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.
What did the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic teach us about the world's ability to rebound from medical and economic trauma? What are some of the factors that need to be taken into account with regard to the current COVID-19 pandemic and economic shutdown? And, on a microcosmic level, how has it been affecting IREI's business operations? Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., offers some perspectives. (04/2020)
John Williams, chief investment officer, president, Avanath Capital Management, discusses the increase in capital allocation from ESG investors to the affordable housing industry, how Avanath provides impact investments for its investors, how they measure that impact and if Avanath anticipates a shift in ESG investors in 2020 based on current market conditions. (04/2020)
Tom Masthay, director of private equity for the Texas Municipal Retirement System, provides an update on TMRS' real estate and infrastructure strategies and shares goals for the real assets portfolio in 2020. (04/2020)
Even as large swaths of U.S. commerce have plunged in the grips of the COVID-19 economic shutdown, the industrial/warehouse real estate sector has shown great resilience, maintaining high occupancy rates and benefiting from the “on-shoring” and “near-shoring” trends. Jon Pharris is co-founder and president of CapRock Partners, which specializes in the acquisition of middle-market, value-add assets, as well as developing large scale industrial warehouse facilities. He joins the program to elaborate on the property type’s outperformance. (04/2020)
By the time he attended college, he was dreaming of a career as an NFL linebacker. That was followed by visions of being a Hollywood actor. In the end, Christopher Rising followed in the footsteps of his father — longtime Los Angeles real estate developer Nelson Rising — in the construction and leasing of office buildings. Now, with office space under big pressure from the forced telecommuting of millions of U.S. office workers, Christopher Rising, co-founder and CEO of Rising…
Haresh Patel, CEO of Mercatus, discusses how to measure data at the "asset level," what the impact of ESG is having on asset management right now, what ESG metrics are driving behavioral changes for investors and more. (04/2020)
Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, offers an update of regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the euro zone. (04/2020)
Chris Miers, senior research consultant on the real assets research team at NEPC, discusses growth within the investable universe, alpha opportunities, and why investors should globalize their investment portfolios. (04/2020) Chris Miers attended IREI's 2020 Visions, Insights & Perspectives (VIP) Americas event in Dana Point, Calif. in January.
Loretta Clodfelter, senior editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, offers her perspectives on the coronoavirus climate for business and real estate investing, as reported in the latest edition of the magazine. (04/2020)
Melissa Reagen, managing director, head of research – Americas, at Nuveen Real Estate, discusses the predictive analytics the research team at Nuveen Real Estate is implementing to track data. (04/2020)