Videos & Podcasts

A celebration of 25 years of publishing The Institutional Real Estate Letter and a tribute to Institutional Real Estate, Inc. publisher and CEO Geoffrey Dohrmann. (02/2014)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses the many evolutionary changes in the institutional real estate business that his publications have documented during the past 25 years. He also updates listeners on the efforts being made by industry players to give private equity real estate and real assets in general a role in fast-rising defined contribution plans. (01/2014)

Ted Koltis, an executive with Paramount Group, talks about the revival of the central business district. (01/2014)

Sam Zell, chairman and co-founder of Equity International, and Steven Wechsler, president and CEO of NAREIT, discuss the infrastructure market, investment opportunities and emerging markets. (12/2013)  

Reporter Mard Naman discusses the surge of consumerism and retail development taking place throughout Asia. (12/2013)

Martha Peyton, managing director and head of global real estate strategy and research for TIAA-CREF Asset Management, was one of a host of sources who contributed to the 2014 forecast story that appears on the cover of the December 2013 edition of The Institutional Real Estate Letter – Americas. On this program she elaborates at greater length about her perspective on where the institutional real estate investing business is headed during the new year — including why office will be…

Sheila Hopkins, managing director of IREI's European edition, reports her observations after attending a series of meetings with investors and managers in Europe. (12/2013)

Chris Caton, vice president of research at Prologis, discusses the outlook for the industrial sector in 2014 in the United States and abroad. (12/2013)

Jack Cuneo, founder, president and CEO of Chambers Street Properties, discusses the firm going public during 2013 and what Chamber Street Properties' focus will be in 2014. (12/2013)

Tim Pire, managing director and lead portfolio manager of North American public real estate securities group at Heitman, discusses REIT performance in 2013, the outlook for 2014 and which sectors will outperform and underperform and why. (12/2013)

Ted W. Rollins, chairman and CEO at Campus Crest Communities, discusses the fundamentals that make student housing an attractive investment and what type of market strategy Campus Crest Communities persues, with regard to new development, along with the property features and amenities that appeal to today’s student. (12/2013)

Burl East, CEO at American Asset Investment Management, discusses the firm’s value investment focus, the current investment market, what type of opportunities you can find in the current REIT market environment and how a rising interest rate environment will affect the market. (12/2013)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., shares some of this year's highlights, including a look back at 2013, the Federal Reserve Bank's quantitative easing program, the company's upcoming 25th anniversary celebration in January 2014, and several new initiatives that have been launched to take IREI to the next level. (11/2013)

Ric Campo, chairman and CEO at Camden Property Trust, discusses where the multifamily REIT market is headed, market demand and supply fundamentals, and what strategies and markets make sense for investment and/or new development. (11/2013)

Mark Decker, Sr., managing director and head of U.S. real estate investment and corporate banking at BMO Capital Markets, discusses the current capital market conditions, both public and private, and how rising interest rates over the next few years could affect property owners and investors. (11/2013)

Asif Hussain, partner at Caledon Capital Management, discusses co-investments and direct investments in infrastructure. (11/2013)

The sidecar has become the co-investment deal of choice, according to the cover story of the November 2013 edition of The Institutional Real Estate Letter – Americas. How does the sidecar differ from other types of co-investments? What is the typical structure of a sidecar deal? What risks do they entail? We discuss these issues with the story's author, contributing reporter Suzanne Franks. (11/2013)

Anthony Breault, Senior Real Estate Investment Officer at the Office of the Oregon State Treasurer, discusses Oregon State's real estate portfolio, their investment focus and the plan for the portfolio over the next six to 12 months. (11/2013)

The Urban Land Institute is about to unveil its 2014 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report, and in this podcast Stephen Blank — a senior resident fellow at the organization, and one of the researchers and writers of the report — discusses the annual report's history, how it is produced, the purpose of the report, its intended audience, and also gives listeners a high-level overview of what the report anticipates for the real estate industry during 2014.    (11/2013)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., shares some of this month's highlights, including a milestone reached by the company's web-based Institutional Real Estate Newsline story feed, insights from the Institutional Investing in Infrastructure board meeting and conference, as well as an overview of his meetings with the brain trusts of the giant CalPERS and CalSTRS pension funds. (10/2013)