Of Note

Jim Costello is the Chief Economist for MSCI Real Assets forecasting how the Trump administration will affect commercial real estate in 2025.

Melissa Román Burch, COO of the NYC Economic Development Corporation, discusses the outlook for the 2025 NYC office market.

Spencer Levy, Global Client Strategist and Senior Economic Advisor for CBRE, discusses how operations will be key to real estate success in the year ahead.

Rebecca Rockey, Deputy Chief Economist and Global Head of Forecasting at Cushman & Wakefield, discusses the CRE forecast for the year ahead.

This episode of the AFIRE Podcast features R. Byron Carlock Jr., former US real estate leader at PWC, discussing the most important investment to make in 2025.

Sabrina Unger, managing director of research and strategy for American Realty Advisors, discusses market opportunities (and nuances) for US multifamily in 2025.

Ground leases are an overlooked asset class among institutional investors due to their low absolute returns, limited market depth, and lack of institutional expertise.

Solar installations on commercial properties can provide additional revenue streams through solar roof leases and net metering or selling excess electricity back to the grid, which positively impact the financial performance of commercial properties—and move the needle on valuation.

The AFIRE Q1 2024 Investor Survey, underwritten by Holland Partner Group, provides key insights into the commercial real estate strategy of global investors.

For the fifth year in a row, AFIRE’s Summit Journal has been recognized with the Graphic Design USA Award and MarCom Award for association publications.

Within the evolving investment landscape, the emergence of OpCo-PropCo models present a compelling opportunity for institutional investors seeking to capture value in innovative, operationally complex real estate business models.

Several of the world’s major shipping choke points are challenged, and heightened geopolitical tensions threaten world trade. The potential result of these blockages could power a tailwind on inflation—and a drag on GDP.

Anticipated moves on interest rates at central banks could unlock capital and support the closing of a strong pipeline of infrastructure investments.

It has become almost cliché to call office “the new retail,” but even as office has been disrupted, comparisons between the two might be distracting from more clear-minded assessments.

The NCREIF Open End Diversified Core Index can offer a critical glimpse into which types of office properties—and which markets—have suffered the most in terms of leasing occupancy, and where the market might go next.

AI’s impact in real estate can be traced along two distinct verticals: In-Asset, where platforms enhance value through property performance, and Out-of-Asset, where platforms transform the workflows of the deal ecosystem.

Insatiable appetite for data throughout the APAC region is fuelling growth of this new economy asset class. And as demand for digital services continues to accelerate globally, the importance of the sector will grow in kind.

AFIRE is seeking proposals and article drafts for the next issue Summit Journal, to be released February 2025. Deadline: November 6, 2024.

In recent years, workforce and affordable rental housing in the US has emerged as a meaningful investment opportunity. But the US has a significant affordability challenge, which could potentially be alleviated through private sector strategies.

Rebecca Rockey, Deputy Chief Economist for Cushman & Wakefield, joins the AFIRE Podcast to discuss how cities can disrupt the “urban doom loop.”