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 current city is most emblematic of the future of urban life? What do cities from past civilizations have to teach us about the cities of today and tomorrow? What is the next great shift urban planning and what is driving that change? Urban planner and developer Jonathan Rose, author of The Well-Tempered City, joins us to answer those and other questions. (09/2016)
Rapid advances in technology are calling into question how much work will be left to human beings in the years to come, which has major implications for real estate investors. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, reports on that story and a few other highlights in the September 2016 edition. (09/2016)
Unlike most major German cities, Berlin does not have many skyscrapers, either commercial or residential. That may change, as there are plans for residential towers. Richard Fleming, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, reports. (08/2016)
Kenneth Campbell, who spent his professional lifetime reporting on the REIT business and wrote the first full-length book on REITs many years ago, is back with yet another book titled “Watch That Rat Hole: And Witness the REIT Revolution.” He joins us to discuss his new book and what he saw from the industry’s nascent days to its current market capitalization of $1.1 trillion. (08/2016)
Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, interviews Harsh Mehta, co-founder and CEO of Work Better, on the current and future situations of the co-working space. For more about the co-working space, read "The future of work: What will work be? Where will we do it? And what does that mean for real estate?" in our September issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas here. (08/2016)
Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses new people and activities at the organization. (08/2016)
What are the hottest U.S. real estate markets and property types? Are some markets and property types becoming overbuilt? Is there still money to be made in secondary markets? We take up these subjects with Bryan Sanchez, co-CIO and portfolio manager at Lionstone Investments. (07/2016)
The Bank of Japan enters a brave, new monetary frontier. In January it implemented a 10 basis point negative interest rate policy for new deposits from banks. Reporter Benjamin Cole explains the situation. (07/2016)
Building information modeling, or BIM, is sharply reducing the design time, construction costs and budget overruns on infrastructure projects — as well as construction projects in general. It also brings a higher degree of precision to design and construction. Future iterations of BIM will bring even more benefits to civil engineering and construction. For more on this topic we turn to Terry Bennett, the senior industry strategist for civil infrastructure at Autodesk. (07/2016)
Alison Schneider, director, responsible investment at Alberta Investment Management Corp., discusses the need for sustainability benchmarking across the real assets market. (07/2016)