Videos & Podcasts

Andrew Holmberg, principal at Berkeley Partners, gives a brief update on the current light industrial market. (05/2019)

Crowdfunding platforms have now set their sights on underwriting infrastructure projects, albeit modestly, having raised only about $600 million thus far, and the vast majority of that for the energy sector. Still, it is a new and growing effort that is being tracked by our guest, Kate Gasparro, a Ph.D. student at Stanford University. (04/2019)

Jeff Giller, partner, head of real estate, StepStone Group Real Estate, discusses the concept and practice of combining asset management and advisory services. Despite some potential conflicts of interest — which can be mitigated — the changing landscape is making the combination of the two more practical and beneficial for investors. (04/2019)

Come 2025, travelers will be traveling between Dallas and Houston at upwards of 200 mph on Japanese manufactured trains as part of a roughly $17 billion project being entirely underwritten by private investors. What is the cost structure for the organization and what is its revenue model? What will it cost passengers? What ridership level is required to make a profit? Will the system compete with air travel? And what is it expected to do for surrounding real estate development…

Did you know Airbnb, VRBO and other hospitality marketplaces have started cutting deals with apartment communities to place short-term renters? Or that the economics of short-term rentals are allowing for more dynamic pricing in apartment communities and the potential for higher profitability? Our guest, Georgianna Oliver, CEO of Package Concierge, is operating in the thick of these new trends and sensibilities. She joins us to elaborate. (04/2019)

What does it mean that skilled nursing has moved from fee-for-service to value-based care? Why are there occupancy challenges despite the aging of the baby boomer generation? When is senior housing scheduled to reach its peak, and how long will that peak be sustained? What are the opportunities going forward? We discuss those issues with Bill Kauffman, who works with the research team at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care. (04/2019)

With Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union facing a new Oct. 31 Halloween deadline and protests in the streets, how are real estate prices reacting to the social and political tumult? Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, joins the program to discuss his thoughts on Brexit, real estate values and the euro zone at large. (04/2019)

Why are so few women found in the C-suites of real estate companies? Why have so few started their own real estate firms? What is the difference between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome? Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas — and author of the April edition’s lead feature story on the subject, as well as a companion editorial — discusses her findings. (04/2019)

Sarah Quinlan, managing director at Carolantic Fund, discusses the uncertainty in the economy, how leaning into the volatility of the economy can positively raise the return of real estate, behavior changes that have happened in the population post-recession and more. (04/2019)

What property types are currently attractive to institutional investors? What’s in vogue regarding investment strategies? What cities are investors finding especially appealing? What risks are they particularly attuned to? Gunnar Branson, CEO of AFIRE (A Fellowship for International Real Estate) joins us to discuss the survey’s methodology and conclusions. (04/2019)

Abbe Franchot Borok, head of originations at Amherst Capital's commercial real estate lending business, discusses commercial real estate debt and why commercial real estate lending is the sweet spot in real estate investing today. (04/2019)

Los Angeles is hotly anticipating hosting the 2022 Super Bowl, the 2028 Summer Olympics and, potentially, the 2026 World Cup — and is in the midst of a $15 billion modernization of Los Angeles International Airport, and the construction of a $4 billion, 298-acre NFL stadium and real estate development that will be the most expensive U.S. stadium ever built. What's more, both the LAX and stadium projects are being financed by private investors. Our guest, Sean Burton, is president…

Diane Olmstead, president at Fillmore Capital Affordable Housing, discusses affordable housing and its impact on society. (03/2019)

With protesters and tension on the streets of Paris and uncertain euro-zone growth, how long can the French capital’s office market keep shining? Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, joins the program to discuss his latest report on the subject. (03/2019)

Greg Lindsay, journalist, urbanist, futurist, speaker and author, discusses the attributes that the city of tomorrow will have that have always made successful cities great. (03/2019)

What is low and minimum volatility investing? What is the goal of this type of investment? What are some of the strategies available for creating these types of equities portfolios? Our guest, Dana D’Auria, managing director of Symmetry Partners, explains the process. (03/2019)

James Cook, director of retail research at JLL, discusses the 2018 retail and retail real estate market as well as his expectation for retail in 2019. (03/2019)

Institutional real estate investors tend to overlook Japan, despite good opportunities in the Land of the Rising Sun. That is the word from Shusaku “Shu” Watanabe, a director at Nuveen Real Estate. Why is Japan routinely overlooked? What opportunities are going unnoticed? Why is Japan’s aging citizenry and shrinking population not a red flag for the housing industry? What are some of the precautions would-be investors should take into account before making financial commitments to Japan’s housing sector? We discuss.…

The real estate industry has traditionally been slow to adopt new technologies, but proptech appears to be changing that. Also featured in the February edition of Institutional Real Estate Americas are a pair of stories about the debt markets and the forces driving them. Editor Loretta Clodfelter walks us through those topics. (02/2019)

VIP Europe, the sister event of IREI’s highly acclaimed VIP Americas event, once again attracted some of the institutional real estate industry’s top investment managers, investors and consultants. Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, was there and offers his insights from the gathering. (02/2019)