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ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING & DEVELOPMENT
September 15-16 | Boston
Agenda items include:
- Site Tour: Hines' South Station Tower
- Fireside Chat: Navigating the Data Center Investment Boom
- Cutting-Edge Tech Tools for Due Diligence: Drones, 360 Image Capture, Social Media Scraping & More
- Deep Dive Into Building Envelope Issues
- Member Case Study: Barings' Boston Multi-Phase Redevelopment
- Generative AI: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Heading?
Executive Officer
September 23-25 | Dallas -Fort Worth
Agenda items include:
- Innovation Summit
- Capital Flows & Portfolio Allocation
- Investment Management Economics
- Leading Through Change: Decision Velocity as Competitive Advantage
- What's on Your Mind?
NAREIM Highlights
A quick snapshot of what’s happening at NAREIM. Explore meeting summaries, pulse survey results, member-authored thought leadership.
To Leverage Generative AI, Managers Must Be Willing to ‘Rebuild the Factory from the Ground Up’
“AI-native firms” built around generative AI technology from day one could gain an advantage over competitors trying to adapt legacy processes, attendees heard last week during NAREIM’s Virtual Exchange Series: Technology, Data & AI Survey Analysis.
Yet established firms possess something newcomers will struggle to replicate: the trust of their investors, which they have spent years nurturing.
“AI-native firms that will compete the best will be those that pull people together from legacy firms, so they have that incumbent trust that’s there, but they are going to be rebuilding that factory from scratch.”
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NAREIM & Ferguson Partners Release 2026 Global Management Survey Findings
Now in its 18th year, the GMS draws on responses from 79 firms spanning a wide range of strategies, sizes, and geographies, providing industry leaders with benchmarks across capital raising, financial performance, organizational structure, staffing, and governance.
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Portfolio Management: An Expanding Mandate
The modern portfolio manager remains responsible for setting investment strategy and serving as a “steady pair of hands” in difficult moments, attendees heard at NAREIM’s Portfolio Management meeting held in New York City last week.
But the role is expanding, encompassing more client interaction, reporting responsibilities, knowledge transfer, and significantly more travel than in years past.
“Part of the role is also therapist. It’s explaining that real estate is a cycle and talking folks off the ledge, both colleagues who are less seasoned and investors.”
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