Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Podcast

What is a 24-hour city compared with a 9-to-5 city? Did you know that downtown office buildings in 24-hour cities produce investment returns that are more than 150 percent higher than 9-to-5 cities? Hugh F. Kelly, professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, has authored a new book titled “24 Hour Cities: Real Investment Performance, Not Just Promises,” which elaborates on these topics and many others. He joins us to discuss many of the highlights contained in his latest piece of research on urban settings and real estate.

What is a 24-hour city compared with a 9-to-5 city? Did you know that downtown office buildings in 24-hour cities produce investment returns that are more than 150 percent higher than 9-to-5 cities? Hugh F. Kelly, professor at the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, has authored a new book titled “24 Hour Cities: Real Investment Performance, Not Just Promises,” which elaborates on these topics and many others. He joins us to discuss many of the highlights contained in his latest piece of research on urban settings and real estate.

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Jim Steiner, president of $38 billion Abbot Downing. Also participating in the discussion is Sandy Deem, senior vice president and communications director of the firm. Steiner’s cover profile appears in the June 2016 edition of Real Assets Adviser.

Real estate leases are going to have to be accounted for on corporate balance sheets, in accordance with new U.S. and international accounting standards. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, reports on that, as well as the improving real estate market in Mexico and construction labor shortages in the United States.

Richard Fleming, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, discusses the aftermath of the United Kingdom's decision to exit the European Union.

British expatriate and economist Sam Chandan, dean of the Shack Institute of Real Estate at NYU, discusses some of the pressing questions surrounding U.K. voters decision to withdraw from the European Union, including how it will affect U.S. investors.

British expatriate and economist Sam Chandan, dean of the Shack Institute of Real Estate at NYU, discusses some of the pressing questions surrounding U.K. voters decision to withdraw from the European Union, including how it will affect U.S. investors.

Did you know that almost 88 percent of universal life insurance policies do not result in a payment or claim? In 2014, $602 billion of individually owned insurance benefits lapsed or were surrendered. Life settlement companies are trying to change that by purchasing existing life policies in return for cash. GWG Holdings executives Michael Freedman and Bill Acheson explain how it works.

After a rough ride triggered by plummeting oil prices, energy-based master limited partnership, or MLPs, are on the comeback trail. But how do wealth advisers gain access to MLPs for their high-net-worth clients? And how can advisers segregate the good from the bad? Hinds Howard, an associate portfolio manager at CBRE Clarion Securities, and the person responsible for evaluating MLPs, joins us to explain.

After a rough ride because of plummeting oil prices, energy-based master limited partnership, or MLPs, are on the comeback trail. But how should investors evaluate the good from the bad? Hinds Howard, an associate portfolio manager at CBRE Clarion Securities, and the person responsible for evaluating listed master limited partnerships, joins us to discuss.

Seth Siegel, author of the bestselling book "Let There Be Water," sees water as both a business opportunity and a looming geopolitical crisis that will result in failed foreign governments and renewed rounds of refugee crises. He joins us to discuss how Israel turned itself into a water superpower and why the United States and other nations are failing to master the production and conservation of a chemical compound that is essential to life on earth.

Seth Siegel, author of the bestselling book "Let There Be Water," sees water as both a business opportunity and a looming geopolitical crisis that will result in failed foreign governments and renewed rounds of refugee crises. He joins us to discuss how Israel turned itself into a water superpower and why the United States and other nations are failing to master the production and conservation of a chemical compound that is essential to life on earth.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., comments on some of the latest trends in real estate, investing and business.

How does one define "real assets?" What hard assets will perform best during the next five years? Why don't more wealth advisory firms deal in real assets? Daniel Wildermuth, CEO of Kalos Financial, discusses those and other issues surrounding the endowment model of investing.

The reverse mortgage industry missed the mark when it featured celebrity pitchmen in TV advertisements focused on the financially troubled segment of the homeownership market, according to our guest, David Peskin, president of Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC. But that has changed, he says, and reverse mortgages are gaining steam amongst wealth advisers as a better option than traditional lines of credit for maintaining their clients’ cash flow.