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NAREIM™ (the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers™) is the industry association dedicated to the business and organizational strategy of real estate investment management.

Since 1990, NAREIM has been the home for real estate investment management benchmarking and best practice education. Our focus is on peer-to-peer networking, where the only conversations are candid and brutally honest. You come to NAREIM to discuss what is working and what is not working among peers, and where you understand what the industry really thinks.

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Legal, Compliance & Risk

November 4 | NYC

Agenda items include:

  • The Promise of Generative AI: What Can Go Right
  • Generative AI Reality Check: What Can Go Wrong
  • Data Security, Reg S-P & Vendor Oversight
  • Conflicts: Balancing Fairness & Fundraising
  • What's on Your Mind?
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Capital Raising & Investor Relations

December 2-3 | Dallas

Agenda items include:

  • Annual General Meetings: Approaches Across Firms
  • Continuation Vehicles: Best Practices on Creating a True Win-Win for All
  • What’s in Your Tech Stack (Including AI)?
  • Capital Raising: Deep Dive Into Seasonality of The Job
  • Investor & Consultant Rapid-Fire Panel

NAREIM Highlights

A quick snapshot of what’s happening at NAREIM. Explore meeting summaries, pulse survey results, member-authored thought leadership.

NAREIM Announces Jeff Barclay Fellows Class of 2026-2027

September 21, 2026
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NAREIM celebrates the next generation of commercial real estate leaders through the NAREIM Jeff Barclay Fellows program.

​Named after the late Jeff Barclay, former NAREIM Chairman, Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions at Clarion Partners, and Head of Goldman Sachs’ Real Estate Group, the NAREIM Jeff Barclay Fellows award is given to outstanding graduate students with the goal to provide insights into the future of real estate investment management.

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The New Development Toolkit: Technology, Data and Better Decision-Making

September 18, 2026
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NAREIM’s Architecture, Engineering & Development meeting brought industry leaders to Boston to examine how technology, data and technical expertise are changing the way real estate teams evaluate risk, manage assets and plan for the future.

From artificial intelligence and due diligence technology to building envelopes, data centers and one of Boston’s largest waterfront developments, the focus kept returning to something more fundamental: making better decisions.

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NAREIM Appoints Andy Walburger as Chief Executive Officer

July 27, 2026
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Walburger brings more than 25 years of commercial real estate experience cultivating executive relationships and facilitating high-level peer exchange. Prior to joining NAREIM, he held senior commercial roles across leading real estate data, analytics, and technology platforms, including Green Street, Juniper Square, and Ten-X.

His work has consistently focused on partnering with institutional investment managers and supporting their strategic and operational priorities.

“Throughout his career, Andy has been dedicated to serving institutional real estate investment managers and creating opportunities for senior leaders to learn from one another,” said Kristin Renaudin, Chair of the NAREIM Board of Directors and Chief Financial Officer of Stockbridge. “His experience across the industry, combined with his success building executive peer networks, makes him uniquely well suited to lead NAREIM.”

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