Videos & Podcasts

How has the real estate financing landscape changed in the past few years? Is construction financing becoming a new focus for real estate debt funds? What are the risks associated with investing in construction financing? Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, delves into the subject — as well as offering her assessment of WeWork's ill-fated IPO. (09/2019)

While self-storage has been a hot niche real estate investment in the United States for years, it is just beginning to gain ground in Europe, giving investors a potentially lucrative opportunity. Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, discusses the current state of self-storage in the region, why it is forecast to grow, and what kind of returns investors can reasonably expect. (09/2019)

Fast approaching is the 2019 Fall Editorial Advisory Board Meeting for Institutional Real Estate Americas in Cape Neddick, Maine. How long have these meetings been going on? How has the dialogue among investors and managers changed over the years? What are some of the topics to be discussed at this fall’s meeting? And what is anticipated to be the overall tone of this meeting vis-à-vis past years? Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., gives us his…

Paul Chen is lead managing consultant with RealFoundations and author of an article titled The AI advantage, which appears in the September edition of Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific. In that article, Chen argues that investors and managers must begin understanding the potential of artificial intelligence or risk being left behind by the competition. He joins the program to expound on his position and the potential of AI. (08/2019)

How has the British real estate market been reacting recently to Brexit uncertainty? Could prime minister Boris Johnson finally get a Brexit plan enacted by Parliament? What would an Oct. 31 “no deal” exit from the European Union mean to the British economy? Meanwhile, the German economy slips into recession. Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, offers his monthly analysis of all things eurozone. (08/2019)

WeWork has some company in the co-working, and that is driving some new trends in the space. Meanwhile, "mass timber" has caught fire with builders because it is poised to be faster, cheaper and greener than traditional construction materials. Those feature stories are found in the July/August edition of Institutional Real Estate Americas, and the magazine's editor, Loretta Clodfelter, joins the program to elaborate. (08/2019)

David "Mac" WcWhorter, executive director at iREOC, discusses the benefits of relationships with developers or real estate operating companies in joint ventures, the difference between a single-project joint venture and a programmatic joint venture, some of the trends in the industry with regard to joint ventures and more. (08/2019)

Colin Yasukochi, research director – U.S. West Coast at CBRE, and Lexi Russell, associate director, research & analysis at CBRE, discuss a few takeaways from CBRE's Scoring Tech Talent, a report on influencing innovation, economic and real estate growth in 50 U.S. & Canadian markets. (08/2019)

Fred Pierce, president & CEO at Pierce Education Properties, discusses where we are in the current real estate cycle focusing on student housing, what impact a pending recession would have on student housing investing, what the current investment trends are in the student housing market, and what the future holds for student housing ownership and capital raising. (07/2019)

Climate change and the prospect of its immense financial impact on Australia's real estate and financial industries is pushing the country to further embrace responsible investment practices. The situation prompted financial sector stakeholders to form the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative. What does the initiative call for, and what’s at stake for Australia? Ruben Langbroek, head of Asia Pacific at GRESB, an organization committed to assessing ESG performance of real assets globally, joins the program to explain. (07/2019)

Poles are enjoying a strong economy and investors are taking note. Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, is in the throes of researching and writing a feature story about the situation in Poland for the September edition of the magazine. He joins us to preview the piece. (07/2019)

How much logistics space will be needed over the next five years in Asia? Where will the demand be greatest? What is driving demand, other than online and traditional retail sales? What role are automation and robotics expected to play? What do investors need to know about this opportunity? Our guest, Jonathan Hsu, director with M&G Real Estate, explains the situation. (07/2019)

Joseph Coughlin, founder and director of the AgeLab at MIT, and author of The Longevity Economy: Inside the World's Fastest Growing, Most Misunderstood Market, joins the program to offer his insights on senior housing trends, modern aging, and why the baby boom generation is living and aging like non-other before it. (07/2019)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., opines on interest rates, private equity, infrastructure, property types, and what he finds most positive and troubling in the current investing environment — among other topics. (07/2019)

Keith Garrison, senior alternative assets manager at Texas Christian University, discusses real estate investing supported by demographics, i.e., the demand for student housing, medical office, senior living, workforce housing and more. (07/2019)

Alice Breheny, head of research, real estate, at NUVEEN, discusses the understanding of what makes winning cities and how to design strategies around that concept. (06/2019)

Berlin rents have doubled in the past 10 years as new housing construction has failed to keep pace with the city’s rapid population growth. City leaders, concerned that Berlin rents could become as stratospheric as London’s if action is not taken, have decided to halt rent increases effective in January 2020, to the chagrin of landlords and investors. Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, reports the details. (06/2019)

How do you define secondary and tertiary markets? What are the top markets in each category? What are the prime opportunities in those markets for real estate investors? What are the risks? What is the difference between investing in those markets today versus 10 or 20 years ago? To cover those subjects we are joined by Pat Jackson, founder and CEO of Sabal Capital Holdings, a financial services firm specializing in commercial real estate investing. (06/2019)

What are the four major themes real estate investors should be taking into account when making investment decisions? Indraneel “Indy” Karlekar, senior managing director of global research and strategy at Principal Real Estate Investors, has been studying the issue and authored a new report on the topic. He joins the program to share his latest findings. (06/2019)

What kinds of organizations are suited to go public as REITs? What are the antecedents of a successful REIT IPO? How are public REITs expected to perform during the next real estate downturn? What is the biggest difference between the REITs of today and yesteryear? Morrison & Foerster attorney Andy Campbell, who specializes in REIT IPOs, joins the program to bring us up to speed. (06/2019)