Of Note

Over the past two decades, the single-family rental industry has evolved into an institutional-caliber asset class—so where is the sector going next?

Michael Birkin, CEO of kyu, considers the future of communication within and beyond the global commercial real estate industry.

The future is bright for build-to-rent housing, and institutional investors are increasingly looking at investing in the sector.

With uncertainty remaining high in real estate, potential outcomes for big cities may upend the long-running megatrend toward urbanization.

Facing fiscal challenges, social unrest, geopolitical conflict, climate change, supply chain disruption, and the ongoing COVID crisis, what should tomorrow’s real estate leaders do today to prepare for the future ahead?

Institutional investment in single-family rentals accounts for less than 5% of the segment, but that balance could start to change.

AFIRE’s Summit Journal seeks future-focused thought leadership across finance, investing, real estate, ESG, technology, management, demography, economics, and more.

As the world now deals with the latter stages of the pandemic, with many cities now cautiously entering a recovery phase, what have we learned, and how should CRE investors think about the future of urbanism?

Could an idea to “bring back” New York after the pandemic work in other cities? (Adapted from “Real Estate: A Love Story” by Joshua Benaim.)

This special four-part series presents key ideas that point towards possible futures for the housing sector and institutional investors.

The 2021 AFIRE International Investor Survey offers a sense of calculated optimism for CRE investment in the year ahead.

For commercial real estate investors, inflation fears are real—but are they rational?

Housing—single-family, multifamily, rentals, and everything in between—is front-of-mind for thought leaders in Summit and the broader AFIRE membership.

By global definition, sustainability is challenge for many investors. Real estate’s reluctance to embrace advanced data sensing and analytics in the years past has started to change.

In the past two years alone, more than $50 billion has been invested into emerging proptech. As new businesses in proptech continue to expand, what should investors pay attention to?

Border shutdowns as a result of pandemic policy have been a major sticking point for cross-border investment over the past year. What should investors know about travel into the US right now?

Border shutdowns as a result of pandemic policy have been a major sticking point for cross-border investment over the past year. What should investors know about travel into the US right now?

The future of residential investments is all about demographics—and the forces behind them.

During a time of unprecedented uncertainty and disruption, how should businesses approach the “new metrics of performance,” and how will ESG evolve in 2021?

Data center investments have proven resilient in periods of economic volatility—and they’re only going to become more essential and important into the future.