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whitePaper | February 28, 2023

Mid-last year, Elion Partners, LLC (“Elion”) announced further development to Elion Intelligence (“E.I.”), its proprietary technology platform for data-informed real estate investments and operations. This additional enhancement came in the form of Elion’s April 2022 strategic absorption of White Peak Tech, a technology and data consulting company focused on analytics, data engineering, machine learning, and software development. Here, Elion’s Director of Data Science, Jared Stufft, discusses what makes E.I. powerful, how the Elion team is leveraging its capabilities, and how E.I. differentiates the firm as a tech-enabled investment manager.

whitePaper | May 7, 2022

Real estate has always been a reliable way of storing value throughout history. It has gained popularity not only as a store of value but also as an income source over the last decades generating income for it’s owners. Although it is a secure way of storing value as an asset, it has become more difficult to obtain and invest in due to extensive paperwork, middlemans. It’s fast growing market capitalization led to a higher minimum entry barrier. It has gotten harder for the lower and middle class to become a homeowner dooming the working class to rent or a lifetime of mortgage payments.

whitePaper | January 30, 2020

This article is the third in a series discussing the disruptors that are remaking commercial real estate and will impact the way we live, build, work, play and invest. Rather than thinking about technology as a defensive, isolated disruption of commercial real estate, we need to contemplate technology in the context of a disruptive framework and consider how technology and accelerated change will impact the built environment. Being strategic and applying research will prove key in evaluating the demand for real estate, the impact of technological change, and potential sources of disruption to how we build.

whitePaper | September 6, 2022

Corporate real estate leaders have been through a challenging time over the last two years. COVID-19 has brought profound changes to working styles, the day to day operation of corporate real estate and a wider debate about the future role and purpose of the office. Challenge and uncertainty are not limited to the effects and aftermath of the pandemic. Changing macro-economic conditions are bringing new operational realities to the fore. This will form that backdrop for future corporate real estate strategy and activity.

whitePaper | March 11, 2022

As the fund administrator for non-traded REITs, private placements, securitizations and a wide variety of real estate debt and equity funds, Phoenix American has a unique perspective on the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on commercial real estate (CRE). Operating at the crossroads of fund managers, investors, financial advisors and data aggregators, our vantage point allows us to observe trends and offer insights into the dynamics of various CRE sectors.

whitePaper | May 6, 2022

They’ve long been seen as defensive, since traditional bricks and mortar can usually survive any downturn. But investors should be cautious about relying on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) if the current macro headwinds lead to a recession, says strategist Peter van der Welle.