ABOUT SUMMIT
Summit Journal is the official, award-winning publication of AFIRE, the association for international real estate investors focused on commercial property in the United States. Readers stand at the intersection of real estate, institutional investing, data science, and economics.
Published multiple times per year in digital and print formats, Summit features articles and original ideas and research from investors, executive leaders, and academics from around the world, focused on the research and analysis of real estate capital markets, cross-border issues, policy, demographics, technology trends, and management topics.
Summit is a free, open access trade journal. (View on Sherpa Romeo.)
ISSN 2689-6249 (Print)
ISSN 2689-6257 (Online)
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Summit Journal #20 looks ahead at the top trends affecting commercial real estate and global investing in 2026 (and beyond) (READ MORE)
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The publisher of Summit is not engaged in providing tax, accounting, or legal advice through this publication. No content published in Summit is to be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. Some information included in Summit has been obtained from third-party sources considered to be reliable, though the publisher is not responsible for guaranteeing the accuracy of third-party information. The opinions expressed in Summit are those of its respective contributors and sources and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher.
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HAWTHORNE RESIDENTIAL PARTNERS
Hawthorne Residential Partners is a vertically integrated owner, operator, and developer of Sunbelt Multifamily and Build-to- Rent product. The firm has acquired or developed 25K+ units since inception and currently manages 58K+ units across eight states. Hawthorne partners with institutions on a single-asset and programmatic basis.
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.
