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!
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We are joined by Melinda Kruyer, executive director of Confluence, a Cincinnati-based non-profit organization that runs a water technology innovation effort in the Ohio River Valley. The consortium includes federal water laboratories, research universities, water-related business, water utilities and regional development agencies, among other organizations. Confluence brings together 6,000 researchers and nearly $4 billion in annual research spending.
We are joined by Melinda Kruyer, executive director of Confluence, a Cincinnati-based non-profit organization that runs a water technology innovation effort in the Ohio River Valley. The consortium includes federal water laboratories, research universities, water-related business, water utilities and regional development agencies, among other organizations. Confluence brings together 6,000 researchers and nearly $4 billion in annual research spending.
Jeremy Balkin, author of the book "Investing with Impact: Why Finance is a Force for Good," recently grabbed attention at the 9th Annual Axiom Business Book Awards, which honored Mr. Balkin with its Gold Medal for Business Ethics 2016, making him the first Australian author to receive the prestigious international literary prize. He is also a sought-after keynote speaker whose TEDx Talk in New York went viral on YouTube with more than a quarter-million views. He previously served as an adviser to Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's 29th Prime Minister. He is also founder of the non-profit Give While You Live.
Jeremy Balkin, author of the book "Investing with Impact: Why Finance is a Force for Good," recently grabbed attention at the 9th Annual Axiom Business Book Awards, which honored Mr. Balkin with its Gold Medal for Business Ethics 2016, making him the first Australian author to receive the prestigious international literary prize. He is also a sought-after keynote speaker whose TEDx Talk in New York went viral on YouTube with more than a quarter-million views. He previously served as an adviser to Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's 29th Prime Minister. He is also founder of the non-profit Give While You Live.
Richard Fleming, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, highlights several stories in the May 2016 edition, and offers a coming attraction for the upcoming June 2016 issue of the magazine.
The City of Angels is undergoing two major changes to its transportation infrastructure: 1) the Los Angeles City Council–approved Mobility Plan 2035 that would redesign the Los Angeles roadways over the next 20 years. 2) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Rail system expansion. These changes will alter access patterns across the metroplex and spawn new commercial real estate opportunities. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, elaborates.
This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Pablo Sanchez, head of retail banking and private wealth at HSBC Bank USA. Also participating in the discussion is Jeremy Balkin, head of communications for retail banking and private wealth. Sanchez’s cover profile appears in the May 2016 edition of Real Assets Adviser.
Mentorship has been a staple of professional advancement for decades, though it is still sorely underused, according to many observers. Then there is "sponsorship," which is a step past mentorship and little understood. To explore these subjects we are joined by Deborah Froling, a financial industry attorney with Kutak Rock LLP, and an advocate of mentorship and sponsorship, especially for the under-represented ranks of women in the financial professions.
Mentorship has been a staple of professional advancement for decades, though it is still sorely underused, according to many observers. Then there is "sponsorship," which is a step past mentorship and little understood. To explore these subjects we are joined by Deborah Froling, a financial industry attorney with Kutak Rock LLP, and an advocate of mentorship and sponsorship, especially for the under-represented ranks of women in the financial professions.
Heads up infrastructure investors and those involved in thematic investment strategies. In his new book, The Silk Roads, historian Peter Frankopan asserts that China is reestablishing a modern-day network of its historic silk roads that connected much of the world and fostered the spread and integration of culture and commerce. This time, though, China is expanding its influence in the form of a trillion dollars in global infrastructure projects in an effort to supply its own vast need for resources of all kinds, and to reestablish itself as the world’s dominant global power.
Heads up infrastructure investors and those involved in thematic investment strategies. In his new book, The Silk Roads, historian Peter Frankopan asserts that China is reestablishing a modern-day network of its historic silk roads that connected much of the world and fostered the spread and integration of culture and commerce. This time, though, China is expanding its influence in the form of a trillion dollars in global infrastructure projects in an effort to supply its own vast need for resources of all kinds, and to reestablish itself as the world’s dominant global power.
What impact will the new U.S. Department of Labor ruling have on brokers and advisers? Is the ruling likely to go through future revisions? What are the remaining unknowns about the ruling? And why did this decision end up in the Department of Labor at all? For answers to those questions we turned to John Grady, president-elect of ADISA and chairman of the organization’s legislative and regulatory committee.
This is a slightly edited version of a cover profile interview with Pathstone co-CEOs Steve Braverman and Allan Zachariah discussing the recent merger between Pathstone Family Office and Federal Street Advisors to create the $6.5 billion multi-family office named Pathstone Federal Street. Their cover profile appears in the April 2016 edition of Real Assets Adviser.
How do Airbnb users and hotel guests differ? Which markets are most vulnerable to Airbnb? Which types of hotels are most at risk? Is Airbnb reducing hotel asset prices? How can hoteliers fend off the Airbnb challenge? Peter Zabierek, the CEO of Presima, joins us to elaborate on his organization’s research on the subject.
How do Airbnb users and hotel guests differ? Which markets are most vulnerable to Airbnb? Which types of hotels are most at risk? Is Airbnb reducing hotel asset prices? How can hoteliers fend off the Airbnb challenge? Peter Zabierek, the CEO of Presima, joins us to elaborate on his organization’s research on the subject.