak Altitude Partners Adriana Tullman

Real Assets Adviser's "Hot Minute" segment takes a minute or so to introduce members of the RAA community to the community at large, all via a "semi-rapid fire" question-and-answer format. This latest "Hot Minute" features Adriana Tullman, Managing Partner and Head of Capital Markets at Peak Altitude Partners. (07/2025)

Why India, why now

Like China before it, India is on the rise, due in part to a doubling of its infrastructure assets, a young and well-educated population, a giant consumer market and scads of new startup companies. Kevin Carter, founder and CIO of EMQQ Global, explains the opportunities for investors. (07/2025)

Real Assets Adviser Hot Minute with MLD Wealth's Chad Larson

Real Assets Adviser's "Hot Minute" segment takes a minute or so to introduce members of the RAA community to the community at large, all via a "semi-rapid fire" question-and-answer format. This latest "Hot Minute" features Chad Larson, Senior Portfolio Manager at MLD Wealth. (07/2025)

Lights, color, design, action! The essentials and import of design in the built environment

Kelly Jahn — an architect, interior designer and faculty member at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she teaches office and hospitality design — discusses the importance and principles of quality design in commercial settings. She is also the owner of Kelly Jahn Interior Architecture & Design, a commercial interior architecture and design practice based in Rochester, N.Y. (07/2025)

Editors’ Roundtable: June 2025

IREI editors convene to discuss internal and external issues of the day, and you’re invited to listen in. Joining the discussion is Loretta Clodfelter, the organization’s editorial director; Mike Consol, editor of Real Assets Adviser; Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe; and Kali Persall, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure. (06/2025)

Where U.S. office is thriving and why

David Bitner and Dain Fedora of Newmark have produced a report that found there are high-performing office submarkets across the United States, based on a host of common characteristics. They join the program to share their research. (06/2025)

Real Assets Adviser Hot Minute with Ullmann Wealth Partners' Jack Gunn

Real Assets Adviser's "Hot Minute" segment takes a minute or so to introduce members of the RAA community to the community at large, all via a "semi-rapid fire" question-and-answer format. This latest "Hot Minute" features Jack Gunn, Director, Wealth Advisor at Ullmann Wealth Partners. (06/2025)