Thought Leaders

Assurant, Inc. (NYSE: AIZ) is a premier global protection company that partners with the world’s leading brands to safeguard and service connected devices, homes, and automobiles. As a Fortune 500 company operating in 21 countries, Assurant leverages data-driven technology solutions to provide exceptional customer experiences.

Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, offering a robust suite of services to our multifamily and commercial property clients. Through our integrated mortgage banking, investment sales and servicing platform, Berkadia delivers comprehensive real estate solutions for the entire life cycle of our clients’ assets. To learn more about Berkadia, please visit www.berkadia.com

Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK), a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment, has contracted, sold, or deployed more than 78,000 charging ports worldwide, many of which are networked EV charging stations, enabling EV drivers to easily charge at any of Blink’s charging locations. Blink’s principal line of products and services includes the Blink EV charging network (“Blink Network”), EV charging equipment, EV charging services, and the products and services of recent acquisitions, including SemaConnect, Blue Corner, BlueLA and Envoy. For more information, please visit www.blinkcharging.com

Brivo, Inc., created the cloud-based access control and smart spaces technology category over 20 years ago and remains the global leader serving commercial real estate, multifamily residential and large distributed enterprises. The company\'s comprehensive product ecosystem and open API provide businesses with powerful digital tools to increase security automation, elevate employee and tenant experience, and improve the safety of all people and assets in the built environment. Brivo's building access platform is now the digital foundation for the largest collection of customer facilities in the world, occupying over 300 million square feet across 42 countries. Learn more at www.Brivo.com

With the resources and experience of a $95B+ portfolio, the Capital One national commercial real estate team delivers tailored financing solutions. The Top 10 U.S. commercial bank and Top 6 agency lender offers a full suite of permanent and construction loans including industrial, multifamily housing, offices and student housing. For more information, visit www.capitalone.com/commercial/.

Coast Energy maximizes commercial property value by transforming underused space into valuable energy assets—delivering immediate financial returns with zero upfront cost. Coast Energy develops, owns, and operates custom solar and energy storage systems that boost NOI, reduce electricity costs, and create new revenue streams from rooftops and parking areas. Coast Energy’s full-service approach—spanning analysis, installation oversight, and ongoing management—ensures seamless execution and long-term performance. Driven by innovation and integrity, Coast Energy helps real estate leaders turn decarbonization into a competitive edge.

Colliers is a leader in global real estate, offering comprehensive services to investors, property owners, tenants and developers around the world. With professionals in 68 countries worldwide, we are united by our spirit of enterprise. We take initiative, think creatively, collaborate to achieve and use our expertise to innovate. Our 15,000 employees embrace a culture of service excellence. We strive to deliver the best service experience, in both the business results we achieve and through personal attention, to exceed our client's expectations.

CREW Network is the premier business network dedicated to accelerating success for all women in the global commercial real estate industry. The organization’s more than 14,000 members are located in 85+ markets worldwide and represent all disciplines of CRE. CREW Network helps its members find success through business networking, leadership development, industry research and career outreach.

For more than 30 years, EBI has helped clients maximize value in the built and natural environments, delivering quality insights that move business forward. Founded in 1989 at the intersection of business and development, we've always been committed to delivering the information clients need to make the best business decisions. With nearly 600 industry experts coast-to-coast, our capabilities include due diligence, climate risk, architecture and engineering, and environmental, health and safety services.

Freddie Mac Multifamily is the nation's multifamily housing finance leader. Historically, more than 90% of the eligible rental units we fund are affordable to families with low-to-moderate incomes earning up to 120% of area median income. Freddie Mac securitizes about 90% of the multifamily loans it purchases, thus transferring the majority of the expected credit risk from taxpayers to private investors.

Funnel’s renter-centric solutions revolutionize the antiquated process of finding a home into an enjoyable experience. We believe all renters deserve a seamless, simple and personalized journey. We provide leasing and communication tools that are intuitive and obliterate repetitive tasks -- driving more efficient leasing. Join us as we help leading property management teams create tomorrow’s rental experience at funnelleasing.com.

HALL Structured Finance (HSF) is an entrepreneurial, direct private lender offering creative financing solutions for projects across the U.S., primarily in the hotel and multifamily sectors. Our lending program is designed to provide real estate owners, operators, and developers with an alternative to bank financing and is a resource for projects that may be underserved by institutional capital markets.

Hines Private Wealth Solutions is dedicated to providing a variety of investment opportunities designed to meet individual investors’ needs. The platform is backed by Hines, a leading global real estate investment manager. Founded in 1957, Hines has built a reputation as one of the world’s leading commercial real estate firms, with 5,000 employees in 31 countries as of June 30, 2024. Learn more at www.hinesprivatewealth.com.

For 90 years, our members have made us the world’s strongest voice for all things real estate management. Almost 20,000 leaders in commercial and residential management call this home for education, support and networking. Our CPM®, ARM®, ACoM®, and AMO® certifications are internationally recognized symbols of ethical leadership and a well-managed property. And our tools deliver decades of on-the-job know-how to help members get even better at what they do. Put simply – IREM and its members are here to elevate the profession. If you know real estate management, come get to know us irem.org

For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $20.8 billion and operations in over 80 countries around the world, our more than 110,000 employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com

KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) finances projects that stabilize and revitalize communities across all 50 states. As the second largest affordable housing lender for 2021, KeyBank’s platform brings together construction, acquisition, bridge-to-re-syndication, and preservation loans, as well as lines of credit, Agency and HUD permanent mortgage executions, and equity investments for low-income housing projects, especially Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) financing. KeyBank has earned 10 consecutive “Outstanding” ratings on the Community Reinvestment Act exam, from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, making it the first U.S. national bank among the 25 largest to do so since the Act’s passage in 1977.

Kidder Mathews is the largest fully independent commercial real estate firm in the Western U.S., with over 900 real estate professionals and staff in 19 offices in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona. We offer a complete range of brokerage, appraisal, asset services, consulting, and debt & equity finance services for all property types. For more information, visit kidder.com.

Lee & Associates offers an array of real estate services tailored to meet the needs of the company’s clients, including commercial real estate brokerage, integrated services, and construction services. Established in 1979, Lee & Associates is now an international firm with offices throughout North America. Our professionals regularly collaborate to make sure they are providing their clients with the most advanced, up-to-date market technology and information. For the latest news from Lee & Associates, visit lee-associates.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Link, our company blog.

Matthews Real Estate Investment Services™, a commercial real estate investment services and technology firm, holds recognition as an industry leader in investment sales, leasing, and debt and structured finance. Matthews™ delivers superior results through industry revered work ethic, unique culture, collaboration, and advanced technology. Matthews™ redefines what clients expect by accelerating the evolution of how the industry services clients through technology. By leveraging industry-leading resources, Matthews™ is committed to growing and preserving client wealth and adding value to their investment strategy. Read More

NAI Global is a leading global commercial real estate brokerage firm. NAI Global offices are leaders in their local markets and work in unison to provide clients with exceptional solutions to their commercial real estate needs. NAI Global has more than 300 offices strategically located throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific, with over 5,100 local market professionals, managing in excess of 1.1 billion square feet of property and facilities. Annually, NAI Global completes in excess of $20 billion in commercial real estate transactions throughout the world.

NewPoint Real Estate Capital (“NewPoint”) is a prominent finance company delivering lending solutions to investors of multifamily, affordable housing, seniors housing and healthcare properties. In addition to being a Fannie Mae DUS®, Freddie Mac Optigo®, and HUD/FHA lender, NewPoint also offers proprietary bridge and affordable housing financing, as well as third-party placement solutions.

With over $3 billion originated, Nuveen Green Capital is a national leader in sustainable commercial real estate financing solutions, and an affiliate of Nuveen, the $1 trillion+ asset manager and wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA. Learn more at www.nuveen.com/greencapital.

Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. (Partner) provides engineering, environmental and energy assessments and solutions for the global real estate industry. We help clients manage risk, make smart investments, and bring projects to life. Learn more at partneresi.com.

PGIM Real Estate provides investors and borrowers access to a range of real estate equity, real estate debt, agriculture, and impact solutions across the risk-return spectrum. PGIM Real Estate is a business of PGIM, the global asset management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM Real Estate’s risk management approach, execution capabilities and industry insights are backed by a 140-year history of real estate financing, and the local experience of professionals in 32 cities globally.

Quantum Fiber represents a leap forward into the next generation of fully digital internet solutions. We open new possibilities for builders, developers, and property owners ready to modernize their properties and future builds. Our expert Connected Communities team forms trusted, long-term partnerships by creating tailored solutions for residential properties. Through the power of our Tier 1 fiber network, infrastructure, and global cyber monitoring, Quantum Fiber delivers on our promise to provide an exceptional internet service built for what’s now and what’s next.

Redaptive is a leading Energy-as-a-Service provider that funds and installs energy-saving and energy-generating equipment. Redaptive’s programs help many of the world’s most sophisticated organizations reduce energy waste, optimize cost, lower carbon emissions, and meet their sustainability goals across their entire real estate portfolios. With Redaptive, customers can overcome capital and resource barriers to achieve energy-saving benefits quickly, all with continuous data powered by Redaptive’s proprietary metering technology. Redaptive was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. For more information, visit: redaptive.com

Redwood Living, Inc. (Redwood) is an innovative development and property management company with neighborhoods in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky, currently. Redwood believes in the growth of the rental population, and provides remarkable and unique neighborhoods to meet this demand. The success of this approach continues to be validated in new markets.

Regency Centers is a preeminent national owner, operator, and developer of shopping centers located in suburban trade areas with compelling demographics. Our portfolio includes thriving properties merchandised with highly productive grocers, restaurants, service providers, and best-in-class retailers that connect to their neighborhoods, communities, and customers. For more information, please visit RegencyCenters.com.

Headquartered in Rye, NY, Serendipity Labs Inc., is an American flexible office space company that opens, manages and markets its upscale coworking brand as a service for office asset owners. Serendipity Labs was established in 2011 by industry leader John Arenas to serve as a trusted, outsourced extension of the corporate workplace. Its hub and spoke network of locations offers highly hosted workplaces caters to the trusted knowledge workforce with private offices, coworking, all-access Worktopia memberships along with meeting and event facilities and business continuity plans. Companies of all sizes use Serendipity Labs strategically, as an outsourced real estate solution.

The SVN® brand was founded in 1987 out of a desire to improve the commercial real estate industry for all stakeholders through cooperation and organized competition. SVN is now a globally recognized commercial real estate entity united by a shared vision of creating value with clients, colleagues, and its communities. SVN Advisors work to ensure that maximum cooperation equals maximum value in every type of transaction. SVN’s unique business model is built on collaboration and transparency and supported by an inclusive culture. We believe in sharing data, fees, knowledge, and opportunities among all members of the CRE industry to create maximum value for our clients, colleagues, and communities. As the industry leader in collaboration, SVN believes in the power of working together to create shared prosperity and drive commercial real estate forward.

Counselors of Real Estate are trusted advisors finding solutions to complex real estate challenges. Experienced, innovative, and credentialed problem solvers, Counselors reside in 22 countries, practice in many more, and offer expertise in more than 60 real estate disciplines across all asset classes. Each has earned the prestigious CRE® designation.

TPG Angelo Gordon's Net Lease business provides real estate sale-leaseback financing to less-than-investment grade owner-occupiers of corporate real estate. In addition to working with privately-held and public large and middle market companies, our team has extensive experience providing sale-leaseback financing to financial sponsors and their portfolio companies. TPG Angelo Gordon, with its significant experience as a principal investor in credit and real estate assets, provides an underwriting platform in the net lease industry, enabling the Net Lease group to execute transactions with a high degree of certainty, timeliness, and sophistication.

Vesta Capital is a privately held real estate investment firm that focuses on the acquisition and management of multifamily properties in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas. Vesta purchases properties that pass strict underwriting standards and that are positioned to perform well in a variety of market conditions. Since its inception, Vesta has purchased over 10,000 units with a combined value of over $925 million. Vesta Capital is constantly working toward identifying assets that will maximize returns for investors. For more information, visit www.vestarealproperty.com.

W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC), one of today’s largest diversified net lease REITs, provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit capital solutions primarily for publicly traded and privately-held companies, developers, institutional owners, private equity firms and their portfolio companies.