Planning in the real estate sector

The Advanced Real Estate Finance course will provide the intermediate to senior level real estate professional with techniques used to analyze, finance and structure real estate transactions. It was designed to provide a decision-making framework that offers attendees an intuitive understanding of real estate finance and investment and provides the ability to analyze a broad range of real estate problems and decisions.

In the last 18 months, seniors housing communities have been faced with many challenges, including higher operating expenses, staffing shortages and new requirements for infrastructure upgrades. As a result it has never been more important to reduce expenses and keep residents happier and more comfortable in their homes. Smart thermostats are a perfect solution. Leveraging the intelligence of these powerful devices will lead to savings in operational costs and energy usage through features such as remote scheduling and occupancy detection.

The Netherlands real estate market still shows very strong performance, but it’s not immune to the slowdown we see in global markets. Listen to the Q1 2019 results of MSCI Netherlands Quarterly Property Index. In the first part, Maarten Broek, Executive Director, MSCI provides a summary of the drivers of performance in the Netherlands market. In the second part, Will Robson, Global Head of Real Estate Solutions Research, MSCI provides an insight into how the Netherlands compares globally.

The challenges facing corporate occupiers have been magnified by the tectonic shift to WFH. So many organizations are still uncertain as to how they’ll manage the complexities of the return to the workplace and how it will impact the organization - from physical space requirements to enhancing productivity to ensuring that occupants are safe, healthy and are actually motivated to return to an office workplace environment. In this series, we explore the technologies required to facilitate and maintain these critical corporate real estate processes. With COVID-19 impacting office density and traffic patterns, building owners and operators are paying close attention to workplace occupancy data analytics from sensors. This session reviews tools and strategies for a data-driven, flexible hybrid workplace design.