Sustainability professionals within real estate investment management are adjusting to a changed political and regulatory landscape, evolving industry nomenclature, and shifting market realities, attendees heard at NAREIM’s Sustainability meeting held in Austin this week.
“We have guardrails on terminology,” one participant said. “Banned terms include ‘climate change,’ ‘net zero,’ and ‘DEI+B.’ But we continue to do the work and call it something else, like ‘climate resiliency.’”
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NAREIM members are invited to participate in a new benchmarking survey on how real estate investment managers are using technology, data, and AI across their organizations.
This initiative will provide an aggregated, anonymized view of industry practices to support peer benchmarking, highlight emerging best practices, and inform smarter technology and data decisions across the NAREIM community.
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The NAREIM Jeff Barclay Fellows award is given to five outstanding graduate students with the goal to provide insights into the future of real estate investment management.
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In 2025, NAREIM welcomed Apollo Global Management, DRA Advisors, GID, Greystar, Goodwin Procter, Hines, Northwood Investors, and The Amherst Group as new members of our community.
We look forward to connecting and collaborating in the months ahead.
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NAREIM’s 2025 Resume Book, a key component of our student programming and commitment to developing the next generation of industry talent, is live and available for download via our Member Portal. This year, nearly 950 undergraduate and graduate students from 75 schools submitted resumes for consideration by NAREIM members.
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The role of capital raising and investor relations is expanding faster than the industry can define it. During live polling conducted at NAREIM’s Capital Raising & Investor Relations meeting held this week in Chicago, only 34% of professionals said their capital raising role is very clearly defined, while two-thirds described it as only somewhat clear or unclear—a signal that confusion has become the norm.
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Bryan highlighted the role of NAREIM as a unique forum where investment managers can gather, away from day-to-day dealmaking and the influence of capital, to gain perspective and connect with peers facing the same challenges and opportunities.
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In six months, 66% of firms expect at least 4 days and over 90% at least 3 days in-office. 83% of firms have different hybrid rules depending on department.
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For an industry that’s proven to be behind the curve when it comes to technological advancements, there’s no surprise that artificial intelligence is taking commercial real estate by storm. But for what historically has been seen as an IT problem, all job functions across an organization are now being forced to jump on board, as members heard during NAREIM’s Legal, Compliance & Risk meeting this week in Chicago.
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The adoption of artificial intelligence has shifted from abstract future possibility to urgent business priority: a matter of talent recruiting and retention, culture, and competitive positioning. This was a recurring theme attendees heard throughout the day at NAREIM’s Data & Information Management meeting in Nashville this week.
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