IDEAS + RESEARCH
As the association for international real estate investors focused on commercial property in the United States, AFIRE publishes and produces original insights, research, analysis, and thought leadership focused on the future of real estate and cross-border investing.
RECENT IDEAS
Tenants’ renewal decisions do not occur independently, but are correlated and create longer and fatter tails that skew on the downside than an assumption of independence would suggest.
October 29, 2026
The current environment for industrial real estate has an expanded set of demand drivers, layering on the traditional sources with increased resiliency features.
October 27, 2026
Despite clear opportunity, adaptive reuse arbitrage that could help restore market equilibrium has been slow to materialize, and that was before the most recent episode at the former Pfizer building in New York.
October 22, 2026
AFIRE’s Summit Journal seeks new proposals and papers for the forthcoming Issue #23, to be released in February 2027 and feature expert insights from across the full CRE spectrum.
October 19, 2026
Institutions that form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) would be wise to maintain the strategies and partnerships that allow timely execution when conditions align. The window does not stay open indefinitely.
October 13, 2026
Foreign investors now hold nearly 30% of US private real estate fund assets. Yet success is highly unequal between firms and funds. So, which firms succeed, which don’t, and why?
October 8, 2026
Stewart Rubin, Matt Wnek, and Marshall Swett of New York Life Real Estate Investors make the case for US commercial real estate—despite the global challenges.
October 6, 2026
RECENT RESEARCH
Tenants’ renewal decisions do not occur independently, but are correlated and create longer and fatter tails that skew on the downside than an assumption of independence would suggest.
October 29, 2026
The current environment for industrial real estate has an expanded set of demand drivers, layering on the traditional sources with increased resiliency features.
October 27, 2026
Despite clear opportunity, adaptive reuse arbitrage that could help restore market equilibrium has been slow to materialize, and that was before the most recent episode at the former Pfizer building in New York.
October 22, 2026
AFIRE’s Summit Journal seeks new proposals and papers for the forthcoming Issue #23, to be released in February 2027 and feature expert insights from across the full CRE spectrum.
October 19, 2026
Institutions that form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) would be wise to maintain the strategies and partnerships that allow timely execution when conditions align. The window does not stay open indefinitely.
October 13, 2026
Foreign investors now hold nearly 30% of US private real estate fund assets. Yet success is highly unequal between firms and funds. So, which firms succeed, which don’t, and why?
October 8, 2026
Stewart Rubin, Matt Wnek, and Marshall Swett of New York Life Real Estate Investors make the case for US commercial real estate—despite the global challenges.
October 6, 2026
