Tune in regularly to hear industry executives and thought leaders share their market perspectives and insights. In addition, keep abreast of industry trends and issues by listening to The Dohrmann Report, a monthly podcast with IREI chairman and CEO Geoffrey Dohrmann.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new rule allowing the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising, but the new policy is still wrapped in mystery. For some clarity on the issue, we turn to Amy Lynch, a former SEC and FINRA examiner and investigator, who has since founded FrontLine Compliance, a firm that assists private sector companies with their regulatory and compliance issues. (01/2021)
Bryan Marsh, CEO at Strategic Data Center Fund Manager, explains why data centers are thriving despite 2020 real estate woes. Look for part 1 here and part 3 in February 2021. (01/2021) Read our article on how demand drivers for digital infrastructure assets remain unchanged here.
Is there anything more corrosive to an economy and economic well-being of people than inflation? Yet, after many years of tame inflationary pressure, there are numerous economists forecasting the return of inflation based on multiple factors, such as central banks quantitative easing campaign and the printing of money, as well as the inevitable financial rebound coming out of the economic repression of the coronavirus pandemic and partial economic lockdown. Joining the program to assess the situation is economist Christopher Thornberg,…
Mark Versey, chief investment officer, real assets, at Aviva Investors, talks through the manager’s recent 2020 Real Assets survey, explains why the working-from-home phenomenon could provide new opportunities for real estate investors in the coming months and offers an upbeat prediction for investments in 2021. (01/2021)
It has been a rough year for some publicly traded REITs — depending on property type — and real estate generally. But how will they perform going forward and which property types will outperform versus underperform? We take those and other questions to Abby McCarthy, senior vice president of investment affairs at Nareit, and Jim Clark, client portfolio manager for Nuveen’s real estate securities. (01/2021)
It would be difficult to cite a real estate niche that has garnered more interest and performed better than data centers. But our guests, Casey Miller and Todd Kellenberger of Principal Real Estate Investors, argue that data centers have now moved from a niche real estate play to center stage in real estate portfolios. They join the program to make their case. (01/2021)
Eighteen months ago, Sigrid Zialcita, CEO of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association, predicted on the pages of Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific that Asia’s REITs would have a banner century. We visit with the leader of APREA to get an update on that assessment, as well as to ask her what concerns her most about the Asia REIT business, and what makes her most optimistic about their continued progress. (12/2020)
As we end the first year of a new decade and look forward to a new year, Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., reflects on an extraordinary pandemic-riddled 2020, as well as the prospects for better times ahead in 2021. He also updates listeners on new initiatives being rolled out at IREI. (12/2020)
What is the state of the life sciences real estate market in Europe? What’s attractive about it to investors? How big might the appetite for high-specification laboratory and manufacturing space eventually become? Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, reports. (12/2020)
The speed with which vaccines for the novel coronavirus are being developed demonstrates the astonishing leaps being made in the fields of medicine and biotechnology, and that has created surging demand for high-specification laboratory and manufacturing space. This real estate niche has not been lost on savvy investors. Loretta Clodfelter, senior editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, brings us the latest. (12/2020)