Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Podcast

Michael Haddock — senior director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at CBRE — elaborates on the “Assessing the Alternatives” article he wrote for December 2015 edition of Institutional Real Estate Europe (a sister publication to Real Assets Adviser). Haddock, in his article and during this discussion, deals with this question: Is it a smart move to start making commitments to high-yield real estate investments, or is that strategy too risky in the current environment?

Michael Haddock — senior director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at CBRE — elaborates on the “Assessing the Alternatives” article he wrote for December 2015 edition of Institutional Real Estate Europe. Haddock, in his article and during this discussion, deals with this question: Is it a smart move to start making commitments to high-yield real estate investments, or is that strategy too risky in the current environment?

In this year-ending podcast, Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses the cost of pollution in China, the hotel business, construction forecasts, the so-called rental-rate crisis in the United States, the city of Chicago's fading gravitas, Asia-Euro transaction activity, and the brightening performance of funds of funds targeting Asia and Europe.

Leonie Wilkinson, regional director of client capital in the Asia Pacific region for LaSalle Investment Management, explains why Australian diversified open-end funds maximize the benefits and mitigate the risks of real estate investing.

We discuss IREI's second annual Springboard conference, a leadership development program for the next generation of real estate investment leaders. Our guests are conference mentors Glenn Lowenstein, a partner and CIO at Lionstone Investments; Steve Gruber, managing director of Real Asset Portfolio Management; John D’Angelo, managing director of RealFoundations, Inc.; and Scott Stuckman, executive managing director at USAA Real Estate Co.

Peter Steil, CEO of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, joins us to discuss his organization's newest indices, including its Daily Priced Fund Index, which is geared to make direct investments in private real estate more feasible and liquid for the retail wealth adviser and investor.

Peter Steil, CEO of the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, joins us to discuss his organization's newest indices, as well as its education offerings.

Jonathan Schein, an executive with Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (the parent company of Real Assets Adviser magazine), offers an analysis of homeownership among past presidential contenders. Could the right level of homeownership smooth one's path to the White House?

IREI executive Jonathan Schein offers an analysis of homeownership among past presidential contenders. Could the right level of homeownership smooth one's path to the White House?

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview with Will Braman, chief investment officer of Ballentine Partners, a $5.2 billion wealth advisory firm based in the Boston suburb of Waltham, Mass. His cover profile appears in the December 2015 edition of Real Assets Adviser.

IREI editors Mike Consol and Loretta Clodfelter discuss the latest statistics on the significant growth of the real estate investment pie and the shifting percentages controlled by the industry's mega-firms and emerging firms.

We are joined by Todd Briddell, CEO and chief investment officer of CenterSquare Investment Management, an organization that has traditionally dealt with institutional investors such as pension funds, foundations and endowments, but more recently has been moving into the retail space, with fund offerings for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

We are joined by Todd Briddell, CEO and chief investment officer of CenterSquare Investment Management, an organization that has traditionally dealt with institutional investors such as pension funds, foundations and endowments, but more recently has been moving into the retail space, with fund offerings for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices.

This month, Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., reviews a trio of recent IREI events, including the company's recent Editorial Advisory Board meetings in Asia and Europe, as well as the second annual Springboard conference.

Our guest is Jeff Stonger, an executive with Amstar, the Denver-based real estate investment house, who discusses his organization's opportunistic investment in the previously stalled Warsaw residential high-rise Zlota 44.