Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Podcast

IREI editors convene to discuss issues of the day, and you’re invited to listen in. Joining the discussion is Loretta Clodfelter, the organization’s editorial director; Mike Consol, editor of Real Assets Adviser; Andrea Zander, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas; and Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (04/2026)

IREI editors convene to discuss issues of the day, and you’re invited to listen in. Joining the discussion is Loretta Clodfelter, the organization’s editorial director; Mike Consol, editor of Real Assets Adviser; Andrea Zander, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas; and Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (04/2026)

IREI editors convene to discuss issues of the day, and you’re invited to listen in. Joining the discussion is Loretta Clodfelter, the organization’s editorial director; Mike Consol, editor of Real Assets Adviser; Andrea Zander, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas; and Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. (04/2026)

Cole Gilliam Parks, CEO and co-founder of Southwestern Group, a boutique private equity firm focused livestock leasing, explains how the niche investment works and its potential risk and rewards for operators and investors. (04/2026)

What constitutes proptech? What is the current state of the art? And what does AI promise by way of fueling new and better property technologies? Discussing those issues during this episode is Dan Wenhold, a partner at Fifth Wall, a venture capital focused on proptech investing. (04/2026)

What constitutes proptech? What is the current state of the art? And what does AI promise by way of fueling new and better property technologies? Discussing those issues during this episode is Dan Wenhold, a partner at Fifth Wall, a venture capital focused on proptech investing. (04/2026)

Vincent Nobel, Head of Asset-Based Lending at Federated Hermes discusses his latest Private Markets Real Estate Newsletter, in which he considers the case for rethinking real estate credit underwriting. Vincent explores why traditional metrics such as LTV can distort true risk when relied on in isolation. Real estate isn’t homogenous, and neither are the risks behind each asset, which is why he advocates for the inclusion of abductive reasoning in credit underwriting.

There’s been many headlines suggesting people and companies are leaving New York City en masse. But is that really the case, or does the data indicate a difference story? Kevin Kelly, who leads a team of data scientists and real estate brokers at JLL, had his team turn its sights on the Big Apple to see if there is any truth to the assertion that New York is a city in decline. (04/2026)

There’s been many headlines suggesting people and companies are leaving New York City en masse. But is that really the case, or does the data indicate a difference story? Kevin Kelly, who leads a team of data scientists and real estate brokers at JLL, had his team turn its sights on the Big Apple to see if there is any truth to the assertion that New York is a city in decline. (04/2026)

How analogous are the housing issues in New York City compared with the rest of the United States? What is the latest on office-to-housing conversions? And how is new Big Apple mayor Zohran Mamdani attacking the housing affordability problem? Rob Schwartz, co-founder and principal of S3 Capital, a construction lender to the NYC-area housing market, discusses the topic. (04/2026)

How analogous are the housing issues in New York City compared with the rest of the United States? What is the latest on office-to-housing conversions? And how is new Big Apple mayor Zohran Mamdani attacking the housing affordability problem? Rob Schwartz, co-founder and principal of S3 Capital, a construction lender to the NYC-area housing market, discusses the topic. (04/2026)

Paul Hampton, the CEO and one of the founders of investment manager Evonite, talks to Marek Handzel, the editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe about early stage managers. What are the current barriers to entry? How do investors view smaller investment houses? And what can early stage managers offer in this new cycle?

Why are brands opting for longer pop-up timelines rather than jumping straight into traditional leases? How are these “test stores” informing permanent leasing decisions? What makes a pop-up successful enough to convert into a long-term tenant? And how is this shift changing the way landlords think about vacancy and merchandising? Tackling those questions are Claire Rose, VP of specialty leasing and partnership marketing, and Joe Aristone, EVP and chief revenue officer at PREIT, the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. (04/2026)

Why are brands opting for longer pop-up timelines rather than jumping straight into traditional leases? How are these “test stores” informing permanent leasing decisions? What makes a pop-up successful enough to convert into a long-term tenant? And how is this shift changing the way landlords think about vacancy and merchandising? Tackling those questions are Claire Rose, VP of specialty leasing and partnership marketing, and Joe Aristone, EVP and chief revenue officer at PREIT, the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. (04/2026)

Why are brands opting for longer pop-up timelines rather than jumping straight into traditional leases? How are these “test stores” informing permanent leasing decisions? What makes a pop-up successful enough to convert into a long-term tenant? And how is this shift changing the way landlords think about vacancy and merchandising? Tackling those questions are Claire Rose, VP of specialty leasing and partnership marketing, and Joe Aristone, EVP and chief revenue officer at PREIT, the Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust. (04/2026)

Shlomo Chopp says technology is acting as a wrecking ball for commercial real estate. Consider how ecommerce killed retail’s old model; how remote work has made office space optional; and how even industrial and data centers could face rapid obsolescence through tech innovation. Chopp is managing partner at CASE, which specializes in restructuring distressed commercial real estate debt. He has more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, including in proptech innovation, along the way building a reputation as a realist in an industry often blinded by optimism. (04/2026)

Shlomo Chopp says technology is acting as a wrecking ball for commercial real estate. Consider how ecommerce killed retail’s old model; how remote work has made office space optional; and how even industrial and data centers could face rapid obsolescence through tech innovation. Chopp is managing partner at CASE, which specializes in restructuring distressed commercial real estate debt. He has more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate, including in proptech innovation, along the way building a reputation as a realist in an industry often blinded by optimism. (04/2026)

Zubaer Mahboob, director of European research at Heitman, talks about the momentum in alternative real estate sectors across Europe with Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe. 

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses the Trump administration’s proposal to allow 401(k) plans to more easily include alternative assets such as cryptocurrency, real estate and private market assets. (04/2026)

John Coleman, co-CEO of Sovereign’s Capital, is out with a new book titled Good Money: Six Steps to Building a Financial Life with Purpose and published by Harvard Business Review Press. The premise is straightforward but surprisingly under-discussed in financial circles: By most objective measures, we’re wealthier than prior generations, yet greater wealth has not translated into greater well-being — especially when money becomes intertwined with status and identity. (03/2026)