Micolyn Magee, a principal at the Townsend Group and veteran of the institutional real estate business, talks with us about the current investing environment, including what is peaking investor interest, the trend toward real assets, benchmarking versus absolute return, the difficult fundraising environment, and the rising level of uncalled investment capital.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. breaks down the current institutional investing market in this monthly podcast. This month he discusses renewed investment activity in Europe, the new appetite among U.S. investors for secondary markets such as Austin, Charlotte, Denver and Houston, as well as IREI's just-completed and upcoming conferences, and his own upcoming schedule of events and speaking engagements. 

A discussion about real estate investing in Latin America with Melissa Reagen, head of property research for the region at Aberdeen Asset Management. Reagen contributed an article in the May edition of The Institutional Real Estate Letter that discusses the lucrative investment opportunities in overlooked Latin American nations.

A discussion with Jack Rodman, an executive with Crosswater Realty Advisors regarding the column he wrote and was published in the Americas and Asia Pacific editions of The Institutional Real Estate Letter. It is Rodman’s contention that China is headed down the same road Japan followed when its economic miracle imploded two decades ago. During this interview he explains why.

Norm Miller is a professor of real estate at the University of San Diego, and former vice president of analytics for the CoStar Group. He is also editor of the Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, which he founded in 2009 with the support of CoStar. Among his areas of interest and research is office and workplace trends, which he discusses in this podcast.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. breaks down the current institutional investment market in this monthly podcast. This month he reviews several of the subjects discussed at the spring 2013 Editorial Advisory Board meeting held in Santa Barbara, Calif., April 9-11.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. breaks down the current institutional investment market in this monthly podcast. This month's topics include the state of the global markets, uncalled capital, core investing, secondary markets, and the upcoming IREI Editorial Advisory Board Meeting.

An interview with reporter Tyson Freeman regarding his article about institutional investors jumping into the single-family home rental market. Freeman's story, which appears in the March 2013 edition of The Institutional Real Estate Letter -- Americas, deals with questions pertaining to whether single-family homes can become a sustainable institutional real estate asset class, much as multi-family housing did years ago.

An interview with Sheila Hopkins, managing director of Institutional Real Estate, Inc.'s European operations. Hopkins elaborates on several new rules being contemplated or enacted by European regulators that affect institutional real estate investors, including Solvency II, Basel III, and other rules that limit executive compensation and require lenders to boost their financial reserves.

An interview with Kevin McTavish, a partner at Summit Capital, about the giant Eagle Ford Shale oil and natural gas field in Texas. McTavish characterizes the situation at Eagle Ford Shale as a "gold rush" for institutional investors in search of real estate investments. This interview is based on a story appearing in the March 2013 edition of The Institutional Real Estate Letter — Americas.

Geoffrey Dohrmann breaks down the current institutional investment market in this monthly podcast.

An interview with contributing reporter Brad Berton who wrote the cover story for the January 2013 edition of The Institutional Real Estate Letter -- Americas. The story, titled "Foreign Invasion," is an assessment of when the world's emerging economies will begin investing their substantial financial assets in the form of direct real estate investments in the United States. Though foreign direct investment is ongoing, some real estate experts expect foreign direct investment in real estate to increase substantially in the years to come.

Interview with Christopher Macke of CBRE Research and Consulting discussing why American corporations, despite record profits, are not hiring in the United States but are hiring abroad.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. breaks down the current institutional investment market in this monthly podcast.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, President and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. breaks down the current institutional investment market in this monthly podcast.

Interview with Marc Louargand of Saltash Partners discussing the online retail revolution and its implications for the warehouse sector. The interview is based on Mr. Louargand's article in the October 2012 edition of The Institutional Real Estate Letter –– North America, headlined "Warehouse Wins Retail Wars."

Our guest is Larissa Herczeg, a partner at Oak Street Real Estate Capital in Chicago, discussing emerging managers. Herczeg — whose background includes stints with Credit Suisse, Franklin Templeton and Morgan Creek Capital Management — was a prominent source for our November 2012 TIREL - Americas cover story on emerging managers, and in this podcast she expands on the topic, including her decision to join an emerging manager where she will create a fund of funds.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. breaks down the current institutional investment market in this monthly podcast.

An interview with Sheila Hopkins, managing director of our European operations. Hopkins recently attended EXPO REAL, the International Trade Fair for Property and Investment, held in Munich, Germany, where she learned about the grandiose plans being touted by the Russian government to double the size of Moscow with a project called New Moscow, essentially a second city center to help alleviate the many problems confronting the Russian capital.

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. breaks down the current institutional investment market in this monthly podcast.

An interview with contributing reporter Anna Robaton who wrote the cover story for the December 2012 edition of The Institutional Real Estate Letter — Americas. The story is a forecast of what the institutional real estate industry might expect in 2013.

An interview with Richard C. Wilson, author of The Family Office Book: Investing Capital for the Ultra-Affluent. Wilson works with single- and multi-family offices and the ultra-wealthy. His team at the G.T.C. Institute operates the 40,000-member Family Offices Group association, the Qualified Family Office Professional training program, and writes a newsletter titled “Family Office Monthly.”