Surveys and Reports

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For nearly 30 years, AFIRE has produced the annual International Investor Survey, which measures institutional investor sentiment, trends, and capital flows for global institutional investment.

(Re-)Industrial Demand Drivers: From Efficiency to Resiliency

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

Arbitrage in Plain Sight: How “Bucketized” Capital and Lost Skills Leave Billions on the Table

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

Summit Journal #23: Call for Proposals

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

Middle East Institutional Capital and US Real Estate: Are They Still Friends?

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

The Narrow Gate: Who Actually Raises Foreign Capital for US Real Estate

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

Market Mitigation: American Economic Power Translates into CRE Opportunity

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

Real Estate in the Next Cycle: A New Generation of Investment Ideas for the Built Environment

In an article originally prepared for the Observer Research Foundation, Dr. Alexis Crow of PwC balances the growth of populism and strategy adjustments for the next CRE cycle.

September 29, 2026

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