Videos & Podcasts

Harrison Street's Mike Hochanadel on identifying optimum markets for data center development and the crucial role of partnerships

Mike Hochanadel, managing director and head of digital assets at Harrison Street, sits down with i3 editor Kali Persall to discuss what makes certain locations for data center development more attractive than others, key risks to consider when entering a new market, the importance of partnerships in bringing projects to fruition and more. (07/2024)

Real Assets Adviser Hot Minute with Crescent Grove Advisors' Andrew Krei

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 Andrew Krei, Co-Chief Investment Officer at Crescent Grove Advisors. (07/2024)

U.S. power utilities find themselves at an inflection point

Tom Martin, leader of the data science team at E Source, an organization that helps solve the challenges facing power utilities, is our guest. He discusses the four major trends confronting utilities: environment responsibility, reliability and resiliency, customer equity, and financial stability. (07/2024)

Palistar’s Josh Oboler on how demand for connectivity is impacting mission-critical digital infrastructure

Josh Oboler, investment partner at Palistar, sits down with i3 editor Kali Persall to discuss key considerations for infrastructure investors looking at mission-critical digital infrastructure investments. (07/2024)

Pantheon's Janice Ince on resource considerations driven by data centers and AI needs

Janice Ince, managing director at Pantheon, discusses how power, water and other resource constraints are posing challenges and opportunities for infrastructure investors in the age of AI. (06/2024) Janice attended IREI's VIP Infrastructure 2024 conference in Washington, D.C., on June 5-7. 

Real Assets Adviser Hot Minute with Clarion Partners' Brent Jenkins

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 Brent Jenkins, managing director at Clarion Partners. (06/2024)

Steel built America and its real estate; where does the steel industry stand today?

Kim Olson — a director in Nucor’s Construction Solutions Group at Nucor, the Charlotte, N.C.-based steel manufacturer — discusses steel’s place in America today and how it is innovating. (06/2024)

Anthony Scaramucci on gold, fiat currencies and bitcoin

Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum. Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded the investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman in 2001. Earlier, he worked in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. He served on the Trump administration’s 16-person Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee, and in 2017 briefly served as chief strategy officer of the…

Entrepreneur takes coffee and printing services to apartment complexes

Jonathan Treble, founder and CEO of WithMe, Inc., had trouble printing concert tickets years ago, a frustration that led him to start a new company that evolved into tech-enabled services for apartment buildings — and maybe even a competitive edge for apartments taking advantage of the services. Who knew coffee and printing services could become a significant play? And more services are apparently on deck. (06/2024)

Real Assets Adviser Hot Minute with Accretive Wealth's Rizwan Ibrahim

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 Rizwan Ibrahim, Director, Due Diligence & Strategy at Accretive Wealth. (06/2024)

Workplace design in the era of hybrid and virtual workforces

Amanda Stanaway, head of user strategy and workplace design for ERA-co, discusses the essentials of good workplace design and what companies are getting it right. (06/2024)

Investing in and operating mission-critical government facilities

FEMA and DEA facilities, VA hospitals and TSA buildings, and top-secret national security edifices. Those are among the privately owned and operated facilities built, owned, operated and leased to the federal government by Easterly Government Properties, a publicly traded REIT that has leased more than 9 million square feet to 40 federal agencies. Darrell Crate, the REIT’s co-founder, is our guest. (06/2024)

Blockchain making its move to become the world’s new financial infrastructure

Where is blockchain today? Where will it be in the years to come? What is the value proposition for investors? Matthew Le Merle — managing partner and CEO of Blockchain Coinvestors, which has made commitments to more than 1,000 blockchain companies and projects — updates us on a technology that promises to make the financial system faster, less expensive, more agile, and less prone to criminality. (05/2024)

Author Spotlight: A holistic wealth strategy for living an extraordinary life

Marine Corps veteran Dave Wolcott, founder and CEO of Pantheon Investments and author of “The Holistic Wealth Strategy: A Framework for Building Legacy Wealth and Living an Extraordinary Life,” joins the program to discuss the wealth strategies of the ultra-wealthy. (05/2024)

An effort to automate and simplify deal-matching and fundraising campaigns

Trilliam Jeong, founder and CEO of WealthBlock, has set an organizational vision to create a private investment network — initially catering to high-end investors and then expanding to include non-accredited investors — that provides AI-driven deal matching by serving as a search engine for private investment. In the meantime, the company’s platform offers customizable straight-through processing that automates the manual client onboarding and investment processes that bedevil financial advisers. (05/2024)