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As growth in data use continues, institutional investors in the private real estate markets are allocating an increasing amount of capital to the sector, says James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.

Inflation hedging depends on the ability to grow rents and, in turn, income, says Brad Gries, co-head and co-CIO, Americas at LaSalle Investment Management.

NAREIM's chief executive, Zoe Hughes, explains why idea sharing is crucial to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within the industry.

SFDR’s objectives are noteworthy and for the common good, says Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s head of sustainability for global real assets, Mona Benisi.

Global returns this year should remain positive and the US should outperform even if interest rates rise, says Fergus Hicks, UBS Asset Management’s real estate strategist.

Life sciences, STEM office and logistics offer opportunities, say the head of US real estate research and the head of Europe and Asia-Pacific real estate research at Barings.

Residential real estate is traditionally resilient in times of high inflation, making it an attractive asset class to institutional investors, says James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group

New technologies and systems are reinventing the supply chain and could soon become widespread, say MIT Center for Real Estate’s researchers Steve Weikal and James Robert Scott.

Structural transformations support positive short- and long-term prospects, believe Tim Wang, head of investment research, and Julia Laumont, vice-president, research and strategy, at Clarion Partners.

Logistics markets around the world have different characteristics and development opportunities, finds Rosemary Feenan, executive vice-president, global research at QuadReal Property Group.