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The events of the past year drove businesses to confront racial inequity, but some still shy away from the challenging language needed to make real restorative and economic progress.

April 28, 2021 AFIRE

Though leverage is an important part of capital funding, it’s important to ask LPs if (and how) they should take control of their real estate leverage.

April 27, 2021 William Maher, Director of Strategy and Research, RCLCO Fund Advisors; Ben Maslan, Managing Director, RCLCO Fund Advisors

The events of the past year have driven businesses to confront racial inequity, but some still shy away from the challenging language needed to make real, restorative, and economic progress.

April 22, 2021 Shumeca Pickett, Founder and Principal, Alfred Dewitt Ard

How is commercial real estate set to perform in the post-COVID world? As COVID-19 vaccine distribution commences, it is time to turn attention to prospects for CRE performance in the post-COVID world.

April 20, 2021 Martha Peyon, Managing Director of Applied Research, Aegon Asset Management

In a post-COVID world, it is important to understand what a user wants, in other words, the people we interact with o a daily basis. How do we define a user and how does it impact real estate value?

April 19, 2021 AFIRE

The investment community can have an active role in an equitable economic recovery—but it will require the necessary discomfort of recasting the traditional risk/return framework.

April 15, 2021 Shubhra Jha, Principal, Standard Real Estate Investments

As the cities cautiously re-open into the late phase of the pandemic, writer and urbanist Richard Florida believes that metros have a unique opportunity to reimagine and redefine what a “central business district” will look like in the new normal.

April 14, 2021 AFIRE

The Brookings Institution looks at structural market trends to facilitate a more transparent and inclusive conversation in real estate.

April 13, 2021 Tracey Hadden Loh, Fellow, Brookings Institution; Jennifer Vey, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Christopher Coes, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

A new white paper from New York Life Real Estate Investors looks at climate and flood risks affecting commercial real estate in cities across the US.

April 6, 2021 Stewart Rubin, Senior Director and Head of Strategy and Research, New York Life Real Estate Investors; Dakota Firenze, Senior Associate, New York Life Real Estate Investors

As proptech continues to transform commercial real estate, discoveries happening on the venture side provide key insights on the future of ESG, portfolio optimization, cost savings, and human capital.

April 1, 2021 AFIRE

We are particularly interested in informed ideas, research, and analyses that provide original insights on regular topics—and especially those ideas that challenge popular assumptions.

March 31, 2021 Benjamin van Loon, Editor-in-Chief, Summit Journal

The latest joint report from the Praedium Group and SitusAMC looks at rising fiscal pressures on state and local governments, including large-scale changes accelerated by the pandemic.

March 30, 2021 Russell Appel, Founding Principal, Praedium Group; Peter Muoio, Ph.D, Senior Director, SitusAMC Insights; Cory Loviglio, Vice President, SitusAMC Insights

How are shorthand labels like the “Sun Belt” and the “Rust Belt” shaping investment decisions? Should they?

March 25, 2021 Gunnar Branson, CEO, AFIRE; Benjamin van Loon, Editor-in-Chief, Summit Journal

The global pandemic has disrupted our ability to meet in-person with clients, colleagues, and collaborators—but according to Bill Himmelstein of Tenant Advisory Group, this is a beginning for how we can redefine relationships, not the end.

March 23, 2021 AFIRE

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many investors to restructure their agendas. What does it mean to “reset real estate,” and what role should investors have in imagining in the future of the world?

March 16, 2021 AFIRE

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