John Kim, BMO Capital Markets senior analyst covering U.S. REITs, speaks about the third quarter earnings season. 

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Despite Outperforming Sector, SL Green Stock Being Heavily Shorted
SL Green's Sluggish Leasing Sends Stock Tumbling As REIT Readies For Turnaround

Distress in real estate is prevalent in industry chatter – and in the headlines, but when it comes to sales, it is still not much of a factor. bIn fact, less than 2% of sales are distressed asset sales in the U.S., according to Jim Costello who is the chief economist at investment research firm MSCI’s Real Assets team.

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CRE Loan Distress Hits 10-Year High As Office Debt Crisis Accelerates
REPORT: Regional Banks See Big Jump In Nonperforming CRE Loans, Related Losses
Volume Of Distressed Asset Sales On Mute As Owners Battle A New Type Of Crisis
Luck And Guts Might Not Be Enough To Ride This Real Estate Cycle

JLL's CTO Yao Morin on JLL's generative artificial intelligence model, JLL GPT,  and how she thinks AI can improve the lives of brokers and help them do their job. She also discusses the widespread angst about AI, its dangers and the concerns that it will push people out of employment.

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‘There’s A Degree Of Wonder’: Why New AI Tools May Finally Be The Tech That Shakes Up Real Estate

Bisnow's U.K. Editor Mike Phillips talks about the possibility of a WeWork bankruptcy, and the impact on office landlords. 

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WeWork President, COO Heads For The Exit

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Danielle Lombardo, the chair Lockton's global real estate practice, on how the cost of insurance is killing deals, and how this "inflection point' will force the industry to work together to find a solution.

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Insurance Costs Jump 26% For U.S. Multifamily Properties
As Hurricane Idalia Deluges Florida, Property Insurance Exposure Exceeds $238B

On this episode, CBRE's Richard Barkham, who is the brokerage's  global chief economist and global head of research. He is talking over why the brokerage has moderated -- but not removed -- its recession prediction and his view on the where interest rates are headed. Also on the episode, distress in office and the impressive turnaround of retail.

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Thomas Yoo, the CEO of Willow River Capital Management, talks about the shifts in Asian investment into USA real estate, managing different cultural approaches to business – and the environment for loan sales. 

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Rudin CEO Bill Rudin talks about office occupancy, the decision to turn 55 Broad into housing, doing deals with Ken Griffin and the migrant crisis. 

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'A Million Things Can Go Wrong': City, Developers Outline Challenges In Office-To-Resi Conversions

Another Labor Day Came And Went Without A Spike In Office Occupancy

Marilynn Joyner, the founder of Her Workplace – a startup that offers  physical coworking space, in person events and a digital networking and career resource platform – all tailored for women and nonbinary people, at this moment in the world of work. 

Jarred Schenke and Ethan Rothstein talk over the Nightingale Properties and CrowdStreet deal that resulted in a DOJ investigation and the disappearance of millions of investor dollars.  

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