Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Podcast
Summary: Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI) — a commercial real estate publishing and consulting company — presents our new, free podcast series to help keep you up-to-date on the current institutional real estate investment market. Tune in throughout the month to hear updates from IREI's president and CEO, Geoffrey Dohrmann, in “The Dohrmann Report”; interviews with article authors that get you deeper into our publication in our “Inside the Edition” episodes; and “Report from Europe” episodes that will highlight different countries within Europe. Don't miss any episodes — subscribe now!
Podcasts:
A new report from the CCIM Institute, a commercial real estate organization, offers five — sometimes surprising — predictions regarding online retailing, new retail showroom concepts, innovations in warehouse design, insights about last-mile fulfillment, the importance of adaptive reuse of retail space, and other issues. K.C. Conway, chief economist of the CCIM Institute, joins the program to elaborate. (10/2019)
Russell Gold, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy, tells the story of Michael Skelly who began working on wind energy in 2000 when many considered the industry a joke. Eight years later, Skelly helped build the second largest U.S. wind power company, which he sold for $2 billion. Wind power is no longer the butt of energy jokes, and Skelly is not done working on converting the U.S. power grid from fossil fuel-based to renewable-based energy. Mr. Gold joins us to tell his story. (10/2019)
Russell Gold, Wall Street Journal reporter and author of Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy, tells the story of Michael Skelly, an infrastructure builder who began working on wind energy in 2000 when many considered the industry a joke. Eight years later, Skelly helped build the second largest U.S. wind power company, which he sold for $2 billion. Wind power is no longer the butt of energy jokes, and Skelly is not done working on converting the U.S. power grid from fossil fuel-based to renewable-based energy. Mr. Gold joins us to tell his story. (10/2019)
Affordable housing remains a huge and growing problem in the United States, despite significant efforts to alleviate the situation. Our guest, Inna Khidekel, a partner in capital markets at Bridge Investment Group, points out the lack of affordable housing, which now affects more than 60 percent of the population, is turning out to be a major investment opportunity, provided investors move beyond traditional approaches. Bridge and other investment managers are taking an entirely new approach that involves partnering with social service organizations to help improve tenants’ lives and ultimately keeps them in place and paying the rent. Ms. Khidekel joins us to explain the concept. (09/2019)
Affordable housing remains a huge and growing problem in the United States, despite significant efforts to alleviate the situation. Our guest, Inna Khidekel, a partner in capital markets at Bridge Investment Group, points out the lack of affordable housing, which now affects more than 60 percent of the population, is turning out to be a major investment opportunity, provided investors move beyond traditional approaches. Bridge and other investment managers are taking an entirely new approach that involves partnering with social service organizations to help improve tenants’ lives and ultimately keeps them in place and paying the rent. Ms. Khidekel joins us to explain the concept. (09/2019)
Islamic finance has enormous influence in our global economy and has been a large contributor to the many financial investments made worldwide. Yet, it remains a mystery to most. To demystify the subject, we are joined by Thom Polson, an Islamic finance expert and director of global investments for Pentavirate, as well as directing the Himayah Financial Group, a subsidiary of the organization. (10/2019)
This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Clare Golla, managing direct and head of endowment and foundation advisory services at Bernstein Private Wealth Management. Golla’s cover profile appears in the October 2019 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (09/2019)
What is esports (or electronic sports) and why is it being played by millions around the world, including in custom sports venues? What are the implications for real estate developers and investors, and how might smaller-scale esports venues be integrated into traditional and lifestyle malls, as well as other retail spaces? Chi Bhatia, a senior designer with the sports and entertainment division of the architecture firm HKS, is our guest on the subject. (09/2019)
What is esports (or electronic sports) and why is it being played by millions around the world, including in custom sports venues? What are the implications for real estate developers and investors, and how might smaller-scale esports venues be integrated into traditional and lifestyle malls, as well as other retail spaces? Chi Bhatia, a senior designer with the sports and entertainment division of the architecture firm HKS, is our guest on the subject. (09/2019)
You might be surprised to learn that virtually all of Puerto Rico is a qualified opportunity zone for investors. Or that 80,000 housing units are needed, as well as many mixed-use, hospitality and infrastructure projects. Ricardo Alvarez-Diaz, co-founder and CEO of Alvarez-Diaz & Villalon, an architecture firm with offices in San Juan and Miami, joins the program to explain what is possible for real estate developers and investors. (09/2019)
It seems more wealthy families are choosing to give the bulk of their fortunes to philanthropic causes rather than their children. Why this trend? To what causes are the wealthy contributing? What are the characteristics of the New Philanthropy? We discuss these questions with Brook Lester, chief wealth strategist with the Memphis office of Diversified Trust. (09/2019)
How has the real estate financing landscape changed in the past few years? Is construction financing becoming a new focus for real estate debt funds? What are the risks associated with investing in construction financing? Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, delves into the subject — as well as offering her assessment of WeWork’s ill-fated IPO. (09/2019)
While self-storage has been a hot niche real estate investment in the United States for years, it is just beginning to gain ground in Europe, giving investors a potentially lucrative opportunity. Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, discusses the current state of self-storage in the region, why it is forecast to grow, and what kind of returns investors can reasonably expect. (09/2019)
Fast approaching is the 2019 Fall Editorial Advisory Board Meeting for Institutional Real Estate Americas in Cape Neddick, Maine. How long these meetings have been going on? How has the dialogue among investors and managers has changed over the years? What some of the topics to be discussed at this fall’s meeting? And what is anticipates the overall tone of this meeting vis-à-vis past years? Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., gives us his roundup. (09/2019)
Paul Chen is lead managing consultant with RealFoundations and author of an article titled The AI advantage, which appears in the September edition of Institutional Real Estate Asia-Pacific. In that article, Chen argues that investors and managers must begin understanding the potential of artificial intelligence or risk being left behind by the competition. He joins the program to expound on his position and the potential of AI. (09/2019)