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As the world now deals with the latter stages of the pandemic, with many cities now cautiously entering a recovery phase, what have we learned, and how should CRE investors think about the future of urbanism?

July 21, 2021 AFIRE

Could an idea to “bring back” New York after the pandemic work in other cities? (Adapted from “Real Estate: A Love Story” by Joshua Benaim.)

July 20, 2021 Joshua Benaim, Founder, Aria; Author, "A Real Estate Love Story"

This special four-part series presents key ideas that point towards possible futures for the housing sector and institutional investors.

July 19, 2021 Benjamin van Loon, Editor-in-Chief, Summit Journal

The 2021 AFIRE International Investor Survey offers a sense of calculated optimism for CRE investment in the year ahead.

July 15, 2021 Gunnar Branson, CEO, AFIRE

For commercial real estate investors, inflation fears are real—but are they rational?

July 15, 2021 Martha Peyton, Managing Director of Applied Research

Housing—single-family, multifamily, rentals, and everything in between—is front-of-mind for thought leaders in Summit and the broader AFIRE membership.

July 14, 2021 Benjamin van Loon, Editor-in-Chief, Summit Journal

By global definition, sustainability is challenge for many investors. Real estate’s reluctance to embrace advanced data sensing and analytics in the years past has started to change.

July 13, 2021 AFIRE

In the past two years alone, more than $50 billion has been invested into emerging proptech. As new businesses in proptech continue to expand, what should investors pay attention to?

June 23, 2021 AFIRE

Border shutdowns as a result of pandemic policy have been a major sticking point for cross-border investment over the past year. What should investors know about travel into the US right now?

June 17, 2021 AFIRE

Border shutdowns as a result of pandemic policy have been a major sticking point for cross-border investment over the past year. What should investors know about travel into the US right now?

June 15, 2021 AFIRE

Several key trends are forcing change in the global commercial real estate industry, driving demand for new skills. How is the industry responding?

May 25, 2021 Max Shepherd, Director, Global Real Assets, Sheffield Haworth

The pandemic has heavily impacted the hospitality sector, but a growing wave of non-traditional investors has shown heightened interest in getting a piece of the evolving industry.

May 20, 2021 AFIRE

Data center investments have proven resilient in periods of economic volatility—and they’re only going to become more essential and important into the future.

May 20, 2021 Ben Wobschall, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, Principal Real Estate Investors

Delivering on the service promises of the on-demand economy requires the kind of reimagined supply chain that will support industrial real estate growth for years to come.

May 18, 2021 David Egan, Senior Vice President, Stockbridge

As cities in the US adapt to a new normal, city leaders, planners, developers, and investors have a new challenge: to define the “new normal” of the built environment. And though it stands unique among American cities, Washington, DC could have answers for our collective urban futures.

May 18, 2021 AFIRE

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