Videos & Podcasts

How is thematic investing defined? What economic themes comprise thematic investing? What are the advantages to thematic investing — as well as the pitfalls? How often does thematic investing need to be reassessed and potentially refreshed? We discuss those questions with Spencer Smith, head of institutional investments at Chevy Chase Trust, and co-manager of the global thematic focused portfolio, which is the organization’s flagship portfolio. (01/2019)

What exactly is adaptive reuse? What happens to obsolete retail properties? What is driving investor interest in this practice? Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, discusses the trend, featured in the January 2019 edition of the magazine. (01/2019)

What is the difference between “affordable housing” and “workforce housing”? What are the different investment possibilities in these sectors? How has the recent Tax Cuts & Jobs Act affected the affordable housing market? And how does affordable housing fit into an impact investing approach? Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, discusses the story she authored for the December 2018 edition of the magazine. (12/2018)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate Inc., discusses the just-completed 2018 Asia Pacific Editorial Advisory Board meeting and its insights from Asian investors and managers, as well as the upcoming invitation-only 2018 CEO Summit in New York City. (12/2018)

As we close the books on 2018, how did construction perform this year versus 2017 and historically? What are the current levels in construction activity in the multifamily and commercial real estate sectors? Which markets are seeing the most activity? What effects will interest rate hikes, rising costs of materials and the shortage of skilled labor have on development activity? And, of course, what is the construction outlook for 2019? Robert Murray, chief economist at Dodge Data & Analytics —…

How will industrial perform in 2019? Will it be resilient during an economic downturn? What is the industry’s potential Achilles’ heel? How is the industrial real estate category evolving? How are automation, robotics and artificial intelligence being factored into new and future industrial projects? What are the hallmarks of a truly successful industrial or warehouse project? Jon Pharris, co-founder and president of CapRock Partners, joins us to tackle those questions. (11/2018)

Bradley Snyder, co-founder and partner at Radical Galaxy Studio, discusses the technological advancements in real estate. In part two of this two-part series, Snyder gives an overview of virtual reality, specifically the different uses in the real estate industry. (11/2018)

What is the current health retail in Europe? Which categories of retail are performing especially well? What are the challenges confronting retailers? How are traditional brick-and-mortar stores meeting the e-commerce incursion? Has the level of investment in euro zone retailing been on the upswing, flat or tailing off? We explore those issues with Andrew Vaughan, CEO of Redevco, a retail real estate investment management company with more than 320 assets under management. (11/2018)

Foreign capital flows into the United States remain strong, though the origin of those investment dollars and their placement pattern has shifted somewhat. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, discusses the story, as well as how opportunity zones are creating new frontiers in domestic real estate investing. Both stories appear in the November 2018 edition of the magazine. (11/2018)

Bradley Snyder, co-founder and partner at Radical Galaxy Studio, discusses the technological advancements in real estate. In part one of this two-part series, Snyder gives an overview of the different technologies across the industry. (11/2018)