Videos & Podcasts

With the advent of artificial intelligence, business leaders are increasingly thinking in terms of automating processes of all types — with the goal of increasing efficiency and, perhaps, employing a lighter workforce. Not so fast, says Tyler Christiansen, at least with regard to property management. Christiansen is CEO of Funnel, a market intelligence platform. He points out that the property management business is quickly moving toward the idea of fully autonomous property management, with AI increasingly capable of handling everything…

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; Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, and Kali Arevalo, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure. (10/2026)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., gives listeners are rundown of Springboard Americas and Springboard Europe, the upcoming membership meeting of the Institute for Real Estate Operating Companies, as well as the latest on the company’s Ask IRE.IQ project. (10/2026)

Sean Donohue, managing director of the coLab — the membership-based coworking model of Bell Works — is leading an effort to bring coworking and flex office space to city suburbs. A simple way to think about the idea is WeWork for the suburbs, offering shorter commutes and, in theory, more life/work balance for professionals. Though still in its early stages, the concept — as well as the ideas supporting it — are interesting and worthy of some elaboration. Donohue obliges.…

A new report from Graceada Partners, titled Equal Footing, used federal data to compare performance between the U.S. Southeast with the Inland West (states west of the Mississippi, sans California, Oregon and Washington) and discovered some startling findings. Ryan Swehla, co-founder and president of the value-add real estate investment manager, joins the program to explain the report’s findings. (10/2026)

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. (09/2026)

Andrea Zubow, senior vice president of the real estate division at Lessen, points to the “seismic shift” in how multifamily operators evaluate and optimize maintenance across portfolios. Today’s most successful multifamily operators are not focused strictly on individual repairs; they are focused on strengthening the infrastructure and systems responsible for delivering those repairs at scale. Zubow explains. (09/2026)

Tobias Kassner, head of research at GARBE Industrial, delves into the effect a significant increase in defence spending could have on industrial and logistics real estate markets, particularly in relation to moving parts, materials and finished military products (09/26).

The World Green Building Council estimates 80 percent of the buildings in use in 2050 are already standing, which implies real estate investors and managers are inclined to retrofit buildings containing good skeletons and foundations, for both environmental and financial reasons. Anwar Alam, senior structural engineer at Alpha Structural, an engineering and construction firm, discusses the matter. (09/2026)

Farmland has been facing some headwinds in the form of tariffs, shifting government regulations, the rising cost of fuel and fertilizer, labor shortages and even climate change. But that is not to say farmland is not still an attractive member of an investment portfolio. Rob Moore and Drew Lipke, executives from AcreTrader, offer their perspectives. (09/2026)

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; Andrea Zander, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas; and Kali Arevalo, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure. (08/2026)

Lynn Jerath, founder and president of Citrine Investment Group, and a seasoned investor and operator in the senior housing, joins the program to explain why the space has become a current favorite among investors. (08/2026)

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; Andrea Zander, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas; Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, and Kali Arevalo, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure. (07/2026)

Self-storage is a mature and institutionalized property type in the United States and parts of Europe, but in Asia Pacific it is still in the early stages of development. And that is precisely what makes self-storage a compelling for investment opportunity, according to our guest, Raju Ruparelia, CEO of StorHub Group, a self-storage platform in Asia Pacific. (07/2026)

A new report from JLL shows nearly 10 million square feet of office space has been removed from New Jersey’s inventory over the past five years. What's driving this trend, and what does it tell us about where the office market might be headed nationally? We turn to Steve Jenco, vice president and director of New Jersey research at JLL. (07/2026)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., gives listeners are rundown of the extensive upcoming events, roundtables and webinars, as well as new regarding a host of new strategic partnerships. (07/2026)

What is the definition and objective of multigenerational real estate? What role does real estate play in preserving family wealth? And why is real estate particularly well-suited for multigenerational wealth building? To discuss those and related topics, we’re joined by John Ziegenhein, CEO of CCLC, where he manages multigenerational real estate. (07/2026)

The space economy is booming, artificial intelligence is booming, data centers are booming, and technology and real estate investors are making huge commitments to those asset classes. And now those categories are being brought together in the aspirational form of data centers in space. A new report from JLL makes sense of the subject in a new report. Elaborating on the firm’s research during this episode is Andrew Batson, head of data center research and strategy for the Americas at…

Martin Towns, global head of M&G Real Estate, unveils some of the findings and implications of the manager's mid-year Global Real Estate Outlook, which focuses on the impact of ageing populations and shifting global demographics on real estate investment strategies. (07/2026)

Family offices and high-net-worth investors — whose fortunes have expanded dramatically, according to a couple of 2026 global wealth reports — have become some of the most dominant players in commercial real estate, and that influence is only growing, outspending institutional investors by a margin of about $120 billion. To discuss this trend, we are joined by Brian Bullard, investment strategies and capital solutions chairman at law firm Polsinelli, from where he works on commercial real estate investment deals with…