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Solar is no longer just about ESG—it’s a strategic investment that boosts NOI, increases property valuations, and hedges against rising energy costs.

July 15, 2025 Kevin Berkemeyer, Co-Founder and CEO, Station A, Inc.

Take the new AFIRE H2 2025 Investor Survey, with 16 questions, 9–12 minutes to complete. Deadline: August 8. Results published September 2025.

July 14, 2025

When we expand the definition of what constitutes an “energy real estate investment,” the aperture needs to be broadened so that related opportunities become part of the capital discussion.

July 8, 2025 Dr. Michael Ferrari, Chief Scientific and Investment Officer, AlphaGeo

America’s severe shortage of housing and energy poses an existential threat to the viability of long-term infrastructure investment. Yet with coordinated action from energy and real estate investors, we can meet America’s economic goals.

July 1, 2025 Derek Kaufman, Founder & CEO, Inclusive Abundance; Mike Kingsella, Founder & CEO, Up for Growth; Joshua Seawell, Head of Policy, Inclusive Abundance

The commercial solar landscape in the US is shifting, driven by new policies, evolving incentives, and rising investor interest. So what’s new, what’s next, and what matters most for thew future of solar?

June 26, 2025 David Wei, Vice President of Finance and Operations, SolarKal

Energy isn’t just a service. It’s the foundation of our economy, cities, and future. Understanding its evolving and growing role cannot be optional for real estate investors.

June 24, 2025 Jeff Kanne, President & CEO, National Real Estate Advisors; Darob Malek-Madani, Head of Research, National Real Estate Advisors

AFIRE is seeking general article proposals for Summit Journal #19, with a broad focus on economic trends, market analyses, and other topics relevant to the current conversation for cross-border investment into US real estate.

June 18, 2025

Summit Journal Issue 18 is the first entry of AFIRE’s new “Real Estate Power Initiative,” focused on the intersection of energy and commercial real estate and the future of collaborative development.

June 16, 2025 Gunnar Branson, CEO, AFIRE

Real estate leaders have a fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of their companies and shareholders, and increasingly, this means incorporating cybersecurity awareness to board governance. But what does good governance actually look like in the real estate space?

May 13, 2025 Marie-Noëlle Brisson, FRICS, MAI, Co-Founder, CyberReady, LLC; Michael Savoie, PhD, Co-Founder, CyberReady, LLC

It is tempting to pass on a strategy that appears right in the crosshairs of a trade policy regime change, yet the degree to which border port industrial markets have been undersupplied has been persistently dramatic and becoming more so.

May 6, 2025 Dags Chen, CFA, Managing Director, Head of US Real Estate Research and Strategy, Barings Real Estate; Lincoln Janes, CFA, Director of US Real Estate Research and Strategy, Barings Real Estate

Already leveraged for other commercial real estate asset types, mass timber has the potential to revolutionize industrial real estate development by offering sustainable, durable, and efficient construction solutions.

April 15, 2025 Mary Ellen Aronow, Senior Director, Forest and Carbon Economics, Manulife Investment Management; Erin Patterson, Managing Director, Real Estate | Global Co-Head of Research & Strategy, Manulife Investment Management; Caroline Suarez, Senior Associate, US Real Estate, Manulife Investment Management; Cassidy Toth, Real Estate, US Research & Strategy, Manulife Investment Management

In the face of increased technological proliferation, property owners must develop new systems that not only safeguard their intellectual and physical assets, but also verify and track digital interactions (and revenue) tied to their properties.

April 8, 2025 Neil Mandt, Founder & CEO, Digital Rights Management; Steve Weikal, Industry Chair, Real Estate Transformation Lab, MIT Center for Real Estate

Media Coverage

The U.S. media continues putting rising interest rates and ongoing inflationary concerns in its headlines. Yet despite all of this, international institutional investors continue to view U.S. commercial real estate as “a preferred destination, relative to Europe, for real estate investment across property types,” according to a recent survey released by the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE).

March 30, 2023 Connect CRE

For thirty years, AFIRE (Association for International Real Estate Investors) has conducted an annual survey to understand the goals, challenges and long-term thinking of international investors in U.S. real estate. Show host Michael Bull interviews AFIRE CEO Gunnar Branson on the results and insights from this year’s survey.

April 25, 2022 America's Commercial Real Estate Show

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