AFIRE CEO Gunnar Branson interviews James Ball, the National Building Museum’s director of future cities, about the past, present and future of the structures we exist in every day. This conversation is geared to people who invest in developing buildings around the world.
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Can office buildings from the 1970s and 80s–often dismissed as “garbage”—be the key to solving the US housing crisis?
How will demographics affect commercial real estate investing? How will changes in generational characteristics affect opportunities in US property markets? Neil Howe is an author of The Fourth Turning and The Fourth Turning is Here.
Now that the One Big Beautiful Bill has been signed into law, what does it all mean for cross-border investors in property markets? Shiukay Hung answers.
Melissa Román Burch, COO of NYCEDC, provides an update on New York City’s commercial real estate environment.
Michael Neiberg answers the question: Can understanding history’s patterns be the key to figuring out what’s coming next?
Boff questions cross-border investment strategies, and if earlier periods in history can teach us lessons about what to expect in future.
Zandi shares his views on the way trade tensions will affect the broader economy, as well as US commercial real estate specifically.
Mike Kingsella on untangling the legacy decisions that got the U.S. where it is in housing, and how to prevent the same pattern in energy.
Investment innovator Neville Rhone Jr. describes the new opportunities found in commercial real estate’s “middle market.”
Brian Klinksiek, the global head of research and strategy at LaSalle Investment Management, thinks we’re turning a page to a new market in 2025
Neil Mandt is a five-time Emmy winner and the founder & CEO of Digital Rights Management discussing digital rights and augmented reality in CRE.
Jim Costello is the Chief Economist for MSCI Real Assets forecasting how the Trump administration will affect commercial real estate in 2025.
Melissa Román Burch, COO of the NYC Economic Development Corporation, discusses the outlook for the 2025 NYC office market.
Spencer Levy, Global Client Strategist and Senior Economic Advisor for CBRE, discusses how operations will be key to real estate success in the year ahead.
Rebecca Rockey, Deputy Chief Economist and Global Head of Forecasting at Cushman & Wakefield, discusses the CRE forecast for the year ahead.
This episode of the AFIRE Podcast features R. Byron Carlock Jr., former US real estate leader at PWC, discussing the most important investment to make in 2025.
Sabrina Unger, managing director of research and strategy for American Realty Advisors, discusses market opportunities (and nuances) for US multifamily in 2025.
Rebecca Rockey, Deputy Chief Economist for Cushman & Wakefield, joins the AFIRE Podcast to discuss how cities can disrupt the “urban doom loop.”
Simon Treacy, CEO of Private Equity Real Estate for CapitaLand Investment, joins the AFIRE Podcast to discuss what the US can learn from Asia (and vice versa).
