Videos & Podcasts

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)

Joe Binns, head of new business at UK office developer Stanhope, talks to Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, about the enduring appeal of London's office market to domestic and overseas institutional investors, the cost of retrofitting, the need to focus on wellbeing and amenities and how macroeconomic concerns have not translated into negative sentiment towards London and the United Kingdom in general.

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)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses IREI’s acquisition of the British-based real estate magazines The Property Chronicle and The Green Chronicle. He also discusses the growing private wealth advisory market, offering up a host of statistics and financial industry reference points in the process. (07/2025)

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)

Brandon Isner, head of research and 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Senior managing director of Hines UK, Ross Blair, and Russell Hales, senior partner and an architect at Foster + Partners in London, talk to Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe about The Round, a new landmark mixed-use project in London, which is set to be a showcase example of cutting edge urban real estate that promotes the growth and wellbeing of not only its occupiers, but of the wider community as a whole.

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)

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)

Who is the hero of your organization’s story? What are the hallmarks of genuine thought leadership? Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., reaches into his prodigious bookshelf to share a couple of recent reads and the lessons they teach. (06/2025)

Erin Patterson, global co-head of research and strategy at Manulife Investment Management, offers her organization’s guideposts for establishing a real estate investment strategy in 2025. (06/2025)

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 first quarter of 2025 and what trends they are following going forward.

Christopher Finlay, founder and CEO at Middleburg Communities, discusses how build-to-rent (BTR) differs from traditional multifamily and scattered-site rentals, how BTR offers a hybrid solution for renters seeking space and flexibility, how BTR is holding up against the multifamily oversupply, and why it is still in its infancy with room for growth and more. (06/2025)

David Carlos, head of the nonprofit, education and government practice for the NY Tristate region at JLL, reports that some U.S. colleges and universities, in search of revenue, are selling properties, while others — such as Northeastern and Vanderbilt — have made moves to expand their campuses. (06/2025)

Amy France, head of later living at law firm Forsters, talks to Marek Handzel about the UK later living market, covering challenges with planning and the policy environment and site constraints, while also highlighting the way providers and developers are becoming more flexible to deliver positive results for residents and investors alike.

Andrew Deck, vice president and head of alternative investments with LPL Financial, explains the purpose and contents of the firm’s new LPL Alts Connect and its Alts Learning Hub. (06/2025)