Videos & Podcasts

What are the five stages of AI? What is our current stage of development? How are Amazon and other organizations using AI? And will advanced forms of AI pose a threat to human beings, as some futurists have warned? Our guest, Bahram Motamedian, counts AI as one of his areas of expertise. Officially, he is an executive managing director of portfolio management and chief strategy officer at USAA Real Estate. He shares his perspectives with us during this interview. (07/2018)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate Inc., talks about the state of infrastructure investing on the heels of VIP Infrastructure (formerly known as Institutional Investing in Infrastructure) in Toronto, which brought together those actively — or contemplating — investing in the infrastructure asset class. (07/2018)

Building owners are rolling out a variety of tools that can improve operational efficiency. Architects can use virtual reality to model designs — saving time and money. Online platforms have given landlords new ways to manage leases. All of this means there may never be a greater time to launch a real estate technology startup. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, elaborates on the topic, featured in the July/August 2018 edition of the magazine. (07/2018)

The real estate business has long had an aversion to technology and has been slow in its adoption. Our guest, Alex Robinson, co-founder and CEO of Juniper Square, argues the problem has been, in part, a lack of available and good quality technologies. That is changing. Robinson discusses the state of the art. (06/2018)

There is a trio of forces changing the way growing European cities are being developed. Just what those primary forces are, how cities are adapting to these new trends, and the things investors need to be keen to are the subjects of our discussion with Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (06/2018)

Jo Allen, chief executive at Frogmore, discusses the United Kingdom investment market characteristics and opportunities. (06/2018)

Modestly rising interest rates are an emblem of a good economy, but that does not mean there won't be implications for real estate investors and developers. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, explains some of the dynamics, as outlined in a story on the topic in the June 2018 edition of the magazine. (06/2018)

More investors are expanding their investment portfolios into real assets, with 19 percent of institutional investors planning to “significantly increase” their allocations. What is driving the expansion? What advantages do they offer a portfolio? Which real assets are showing the greatest promise? Prashant Tewari and Steve Cummings, executives from the Townsend Group and Aon, respectively, join the program to analyze the trend. (06/2018)

Dan Winters, head of Americas at GRESB, discusses how ESG is impacting investors and the institutional real estate market. (06/2018)

RECon 2018 — the Global Retail Real Estate Convention — was held May 20-23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and real estate developers, investors and retailers came together to make deals and consider the fast-changing future of retail. Stephanie Cegielski, an executive with the International Council of Shopping Centers, joins us to discuss the convention's outcome. (05/2018)