The AFIRE Podcast
Episodes
Unpacking Proptech
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Chris Happ, Tech Entrepreneur, Investor) The events of the past year have been the big push needed by the real estate industry to adapt to...
Ready To Travel?
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Elizabeth Stern, Partner, Mayer Brown, and Carl Risch, Partner, Mayer Brown) Border shutdowns as a result of pandemic policy have been a m...
Safe As Houses
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Sabrina Unger, Managing Director, Research and Strategy, American Realty Advisors) The future of residential investments is all about demo...
Sustainability, Action (Part 2)
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Sunil A. Misser, CEO, AccountAbility) During a time of unprecedented uncertainty and disruption, how should businesses approach the “new...
Data Centers Take Center Stage
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Ben Wobschall, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Principal Real Estate Investors) Data center investments have proven resilient in per...
AFIRE Podcast #60: Sustainability, Action (Part 1)
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Sunil A. Misser, CEO, AccountAbility) During a time of unprecedented uncertainty and disruption, how should businesses approach the “new...
Time To Check In
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Jim O'Shaughnessy, Managing Director & Hotel Group Leader, Barings Real Estate) If history is a guide, the time to invest in hotels is whe...
Franchising Evolution
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Gilda Perez-Alvarado, Global CEO, JLL Hotels and Hospitality) The pandemic has heavily impacted the hospitality sector, but a growing wave...
Creating a Better Normal
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring John Falcicchio, Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, Washington, DC) As cities in the US adapt to a new normal, city leade...
Housing For Goldilocks: Single-family Trends
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Robert Sun, Leader of Product Development and Corporate Strategy, GTIS Partners) The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the advantages of singl...
Greening a Generation
10 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Brad Dockser, CEO, Green Generation) Just as the pandemic has accelerated changes in culture, it has underscored the symbiosis between the...
Recasting Risk and Return
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Robert Jue, CEO, Standard Real Estate Investments, Jerome Nichols, President, Standard Real Estate Investments, Shubhra Jha, Principal, Sta...
Leveraging Control
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring William Maher, Director of Strategy, RCLCO Fund Advisors, and Ben Maslan, Managing Directors, RCLCO Fund Advisors) Though leverage is an i...
Racial Equity and Real Estate
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Shumeca Pickett, Founder, Principal, Alfred Dewitt Ard) The events of the past year have driven businesses to confront racial inequity, bu...
UX Meets Commercial Real Estate
18 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Ed Wagoner, CIO, JLL) In the post-COVID built environment, understanding building users at all levels will be critical to asset and invest...
Post-Crisis Cities: Part 2 (w/ Richard Florida)
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Richard Florida, Urbanist, Author, Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto) As the cities cautiously re-open into th...
Post-Crisis Cities: Part 1 (w/ Richard Florida)
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Richard Florida, Urbanist, Author, Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto) As the cities cautiously re-open into th...
(Corporate) Transparency Rules
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Andrew Weiner, Real Estate Practice Partner, Pillsbury) Non-US-based investors face the disclosure regime of the Corporate Transparency Ac...
Proptech and the Future of CRE (Part 2)
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Vincent Cicciarelli, Growth Lead, JLL Spark) As proptech continues to transform commercial real estate, discoveries happening on the ventu...
Proptech and the Future of CRE (Part 1)
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Vincent Cicciarelli, Growth Lead, JLL Spark) As proptech continues to transform commercial real estate, discoveries happening on the ventu...
Ethics Front and Center (Part 2)
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(This podcast episode is part two of a two-part conversation. Listen to the full conversation at https://www.afire.org/podcast/ethicsfrontandcenter01/...
A New Way To Network
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Bill Himmelstein, CEO, Tenant Advisory Group) The global pandemic has disrupted our ability to meet together in-person with clients, colle...
Cross-Border Investing after COVID-19
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Mike Hu, Managing Director, Gaw Capitol Partners) With travel limitations, empty offices, and remote working, the routine operating proced...
The Great Real Estate Reset (Part II)
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Tracy Loh, Fellow, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking, Brookings Institution) So much has changed with th...
The Great Real Estate Reset (Part 1)
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Tracy Loh, Fellow, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking, Brookings Institution) The COVID-19 pandemic forced m...
Ethics, Front and Center (Part 1)
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring El Rosenheim, Founder, CEO, Profimex) This podcast episode is part one of a two-part conversation. Listen to the full conversation at http...
A More Flexible Future (with Dror Poleg)
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Dror Poleg, Author, Rethinking Real Estate, Co-Chair, Urban Land Institute, Tech and Innovation Council, Co-Founder, Real Innovation Academ...
What Happens Next? (with Dror Poleg)
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Dror Poleg, Author, Rethinking Real Estate, Co-Chair, Urban Land Institute, Tech and Innovation Council, Co-Founder, Real Innovation Academ...
Industrial, Ugly Duckling Or Swan
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Stefan Wundrak, Head of Research, Europe, Nuveen Real Estate) A fast-changing and profitable landscape, industrial real estate, or what is...
An Opportunity For Change
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Collette English Dixon, Executive Director, Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate, Roosevelt University) How can the social and econom...
Is Portfolio Diversification About Buildings or Location?
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Brian Biggs, CFA, Research Director, Grosvenor Americas, and Madeleine Roberts, Research Analyst, Grosvenor Americas) Portfolio diversific...
Office (S)pace and Institutional Investment
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Christopher Muoio, Vice President, Data and Research, Madison International Realty) The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought massive shifts in be...
Shifting To The Suburbs
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuing Gleb Nechayev, CRE, Head of Research, Chief Economist, Berkshire Residential Investments) The pandemic has rekindled the old debate about r...
The Changing Paradigm in Real Estate
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Gunnar Branson, CEO, AFIRE) As COVID comes to define a new era, institutional investors in real estate will need to understand that prior ...
Changing Strategies in the Office Sector
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring David C. Smith, Americas Head of Occupier Research, Cushman and Wakefield) COVID forced an experiment at global scale to test productivity...
Value-Add Beyond the Pandemic
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Valeria Falcone, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Country Head-Italy, Barings Real Estate, and Joe Gorin, Managing Directo...
Revolutionizing Residential Operations
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Jonathan Ellenzweig, CIO, Tricon Residential) Advancing automation, tech-driven amenities, and community building is key to winning—and ...
The Future (Part III)
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Clyde Holland, CEO, Chairman, Byron Carlock, Real Estate Leader, PwC US, Martin Lamb, Managing Director, Global Head, Acquisition and Sales...
Mentorship and Rising Leaders at AFIRE
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Amy Price, Managing Partner, Co-Head of US, BentallGreenOak, Steve McCarthy, Chair of Membership Committee, Head of North America, AXA Inve...
A New Reality
20 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Cedrik Lachance, EVP, Director of Global Research, Green Street) The demand for urban space continues to rise as the promise of a post-vac...
Transparency Matters
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring G. Andrews Smith, CEO, Managing Director, L&B Realty Advisors) All corners of the commercial real estate arena are facing era-defining cha...
The Future (Part II)
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Clyde Holland, CEO, Chairman, Byron Carlock, Real Estate Leader, PwC US, Martin Lamb, Managing Director, Global Head, Acquisition and Sales...
Retail, Post-Catastrophe
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Andrew Garrett, Senior Principle, Real Estate, IMCO) How does retail adapt to disaster? The Great Toronto Fire of 1904 is a leading exampl...
The Future (Part I)
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Clyde Holland, CEO, Chairman, Byron Carlock, Real Estate Leader, PwC US, Martin Lamb, Managing Director, Global Head, Acquisition and Sales...
Mixed-Use, Remixed
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Bryan Sanchez, CIO, Lionstone Investments, and Hans Nordby, Head of Research and Analytics, Lionstone Investments) Though mixed-used devel...
Why It's Important to Digitize ESG
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Amanda Davis, Leadership Content Manager, Measurabl, and Sara Anzinger, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets, Measurabl) Sustainability—...
Migration After COVID-19
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Gleb Nechayev, Head of Research, Chief Economist, Berkshire Residential Investments) Do people follow jobs, or is it the other way around?...
How Generational Shifts are Impacting Digital Evolution
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring John D'Angelo, Managing Director, Deliotte Consulting) With automation, machine learning, and other "smart" tech disrupting the employment...
Medical Office Investing Beyond the Baby Boom (w/ Anthology Capital)
03 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring G. Evan Bennett, Founder, Managing Member, Anthology Capital) The demographic data for baby boomers has long been a routine talking point ...
The New Generation of Single-Family Rentals (w/ Man GPM)
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Anthony Cazazian, Managing Director, Head of US Residential Real Estate, Man Global Private Markets) The demographic transition from baby ...
Looking for Community (w/ P. Allen Smith)
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring P. Allen Smith, landscape designer, conservationist, author, and television host) Landscape designer, conservationist, author, and televis...
Supply, Demand, and the Future of Logistics Real Estate (w/ Prologis)
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Melinda McLaughlin, Vice President of Research for Prologis) COVID-19 and logistics: What have we learned so far, and what will be the las...
Martha Peyton and Rightsizing CRE
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Martha Peyton, PhD, CRE, Managing Director of Real Assets Applied Research, Aegon Asset Management Real Assets) Understanding new changes ...
John Kennedy and Rob Little, Barings Real Estate
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring John Kennedy, Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Asset Management – US, Barings Real Estate, and Rob Little, Head of Real Estate D...
Conversation with Jayanth Ganesan, Nuveen Real Estate
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Jayanth Ganesan, Real Estate Research Analyst, Nuveen) The economic impact of COVID-19 will not be felt equally across the US. Which metro...
A Real Estate Reckoning
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Gunnar Branson, CEO, AFIRE) Around the world, 2020 has been rife with public health anxieties, civil unrest, and economic uncertainty—no...
Conversation with Maggie Coleman, JLL
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Maggie Coleman, Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of International Capitol, JLL) In this unpredictable environment of the COVID-19 pandemi...
Conversation with Nicholas Garattini, Generali Real Estate
11 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Nicholas Garattini, Head of Investor Relations and Business Development, Generali Real Estate) Typically, institutional investment is attr...
Conversation with Peter Grey-Wolf, WealthCap
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Peter Grey-Wolf, Vice President, Wealthcap) The office isn’t dead, but after COVID-19, it’s going to be forever changed. Peter Grey-Wo...
Conversation with Joshua Benaim, Aria Development Group
29 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Joshua Benaim, Principal, Co-Founder, Aria Development Group) Joshua Benaim talks about the surprising things we can learn from the arts t...
How Can Real Estate Adapt the Built Environment?
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Byron Carlock, US Real Estate Practice Leader, PwC) A conversation with Byron Carlock, US Real Estate Practice Leader, PwC, on the future ...
Conversation with Jeffrey W. Adler, Yardi
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Jeff Adler, Vice President, Yardi Matrix) Political risk in the US is usually seen mostly through a national lens, but what can we learn b...
Welcome to the AFIRE Podcast
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Gunnar Branson, CEO, AFIRE, Lexie Miller, COO, AFIRE, Benjamin Van Loon, Communications Director, AFIRE, and Asmait Tewelde, Meeting Direct...
Leadership Lessons in Time of Crisis
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Jane Page, CEO, Lionstone Investments, and Bryan Sanchez, CIO, Lionstone Investments) A conversation with Jane Page and Bryan Sanchez of L...
What Happens to Real Estate Portfolio Strategy after COVID?
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring Christoph Donner, CEO, Allianz Real Estate of America) The world of real estate and portfolio strategy will change after COVID-19, but in ...
Conversation with John D'Angelo, Deloitte
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
(Featuring John D’Angelo, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting) A conversation with John D’Angelo, Managing Director at Deloitte Consulting, on...