Videos & Podcasts

How analogous are the housing issues in New York City compared with the rest of the United States? What is the latest on office-to-housing conversions? And how is new Big Apple mayor Zohran Mamdani attacking the housing affordability problem? Rob Schwartz, co-founder and principal of S3 Capital, a construction lender to the NYC-area housing market, discusses the topic. (04/2026)

Paul Hampton, the CEO and one of the founders of investment manager Evonite, talks to Marek Handzel, the editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe about early stage managers. What are the current barriers to entry? How do investors view smaller investment houses? And what can early stage managers offer in this new cycle? (04/26)

Why are brands opting for longer pop-up timelines rather than jumping straight into traditional leases? How are these “test stores” informing permanent leasing decisions? What makes a pop-up successful enough to convert into a long-term tenant? And how is this shift changing the way landlords think about vacancy and merchandising? Tackling those questions are Clare Rose, VP of specialty leasing and partnership marketing, and Joe Aristone, EVP and chief revenue officer at PREIT, the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. (04/2026)

Shlomo Chopp says technology is acting as a wrecking ball for commercial real estate. Consider how ecommerce killed retail’s old model; how remote work has made office space optional; and how even industrial and data centers could face rapid obsolescence through tech innovation. Chopp is managing partner at CASE, which specializes in restructuring distressed commercial real estate debt. He has more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, including in proptech innovation, along the way building a reputation…

Zubaer Mahboob, director of European research at Heitman, talks about the momentum in alternative real estate sectors across Europe with Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. 

Join Institutional Real Estate, Inc. and Nareit for 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 Eric Rothman, portfolio manager at CenterSquare Investment Management, LLC, will discuss the 2026 Q1 performance and upcoming trends to help you benchmark and analyze exposure. (04/2026)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses the Trump administration’s proposal to allow 401(k) plans to more easily include alternative assets such as cryptocurrency, real estate and private market assets. (04/2026)

IREI editors convene to discuss 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; and Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (03/2026)

Matthew Weinstein, partner and co-CIO at Axonic Capital, discusses GSEs pulling back in certain areas of the market and how the real estate debt landscape shifted over the past year, the types of borrowers or asset classes that are feeling the impact of the GSE pullback most acutely, and why, what alternative or emerging capital solutions are stepping in to fill the gap and more. (03/2026)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, chairman and CEO at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., and Garrett Zdolshek, chief investment officer at IDR Investment Management and Accordant Investments, discuss the performance of the NFI-ODCE Index during the fourth quarter of 2025 and what trends they are following at the beginning of 2026. Watch for an interactive discussion on index performance, outlook, recent trends and significant events. (03/2026)

In this episode, Geoffrey Dohrmann, Chairman & CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., speaks with Heather Fernstrom, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alliance Global Advisors, and Ryan Swehla, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Graceada Partners, about what it truly takes for emerging managers to become institutionally ready.

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Yu Nishimura and Seppi Colloredo-Mansfeld of Cabot Properties, an international real estate firm focused on logistics properties, discuss the opportunities for investors in the post-pandemic realignment around the continent. (03/2026)

There are more than 5,000 active data centers in the United States, and many more are being proposed and constructed. That has created local resistance, particularly when communities see higher energy prices as a result of heavy data-center power needs. David Rubenstein, an attorney with Polsinelli, concentrates his practice on commercial real estate matters, with a specialized focus on the development of data centers and other forms of digital infrastructure. He outlines the issue and ways developers and investors can…

IREI editors convene to discuss 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; and Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (02/2026)

Where do UK developers go when their build-to-rent (BTR) schemes fail to attract institutional investors in good time? And what is the current state of the United Kingdom's individual buy-to-let residential market? Sam Smith, director of investment and partnerships at Property Hub Invest, explains all. (02/24/26)

Venture capital investment in New York City is increasingly concentrated in fewer, larger and more mature artificial intelligence companies, a shift that is reshaping Manhattan’s office market. To discuss this situation, Ben Bass, vice chairman in JLL’s New York brokerage division, joins the program to explain the AI forces at play and how it benefits office investors. (02/2026)

Institutional Real Estate, Inc. presents the next of our complimentary webinar series, IRE.IQ Quarterly Fundraising Report Review. Content features data from our proprietary IRE.IQ database. Loretta Clodfelter, editorial director at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., and two expert speakers discuss their perspectives on real estate equity and debt fundraising and capital-flows trends for fourth quarter 2025. (02/2026)