EO 2016 Leadership Retreat Report: Leading Through Challenge
“Managers develop organizations; Leaders develop people.” – Robin S. Sharma For a print version, click here. The discussion of this year’s NAREIM leadership retreat circled around challenge – how leaders rise to it, learn from it, and prepare for it. … Continue reading
Build for the People Who Live There
By Gunnar Branson CEO, NAREIM Paul Meadows, the CEO of Atlanta Beltline Inc. recently spoke to the NAREIM Asset & Portfolio Management meeting. Over the last few years, his group has transformed some of the most troubled, overlooked or discounted … Continue reading
2016 Spring NAREIM Dialogues Available Now
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Beware the Disruptor
By Gunnar Branson CEO, NAREIM There has been a recent abundance of examples that graphically demonstrate what happens when disruptive technologies and business models are introduced to an industry. Every year, billions of dollars in revenue are taken away by … Continue reading
R&I 2016 Meeting Report: Data is Here. Are We Ready For It?
“Research is creating new knowledge” – Neil Armstrong NAREIM Research & Investment Management Meeting February 17th 2016 for a print version, click here “Humans are really good at seeing patterns,” said Gunnar Branson of NAREIM in his introduction to the … Continue reading
The Folklore of Finance: How Beliefs and Behaviors Sabotage Success in the Investment Management Industry
By Suzanne Duncan Senior Vice President, Global Head of Research State Street Corporation Center for Applied Research Suzanne spoke at the NAREIM 2015 Executive Officer Fall Meeting, where she helped members examine many assumptions and question if we are really thinking … Continue reading
Texas Tea & CRE: The Commodities Rout & Its Implications For U.S. Commercial Real Estate
By Hans Nordby, Managing Director, and Adrian Ponsen, Senior Real Estate Economist, CoStar Portfolio Strategy Regular NAREIM meeting attendees are very familiar with Hans Nordby and his colleagues’ fascinating perspectives on markets, demographics, and the quirks of our economy. Hans leads CoStar Portfolio … Continue reading
A&D 2016 Meeting Report: Adaptation is the Seed of Evolution
“The only way to predict the future is to have the power to change it.” – Eric Hoffer For a print version of this report, click here. In January, NAREIM hosted its annual Acquisitions & Dispositions meeting at the Mr. … Continue reading
What Inning Are We In? Let’s Play Two!
By Jim Costello, Real Capital Analytics Over the years, some of the most insightful comments expressed at NAREIM meetings have come from Jim Costello. A real estate and urban economist with Real Capital Analytics, Jim provided advice to the Treasury Department … Continue reading
Georgetown Wins 1st place in the 2016 MIT Case Competition
This February, as part of their Spring Leadership Retreat, NAREIM hosted the final round of the MIT Center for Real Estate’s 2016 CASE Competition, “The Caribbean Way”. Annually since 2011, the Alumni Association of the MIT Center for Real Estate has conducted challenging case study … Continue reading
