Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Podcast

If you enjoy sports, particularly professional soccer, and you are interested in opportunity zones, we invite you to listen to this program with guest Brett Johnson, co-founder and partner of Fortuitous Partners, and co-chairman of the Phoenix Rising Football Club. He has embarked on a series of opportunity zone projects in cities such as Baltimore, Phoenix, and Pawtucket, R.I., for opportunity zone developments that are mixed-used projects anchored by sports stadiums that also encompass housing, retail, office and hotel. Brett Johnson shares the concept he and his partners and investors are pursuing. (01/2020)

If you enjoy sports, particularly professional soccer, and you are interested in opportunity zones, we invite you to listen to this program with guest Brett Johnson, co-founder and partner of Fortuitous Partners, and co-chairman of the Phoenix Rising Football Club. He has embarked on a series of opportunity zone projects in cities such as Baltimore, Phoenix, and Pawtucket, R.I., for opportunity zone developments that are mixed-used projects anchored by sports stadiums that also encompass housing, retail, office and hotel. Brett Johnson shares the concept he and his partners and investors are pursuing. (01/2020)

How are advisers gaining exposure to private real estate? What is the typical minimum investment and hold time? How has tax policy affected private real estate investments? What is the rationale for including core real estate in investor portfolios? And how is it successfully integrated into a client portfolio? Scott Spalding, head of high-net-worth private markets at CBRE Global Investors, recently wrote a report on the subject and joins the program with answers. (12/2019)

What are the grand designs being pursued by Europe’s property managers? What does the future hold last-mile delivery networks? Why are German developers turning to mixed-use complexes in large numbers? And what were the standout stories of 2019? Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, has the answers. (12/2019)

Why has real estate, historically, been a bigger factor for defined benefit retirement plans than defined contribution plans? Is that changing? What structures are being used to invest in real estate by defined contribution plans? What are the key points of resistance that prevent investment in real estate by defined contribution plans? And what does the future hold for real estate investing in defined contribution retirement plans? Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, who reported and wrote the story, takes us through the latest developments.

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Michelle Mathieu, CIO of Fulcrum Capital. Mathieu’s cover profile appears in the December 2019 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (11/2019)

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., back from the 2019 Editorial Advisory Board Meeting for the company's Institutional Investing in Infrastructure magazine, and the NCREIF Fall Conference, offers his roundup and insights. (11/2019)

What constitutes core investing in agriculture? What are the components of smart ag sleeve in an investment portfolio? How has farmland investing been trending among investors? Is now an especially good time to invest in ag? How is it expected to perform during the next recession? Brandon Zick, who manages investments for Ceres Partners, offers some answers. (11/2019)

Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, discusses the most likely scenarios regarding Brexit and its impact on real estate investors. (11/2019)

Dry powder is fueling interest in entity-level investing, rent control is sweeping parts of the nation and creating challenging public policy and investing issues, and building owners and managers are suddenly finding they must think seriously about their exposure to WeWork leases. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, takes us through these topics.

Even during times of economic distress there are some real estate property types or strategies that prove resilient. As investors reformulate their portfolios in anticipation of an expected real estate downturn, which property type or strategy would they be wise to bolster in their portfolios? We take that question to Spenser Allaway, an analyst on the retail research team with Green Street Advisors. (10/2019)

Even during times of economic distress there are some real estate property types or strategies that prove resilient. As investors reformulate their portfolios in anticipation of an expected real estate downturn, which property type or strategy would they be wise to bolster in their portfolios? We take that question to Spenser Allaway, an analyst on the retail research team with Green Street Advisors. (10/2019)

Even in times of economic distress there are some real estate property types or strategies that prove resilient. As investors reformulate their portfolios in anticipation of an expected real estate downturn, which property type or strategy would they be wise to bolster in their portfolios? We take that question to Spenser Allaway, an analyst on the retail research team with Green Street Advisors. (10/2019)

Biofuels used to be a major talking point in conversations about renewables, but they seem to have disappeared from the scene as solar and wind power have escalated as clean energy sources. Why the silence about biofuels? Do they still have a future? Are there technological breakthroughs in the offing? Do investment opportunities exist? To learn more, we asked biofuel and biomass expert Naoko Ellis, professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of British Columbia, to join us. (10/2019)

Biofuels used to be a major talking point in conversations about renewables, but they seem to have disappeared from the scene as solar and wind power have escalated as clean energy sources. Why the silence about biofuels? Do they still have a future? Are there technological breakthroughs in the offing? Do investment opportunities exist? To learn more, we asked biofuel and biomass expert Naoko Ellis, professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of British Columbia, to join us. (10/2019)