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:
What were the terms of the landmark 75-year Warner Bros. lease in Burbank? Our guest is Andrew Schmerzler, the business attorney who negotiated the lease. He joins us to discuss other major entertainment projects under development in L.A., what constitutes “entertainment real estate,” the short- and long-term future of entertainment properties, and whether there is a clear path for high-net-worth individuals to participate, either separate from or alongside institutional players. (05/2019)
“The megastorm era,” the lead feature in the May 2019 issue of Institutional Real Estate Americas, examines why the real estate industry is dragging its heels on pricing weather risk into values and investment assumptions. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of the magazine, discusses that topic, as well as the push toward “sustainable warehouses.” (05/2019)
Aaron Block and Zach Aarons, co-authors of PropTech 101: Turning Chaos Into Cash Through Real Estate Innovation, join the program to discuss their book, the PropTech startup incubator and VC organization they co-founded, and to outline their vision of how property technology will revolutionize the real estate business. (05/2019)
Aaron Block and Zach Aarons, co-authors of PropTech 101: Turning Chaos Into Cash Through Real Estate Innovation, join the program to discuss their book, the PropTech startup incubator and VC organization they co-founded, and to outline their vision of how property technology will revolutionize the real estate business. (05/2019)
Stephen Blum, president and founder with Strategic Wealth Planning, joins Greg Mausz to discuss the entrance of RIAs into the alternative investment space and explains the benefits of incorporating alternative investments into portfolios, the steps that should be taken and how RIAs can prepare. (05/2019)
The Australian real estate debt sector is undergoing substantial change and creating new opportunities for investors. Australian banks are withdrawing from real estate lending, creating openings for nonbank lenders. What kinds of opportunities is this creating for investors? To discuss we are joined by Peter Mitchell, director of Elysium Capital, and a consultant with Emerge Capital on offshore investment into real estate debt and equity products in Australia. He is also ex-CEO of the Asian Public Real Estate Association. (05/2019)
The Australian real estate debt sector is undergoing substantial change and creating new opportunities for both institutional and high-net-worth individuals. Australian banks are going through a significant withdrawal from commercial real estate loans, and that has created an opening for nonbank private equity lenders, such as Blackstone, KKR and many others. What kinds of opportunities is this creating for investors? How attractive are returns from nonbank lenders? To discuss the turn of events we are joined by Peter Mitchell, director of Elysium Capital, and a consultant with Emerge Capital on offshore investment into real estate debt and equity products in Australia. He is also ex-CEO of the Asian Public Real Estate Association. (05/2019)
Chinese investment in U.S. commercial real estate boomed from 2014 until 2017, then it dropped off. Why the decline? What is behind China’s new strategy of capital controls? How air-tight is the Chinese government’s control over preventing the offshoring of wealth? What does the future hold? To discuss those issues we are joined by Ben Briggs, an executive with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, and lead author of the book Chinese Institutions’ Definitive Guide to USA Commercial Real Estate. (05/2019)
How is artificial intelligence going to be applied to real estate crowdfunding? What are the weaknesses of AI? What void is crowdfunding filling in the real estate market? And how can wealth managers use the platform on behalf of their clients? Our guest — Adam Hooper, founder and CEO of RealCrowd, an online real estate equity marketplace — takes on those subjects. (05/2019)
How is artificial intelligence going to be applied to real estate crowdfunding? What are the weaknesses of AI? What void is crowdfunding filling in the real estate market? And how can wealth managers use the platform on behalf of their clients? Our guest — Adam Hooper, founder and CEO of RealCrowd, an online real estate equity marketplace — takes on those subjects. (05/2019)
Crowdfunding platforms have now set their sights on underwriting infrastructure projects, albeit modestly, having raised only about $600 million thus far, and the vast majority of that for the energy sector. Still, it is a new and growing effort that is being tracked by our guest, Kate Gasparro, a Ph.D. student at Stanford University. (04/2019)
Crowdfunding platforms have now set their sights on underwriting infrastructure projects, albeit modestly, having raised only about $600 million thus far, and the vast majority of that for the energy sector. Still, it is a new and growing effort that is being tracked by our guest, Kate Gasparro, a Ph.D. student at Stanford University. (04/2019)
Crowdfunding platforms have now set their sights on underwriting infrastructure projects, albeit modestly, having raised only about $600 million thus far, and the vast majority of that for the energy sector. Still, it is a new and growing effort that is being tracked by our guest, Kate Gasparro, a Ph.D. student at Stanford University. (04/2019)
Come 2025, travelers will be traveling between Dallas and Houston at upwards of 200 mph on Japanese manufactured trains as part of a roughly $17 billion project being entirely underwritten by private investors. What is the cost structure for the organization and what is its revenue model? What will it cost passengers? What ridership level is required to make a profit? Will the system compete with air travel? And what is it expected to do for surrounding real estate development and the overall economies of Texas cities? Tim Keith, CIO of Texas Central, has answers for all of those questions and many more. (04/2019)
Come 2025, travelers will be traveling between Dallas and Houston at upwards of 200 mph on Japanese manufactured trains as part of a roughly $17 billion project being entirely underwritten by private investors. What is the cost structure for the organization and what is its revenue model? What will it cost passengers? What ridership level is required to make a profit? Will the system compete with air travel? And what is it expected to do for surrounding real estate development and the overall economies of Texas cities? Tim Keith, CIO of Texas Central, has answers for all of those questions and many more. (04/2019)