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AFIRE’s Summit Journal seeks future-focused thought leadership across finance, investing, real estate, ESG, technology, management, demography, economics, and more.
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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?
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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.)
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This special four-part series presents key ideas that point towards possible futures for the housing sector and institutional investors.
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The 2021 AFIRE International Investor Survey offers a sense of calculated optimism for CRE investment in the year ahead.
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For commercial real estate investors, inflation fears are real—but are they rational?
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Housing—single-family, multifamily, rentals, and everything in between—is front-of-mind for thought leaders in Summit and the broader AFIRE membership.
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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.
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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?
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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?
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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?
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The future of residential investments is all about demographics—and the forces behind them.
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During a time of unprecedented uncertainty and disruption, how should businesses approach the “new metrics of performance,” and how will ESG evolve in 2021?
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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.
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During a time of unprecedented uncertainty and disruption, how should businesses approach the “new metrics of performance,” and how will ESG evolve in 2021?
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Several key trends are forcing change in the global commercial real estate industry, driving demand for new skills. How is the industry responding?
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If history is a guide, the time to invest in hotels is when things look bleak. This appears to be one of those times.
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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.
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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.
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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.