Videos & Podcasts

Abby Rosenbaum, a director in the retail-focused real estate research group at Barings, discusses the characteristics that make brick-and-mortar retailers such as grocery stores so resilient in downturns, the main challenges facing this sector and the major trends investors should be aware of moving into 2021. (12/2020)

Life sciences properties are attracting more attention from investors due to the industry’s growth in recent years and the property type's positive fundamentals and "recession resilient" characteristics. What is the definition of life science? How does life science fit into an institutional investor’s portfolio? What investment property types exist within this sector? What types of opportunities exist for investors and developers? (12/2020) Moderator: Jonathan Schein Global Head of Business Development Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Speakers: Tony Breault Senior Real Estate…

Zach Bowyer, MAI, Senior Executive, Head of Alternatives, Bryan Lockard, MRICS, Managing Director, National Practice Lead – Seniors Housing, Deborah Street, SVP, Strategic Advisory Services, and Brian Chandler, MAI, Managing Director, National Practice Lead – Seniors Housing, all part of the JLL Valuation Advisory team, give an update on the current seniors housing market. (12/2020)

Kevin Werbach — professor at Wharton School and coauthor of For the Win: The Power of Gamification and Game Thinking in Business, Education, Government and Social Impact — joins the program to discuss the current state of gamification, where it’s making the biggest impact, how it is being used in investing and financial services, and the six steps required for successfully implementing gamification. (11/2020)

How has proptech helped landlords, tenants, managers and investors through the COVID-19 crisis? How can proptech improve building management in the future? Where has proptech fallen short on its promise? Marek Handzel, mastermind behind the special report, and editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, joins us to discuss the report’s findings. (11/2020)

Fred Pierce, president and CEO, Pierce Education Properties, discusses the results of universities re-opening for instruction in Fall 2020, what universities did with their on-campus housing during re-opening, what impact on-campus housing decisions had on the off-campus market and more. (11/2020)

In the second part of a multi-part series, Marcelo Cajias, head of data intelligence at PATRIZIA AG, discusses different instances where data can be used to make better decisions when investing in real estate. (11/2020) For more information from PATRIZIA on this matter check out the first video of this series here, as well as this sponsor interview with Madhi Mokrane here.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, president and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., and Garrett Zdolshek, portfolio manager of Investors Diversified Realty, discuss the current events of the fourth quarter 2020 in the ODCE Index. Watch for an informative discussion on the Index performance, outlook, recent trends and significant events. (11/2020)

An International Monetary Fund analysis found economic forecasters predicted only five of 153 recessions from 1992–2014. Did real estate forecasts fare any better? Are such forecasts of value during an era of long-term real estate commitments? Does statistical modeling work, or is more or better data needed? And has the pandemic changed forecasting for years to come? Our guest, JLL executive David Rees, tackles the full range of those topics. (11/2020)

How heavily has the European office market been hit during 2020? Will employees return to offices at historic levels? What about satellite offices and co-working hubs? And, given where we are, what should European office investors be looking to buy over the next few months and years? Addressing these matters is program guest Zachary Gauge, real estate research analyst with UBS Asset Management. (10/2020)

What is the “bed, shed and bread” thesis? How do investors go about future-proofing their Asia-Pacific real estate portfolios? What should real estate investors be doing now if they picked “losers” sitting in their portfolios? Shaowei Toh, head of research and strategy for the Asia-Pacific region at UBS, joins the program to explain. (10/2020)

Nickolay Bochilo, executive vice president of investments at Bell Partners, discusses pricing dislocations, major trends within the U.S. multifamily space, and why some regions are experiencing different investment activity in 2020. (10/2020)    

Buyers are looking for distressed real estate assets and bargain prices. Sellers are mostly standing firm for fear of leaving money on the table. That's been a formula for sluggish deal flows among several property types. Loretta Clodfelter, senior editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, reports. (10/2020)

In the first part of a multi-part series, Marcelo Cajias, head of data intelligence at PATRIZIA AG, discusses how to approach data in the era of digitalization. (10/2020) For more information from PATRIZIA on this matter check out this sponsor interview with Madhi Mokrane here.

Will Pattison, head of real estate research and strategy at MetLife Investment Management, discusses the resilience of the office sector amid the pandemic and how investors should proceed in the current market. (10/2020)

Real estate alternative sectors are top-of-mind today as investors seek to diversify and future-proof their real estate portfolios. This webinar will discuss three megatrends — a continued shift towards renting, a transformation of the U.S. healthcare system and a rise in the digital economy — that Nuveen expects to help drive the long-term outperformance of alternative housing, healthcare, and technology real estate properties. Learn about demand drivers impacting each subsector and our view of future opportunities. (10/2020) Moderator: Jonathan Schein,…

David Hodes, a founder and co-managing partner at Hodes Weill, discusses the momentum of M&A deals in the second half of 2020 and key drivers of transaction activity. (09/2020)

What is the current definition of core real estate in Europe? What is the negative side about expanding properties considered to be core? And how are society changes and technology advancements changing core’s definition? Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, wrote a major feature story on the topic in the October edition of the magazine, and he joins us to discuss his conclusions. (09/2020)

With the forced virtualization of much of the U.S. workforce in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, speculation about the future of the office has been rampant among commercial real estate operators and investors. Among the observers and commentators are Joe Muratore and Ryan Swehla of Graceada Partners, who recently co-authored a white paper discussing how the pandemic will change the nature of offices and work. They view the situation largely from a secondary and tertiary market perspective and have witnessed…

Discover the latest trends, strategies and insights surrounding multifamily investments. This webinar takes a 360-degree view of the multifamily sector through a discussion that includes perspectives from an investor, investment manager and operator. Learn the key issues on their minds as related to investment management, capital raising and relationship management today. (09/2020) Moderator: Lou Jacobsohn, Enterprise Account Director, Juniper Square Speakers: Cecelia Chen, Senior Investment Officer, Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System Russell Dixon, Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, RedHill…