Videos & Podcasts

Sybil Derrible, professor of urban engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and author of the popular science title ‘The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work and Power Our Lives,’ joins the program to discuss the state of global infrastructure. He is also a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and was a lead author on the United Nations Environmental Program Seventh Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7). Derrible invites your questions and comments. He can be reached at derrible@uic.edu. (06/2026)

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 Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (05/2026)

John O’Driscoll, co-head of Real Estate at BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts, discusses Europe's attractiveness as a real estate market; demographic and AI megatrends; how investors view real estate as an asset class; and why he is cautiously optimistic as we approach the midway point of 2026. (05/2026)

Marcel Arsenault, founder and CEO of Real Capital Solutions, says office investors get killed by owning the property type at the wrong times. But they can prosper by paying attention to the power of the cycle, picking the right markets and operating their assets with expertise. (05/2026)

In this podcast, Geoffrey Dohrmann, chairman and CEO at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., interviews Gunnar Branson, CEO at AFIRE, to discuss Branson's new book, "Chasing Lights." The book covers themes such as endings as beginnings, and the danger of holding on; smallness, humility and connection; paying attention to small, beautiful things; honesty over performance in life and investing, and more. (05/2026)

The purveyors of 1031 exchanges and Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) have traditionally been smaller scale investment houses. But with an expanding generational opportunity in the real estate space and significant family wealth changing hands, larger organizations have moved into the space looking to leverage the surge of capital. To discuss the situation, Fortress Investment Group representatives David Hammerman (COO of real estate equity) and Eli Edwards (head of U.S. real estate equity) join the program. (05/2026)

Sean Dalfen, president and CEO of Dalfen Industrial, discusses the all-important last-mile fulfillment centers and their importance to supporting today’s ecommerce logistics networks. (05/2026)

Vintage has long been critical to wine, scotch, cheese and other types of food, beverage, collectibles and so on. But vintage also counts in real estate investing. Dave Welk, managing director of acquisitions at Origin Investments, explains why. (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; Andrea Zander, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas; and Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (04/2026)

What constitutes proptech? What is the current state of the art? And what does AI promise by way of fueling new and better property technologies? Discussing those issues during this episode is Dan Wenhold, a partner at Fifth Wall, a venture capital focused on proptech investing. (04/2026)

Vincent Nobel, Head of Asset-Based Lending at Federated Hermes discusses his latest Private Markets Real Estate Newsletter, in which he considers the case for rethinking real estate credit underwriting. Vincent explores why traditional metrics such as LTV can distort true risk when relied on in isolation. Real estate isn’t homogenous, and neither are the risks behind each asset, which is why he advocates for the inclusion of abductive reasoning in credit underwriting — with a little help from AI. (04/26)

There’s been many headlines suggesting people and companies are leaving New York City en masse. But is that really the case, or does the data indicate a difference story? Kevin Kelly, who leads a team of data scientists and real estate brokers at JLL's New York City office, had his team turn its sights on the Big Apple to see if there is any truth to the assertion that New York is a city in decline. (04/2026)

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. 

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)

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)