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
The practice and expectations of investing across all industries is undergoing major upheaval and the key to stability will mean looking beyond profit for profit’s sake.
October 3, 2022
Forecasts about the future of the office are often conflicting, but the looming tide of leadership transitions could change the script.
September 28, 2022
As insurance costs spiral out of control, a 1400-year-old tradition is poised to offer long-term, sustainable growth for investments.
September 22, 2022
Mobile information technology has upended US land use regulation, and the effects of this tech upheaval are finally coming into view.
September 20, 2022
The 2022 pulse survey, conducted summer 2022 and underwritten by CBRE and Holland Partner Group, reveals institutional insight and intent towards future real estate investment.
September 20, 2022
Logistics was the winner of the pandemic—but is its rise built to last? Recent developments represent headwinds to last year’s recovery.
September 7, 2022
While the market rarely sends clear signals, market conditions are replete with clues, but a move to risk-off strategies could be useful.
September 1, 2022
RECENT RESEARCH
The 2022 pulse survey, conducted summer 2022 and underwritten by CBRE and Holland Partner Group, reveals institutional insight and intent towards future real estate investment.
September 20, 2022
The mid-year pulse survey, underwritten by Holland Partner Group, will track changes in sentiment and strategies over the past few months, especially as the pandemic, climate events, and geopolitics have continued their rapid evolution since the beginning of 2021.
July 6, 2022
The 2022 survey, conducted in Q1 2022 and underwritten by CBRE and Holland Partner Group, reveals institutional insight and intent towards future real estate investment.
April 20, 2022
The 2022 survey, conducted in Q1 2022 and underwritten by CBRE and Holland Partner Group, reveals institutional insight and intent towards future real estate investment.
April 20, 2022
The report is a follow up to the AFIRE 2021 International Investor Survey Report, released April 2021, and details evolutions in real estate investor sentiment over the past six months, alongside emergent outlooks for risk management in the US real estate.
October 19, 2021
The mid-year pulse survey, underwritten by Holland Partner Group, will track changes in sentiment and strategies over the past few months, especially as the pandemic, climate events, and geopolitics have continued their rapid evolution since the beginning of 2021.
August 9, 2021
The 2021 survey, conducted in March 2021 and underwritten by Holland Partner Group, reflects investor sentiment and was designed to help understand the goals, challenges, and impacts of international investments on US real estate opportunities.
May 4, 2021
Karen is the head of acquisitions for Allianz Real Estate, and has worked to invest in more than $25 billion of unlisted institutional real estate over the past 20 years. The first half of her career was oriented toward closed-end value-add and opportunistic fund investments in office, retail and multi-family assets across continental Europe. Since 2011, Karen has primarily focused on core and core-plus commercial investments in US gateway markets.
