Front & Center

Jan 31 2025 51 ep. 17 mins 27
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Front & Center is a podcast produced by CenterSquare Investment Management, providing insights and perspectives on commercial real estate investment across the public and private markets through timely and relevant conversations with Firm thought leaders about the trends and drivers impacting the global real estate asset class.

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Episode #51: 2025 Global REIT Outlook: Opportunity in International Sectors

Jan 31 2025 25 mins  
The Front & Center podcast returns with the second installment of our Outlook Series, featuring Global Portfolio Managers Joachim Kehr and Matt Goulding, joining Uma Moriarity to share their perspectives on what 2025 will bring for the global REIT market. Uma, Joachim, and Matt discuss their broad expectations across global REITs, and dive deeper into specific areas where they

Episode #50: 2025 Macro Outlook: Finding Rainbows in the Rainstorm

Jan 27 2025 21 mins  
Front & Center kicks off the year with an update on our expectations for the macroeconomic environment in 2025. CenterSquare’s CEO and CIO, Todd Briddell joins Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity in the first installment of our 2025 Outlook Series to discuss their broad expectations for the market in 2025. This episode will be followed by in-depth analysis across Globa

Episode #49: Global REITs in 2024: Key Trends in Policy, Politics, and Performance

Dec 06 2024 34 mins  
On this episode Uma Moriarity hosts Global PMs Joachim Kehr and Matthew Goulding, along with U.S. PM Patrick Wilson to talk about the Global REITs landscape. They provide their perspectives on how various macroeconomic factors, including monetary policy and uncertainty in the political and regulatory environments, have impacted the market through 2024. “Global REITs in 2024: Key

Episode #48: Navigating Volatility in Real Estate Debt Markets

Nov 22 2024 26 mins  
On this episode of Front & Center, Managing Directors of Private Debt Michael Boxer and Rich Gorsky join Uma Moriarity to give an update on the debt market. Michael and Rich discuss their expectations across the yield curve, and the impact of monetary policy and other macroeconomic factors. “Navigating Volatility in Real Estate Debt Markets” explains the current state of re

Special Episode #47:Election Aftermath and Expectations for the REIT Market

Nov 14 2024 10 mins  
CenterSquare’s Front & Center Podcast is back with a special episode featuring Portfolio Manager Alex Snyder and host Uma Moriarity talking through the aftermath of the election and how the results may impact the REIT market. In addition to the short-term rally in some asset classes, Uma and Alex cover potential longer-term impacts across real estate sectors stemming from the

Episode #46: REITs Earnings: Strong Fundamentals and Few Surprises

Nov 08 2024 13 mins  
Front & Center podcast episode 46 features CenterSquare Portfolio Manager Rob Goldstein, joining host Uma Moriarity to talk REITs earnings. With mostly good news in line with our expectations, Rob and Uma discuss the lower interest rate environment, improved fundamentals in the office sector, and continued strong fundamentals across retail, lodging, and data centers. “REITs

Episode #45: Industrial Sector: Current State and the Rise of Shallow Bay

Oct 25 2024 18 mins  
On episode 45 of the Front & Center podcast, CenterSquare’s Robert Wasenius, Senior Vice President, Private Equity Real Estate and Uma Moriarity continue the conversation about the industrial sector, this time joined by John Huguenard, Senior Managing Director and Co-head of Industrial at JLL Capital Markets, who discusses the current state of the industrial sector and provid

Episode #44: Opportunity in Office REITs

Oct 11 2024 12 mins  
On this episode of Front & Center, CenterSquare Portfolio Manager Alex Snyder joins Uma Moriarity to discuss the state of the office sector. Uma and Alex frame their discussion starting with the state of the office sector in the pre-pandemic, lower interest rate environment, then dive into how it has evolved in the years since, providing valuable insights along the way. “Opp

Episode #43: Less is More: Small Bay Industrial

Sep 27 2024 16 mins  
Small bay industrial is the topic for discussion on Front & Center #podcast Episode 43. CenterSquare’s Rob Wasenius, Senior Vice President, Private Real Estate and CoStar Group’s Adrian Ponsen, National Director, U.S. Industrial Market Analysis, join Uma Moriarity to define small bay industrial and dive into the data that informs our conviction in the property type. “Les

Episode #42: On the Ground Insights and Sector Highlights

Sep 13 2024 17 mins  
Host Uma Moriarity is joined by Alex Snyder, Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Securities, on the heels of attending two industry conferences over the last week, to discuss fundamentals across various real estate sectors. Uma frames the discussion against the backdrop of what we heard at the conferences, how what we’re hearing compares to CenterSquare’s outlook, and sectors that g