Videos & Podcasts

The OECF universe continues to expand as institutional investors seek greater global diversification, enhanced liquidity and overall flexibility in managing their real estate allocations. In the Alliance OECF Considerations, Heather Border, co-founder and managing partner at Alliance Global Advisors, and Jennifer Stevens, co-founder and managing partner at Alliance Global Advisors, outline some important considerations for investment managers to evaluate before launching an OECF. (06/2021)

What is the difference between diversity, equity and inclusion, the three components of DEI? Why has diversity been so slow in coming to U.S. workplaces? What are the chief impediments to DEI and in what ways has the definition of diversity expanded? And what are some of today’s best practices in achieving DEI? TJ Edwards and Jason Golub, executives with Walker & Dunlop, join the program to discuss the continuing effort to achieve more inclusive working environments. (06/2021)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., remembers Larry Hull, his long-time friend, mentor and father figure. Other subjects commented on: The restart of live business events, inflation and the surge of single-family rentals. (06/2021)

Investors are engaged in a flight to safety, but what defines a defensive or safe real estate class these days? What are the most popular defensive sectors at present? And what problems arise from a parade of investors chasing the same types of assets? Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, reports on the topic. (06/2021)

Special purpose acquisition companies, more commonly referred to as SPACs, have stormed Wall Street to great fanfare and criticism. Where did SPACs come from? What’s the difference between the good ones and bad? Where are they going? Peter Lewis, chairman and founder of Wharton Equity, offers his assessment, as well as what he considers the hottest property type in real estate. (06/2021)

What is the state of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the institutional real estate industry? What are the trends, challenges and solutions from investors and investment managers? Discover practical and actionable insights on this important topic. This webinar is be broken into two parts, each featuring a group of expert speakers. (06/2021)

Rick Murdock attended an event in Omaha, Neb., and was amazed by the types of automated construction he was seeing that was available in Europe but still unused in the United States. He subsequently founded a company named Autovol and built a 400,000-square-foot automated construction plant in Idaho, where he focuses on affordable housing projects. Murdock comes on the program to tell his story and highlight the future of robotics in construction. (06/2021)

Joanna Frank, president and CEO of the Center for Active Design, discusses some of the key takeaways from a study coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the Center for Active Design and BentallGreenOak. The study covers what is driving demand for healthy buildings, what this means for investors and more. To read the full report, click here.

Inflation is rising in the United States, but how big a threat does it pose? Are we heading into a full-blown inflationary cycle, or are we experiencing a blip? If the former is the case, what must investors do to protect portfolios against disruption? If the latter, how is a serious bout of inflation going to be held in check? We turn to a pair of keen observers: Ethan Penner, managing partner and co-founder of Mosaic Real Estate Investors, and…

Sally French Tyler, executive vice president of First American Title Insurance Co. and National Commercial Services Division president speaks to industry trends and the changing face of commercial real estate. (06/2021)