Despite a significant drop-off in proptech investments between 2021 and 2022, more recent data (*KPMG) suggests proptech investments more than tripled from US$4.1bn to US$13.4bn between 2022-2023 – a bright light in challenging year. New trends are emerging across the industry, expanding the boundaries of what is known as the “built environment”. Opportunities are exploited […]
Characterized by creditworthy tenants with predictable needs, expensive capital projects and long-term investment horizons, healthcare real estate remains an attractive sector with a relatively stable market drawing investor interest and institutional capital. To assess the state of healthcare real estate, we have convened industry veterans from New York, Dallas, and Atlanta to share their expert […]
The unprecedented global health crisis has made investors more cautious about real estate strategies. The demand shock that has grappled international property markets has also forced investors/fund managers to swiftly assess and adjust their portfolios. How does the pandemic differ from GFC, and what does a risk management toolkit look like today? What considerations underly […]
Terri Troy of Placemore Capital leads a candid conversation with sector specialists covering major real estate asset classes: industrial, office, retail and residential. The panel offers a holistic view of the Canadian real estate market since the onset of the pandemic, assesses the investment climate and – using specific deal and portfolio examples – illustrates […]
Student housing investment activity has been on the rise with significant amounts of institutional capital flowing into the asset class. We have invited top-tier U.S. investors to share insights into their strategies during the pandemic, to explain how the crises affected their portfolios and the markets, and what steps investors are taking to soften the […]
Stefan Teague of Cushman & Wakefield engages Jonathan Pearce of Ivanhoé Cambridge (a global real estate leader with C$64 billion in AUM) and Jonathan Olynick of Manulife Investment Management (with 63 million square feet of space in 26 cities worldwide) over issues top of mind for investors in office and industrial sectors. Speakers assess the […]
COVID-19 has accelerated trends happening in retail – one asset class most affected during the pandemic. Views and questions are many, and not everything is doom and gloom. A panel of senior executives/‘retail veterans’ share their thoughts on the fundamental changes retail is undergoing in North America, and what owners and retailers are doing to […]
A panel of senior executives from leading North American real estate investment funds with long-standing expertise in multi-family share their views on Canadian and US residential markets in a post/COVID environment, explain their response to the crises and evaluate growth prospects for an asset class that performed notably well during the pandemic. Collection and occupancy […]
Jim Clayton, Professor and Timothy R. Price Chair, Brookfield Centre in Real Estate & Infrastructure at York University is joined by two leading real estate executives, Paul Finkbeiner of Great-West LIFECO (overseeing a global real estate platform totaling $28 billion in AUM) and Jaime McKenna of Fengate Asset Management (responsible for the firm’s real estate […]
In this special fireside chat session, Laetitia Pacaud, COO & CFO at Epic Investment Services interviews Jon Love, C.M., Founder & Executive Chair of KingSett Capital, a leading Canadian private equity real estate investment firm with $18 billion of assets under management. An icon of the Canadian real estate industry, Jon Love reflects on the […]
