Videos & Podcasts

Mentorship has been a staple of professional advancement for decades, though it is still sorely underused, according to many observers. Then there is "sponsorship," which is a step past mentorship and little understood. To explore these subjects we are joined by Deborah Froling, a financial industry attorney with Kutak Rock LLP, and an advocate of mentorship and sponsorship, especially for the under-represented ranks of women in the financial professions. (04/2016)

Heads up infrastructure investors and those involved in thematic investment strategies. In his new book, The Silk Roads, historian Peter Frankopan asserts that China is reestablishing a modern-day network of its historic silk roads that connected much of the world and fostered the spread and integration of culture and commerce. This time, though, China is expanding its influence in the form of a trillion dollars in global infrastructure projects in an effort to supply its own vast need for resources…

Christopher McGrew, president and CIO at Parmenter Realty Partners, discusses current changes at Parmenter as well at investment opportunities in the southeast United States. (04/2016)

Thomas Masthay, director, real assets, at the Texas Municipal Retirement System, discusses Texas Municipal’s involvement in real assets, an overview of the real estate portfolio, their recent investment volume/activity and what the investment plans/strategies are for 2016. (04/2016)

How do Airbnb users and hotel guests differ? Which markets are most vulnerable to Airbnb? Which types of hotels are most at risk? Is Airbnb reducing hotel asset prices? How can hoteliers fend off the Airbnb challenge? Peter Zabierek, the CEO of Presima, joins us to elaborate on his organization’s research on the subject. (04/2016)

Mark Roberts, managing director at Deutsche Asset Management, discusses why investors should take a cautious approach. He also identifies a few leading indicators and suggests some strategies investors should consider globally. (03/2016)

Simon Treacy, global CIO at BlackRock Real Estate, discusses global diversification of U.S. capital in the international markets. (03/2016)

Philip Barker, senior managing director at CBRE Capital Markets, touches on how the markets rounded out in 2015, discusses how he is advising his clients for their upcoming year and what trends he thinks may be occurring in the secondary real estate markets in 2016. (03/2016)

John Baczewski, president, Real Estate Fiduciary Services, discusses real estate returns and fees historically, now, and what we should expect in the future. (03/2016)

Vivek Wadhwa, Fellow, Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University, touches on the future of artificial intelligence and how it will impact real estate. (3/2016)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses some real estate trends making headlines, as well as the energy situation unfolding in the United States and around the globe. (03/2016)

The City of Angels is undergoing two major changes to its transportation infrastructure: 1) the Los Angeles City Council–approved Mobility Plan 2035 that would redesign the Los Angeles roadways over the next 20 years. 2) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Rail system expansion. These changes will alter access patterns across the metroplex and spawn new commercial real estate opportunities. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, elaborates. (05/2016)

Two acronyms — one old (FIRPTA), one new (PATH) — are on the lips of tax lawyers and foreign investors interested in targeting U.S. real estate in a more tax-friendly way. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, explains the expected impact of the legislative changes. (03/2016)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses immigration's financial impact, capital flight from China, sliding bank stocks, foreign investment in U.S. real estate, and the still beleaguered domestic housing market. (02/2016)

What are the biggest mistakes forecasters make when offering their prognostications? What are the two critical, interrelated questions forecasters must ask to improve their forecasts? Why is forecasting more dangerous than ever, even though the information available to investors is the most reliable it has ever been? Hamel Shah, a partner with Azimuth Global Partners, explains. (02/2016)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses San Francisco office rents, the disparity between public and private real estate valuations, cheap oil, economic tumult in China, and other investor issues of the day. (01/2016)

Technology-driven property markets have outperformed low-tech cities during the current expansion. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, joins the program to explain what is happening and why. (01/2016)

Jeff Kanne — CEO of National Real Estate Advisors and the co-author of an article that appeared in both Real Assets Adviser magazine and Institutional Real Estate Americas magazine — joins us to discuss the driverless-car revolution and his perspectives on how it is destined to cause mass disruption in the real estate business and force investors to rethink the financial commitments they make. (01/2016)

Asieh Mansour, senior advisor at The Townsend Group, identifies and discusses four key trends that will have implications for CRE investing and portfolio exposure. (12/2015)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, President & CEO, Publisher & Editor-in-chief at Institutional Real Estate, Inc., recaps the commercial real estate market and the happenings at IREI in 2015. (12/2015)