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In this episode, David Levy, CRE, talks with Frank Kelly, founder and managing partner of Fulcrum Macro Advisors. Leveraging more than 30 years as a senior Wall Street executive at Merrill Lynch, Charles Schwab, and Deutsche Bank, and having served two presidential administrations, Frank Kelly offers a unique inside sources perspective on Washington, DC, the broader geopolitical landscape, and the complex cross-roads of public policy, global markets, and macroeconomics.

In this episode Trepp Chief Product Officer Lonnie Hendry, CRE®, talks with JLL Global Head of Research Julia Georgules, BGO Chief Economist Ryan Severino, and Crenetics Co-Founder and CEO Patrick Nessenthaler, CRE®, on the predictive power of Artificial Intelligence.

In this episode, MSCI Real Assets Chief Economist Jim Costello, CRE®, engages fellow members of the Counselor organization's Economic Advisory Council on what worries them, where the imbalance is in the economy, and what's going to drive it.

In this episode, 2026 Global Chair John Baczewski, CRE®, talks with PwC's Andrew Alperstein, CRE®, and Charles DiRocco, Jr., CRE®, who share the pivotal trends and top markets to watch as published in Emerging Trends in Real Estate®, a joint publication of the Urban Land Institute and PwC. It's one of the most comprehensive real estate and land use reports in the industry.

In this episode, Jonathan A. Schein, CRE, and Victor Calanog, PhD, CRE, discuss the year that was 2025 and speculate on the issues expected to have the most effect on commercial real estate in 2026.

2026 Global Chair John Baczewski, CRE®, shares his vision for the Counselor organization with Jonathan Schein, CRE®.

The Counselors of Real Estate has identified the current and emerging issues expected to have the most significant impact on all sectors of real estate. The Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate are determined through broad membership polling, discussion, and debate. This signature thought leadership initiative is an invaluable resource to clients of Counselors worldwide and to the real estate industry in general.

2025 Global Chair, John Hentschel, CRE®, shares the current state of the Counselor organization, its financial health, and the important role you, as a CRE®, play in maintaining the vitality of the organization.

In this episode, Lonnie Hendry, CRE®, Chief Product Officer of Trepp, discusses artificial intelligence in real estate and how to balance the opportunities with the challenges. He's joined by Joshua Wood, Partner with Valbridge Property Advisors, Topher Stevenson, Head of Operations with Aspire Commercial, and Wes Gay of Story Brand.

From the influential impact on the office market to the redefining of retail, the global pandemic prompted a rethinking of space utilization, investment strategies, valuations, and the overall approach to commercial and residential real estate, leading to lasting changes. Join Jonathan A. Schein, CRE, Ruth Colp-Haber, CRE, William Pattison, CRE, and Jonathan Miller, CRE, for a powerful hour of real estate dialogue, reflection, and analysis.

On June 25, 2025, The Counselors of Real Estate's Economic Advisory Council brought its high-level thought leadership and street-level intelligence to New York City. In this episode, MSCI's Jim Costello, CRE, Manulife Investment Management's Victor Calanog, Ph.D., CRE, Nuveen Real Estate's Melissa Reagen, CRE, and AEW Europe's Hans Vrensen, CRE, offer real-world interpretation of Trump 2.0, fiscal policy and deregulation, monetary policy and recession risk, and how convergence of it all is influencing today's investor sentiment, capital flows, and commercial property performance in the U.S. and Europe.

In this episode, Jonathan Schein, CRE®, talks with KC Conway, CRE®, founder of KCnomics, LLC, in Norcross, Georgia, on Alexa, Where’s My Stuff? Supply Chain, Logistics, and U. S. Onshoring, the number eight issue on the 2023-24 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®.

In this episode, Jonathan Schein, CRE®, talks with KC Conway, CRE®, founder of KCnomics, LLC, in Norcross, Georgia, on Population Shock: Migration’s Impact on Real Estate, the number six issue on the 2023-24 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®.

In this episode, Jonathan Schein, CRE®, talks with Maureen Ehrenberg, CRE®, president of the Commercial Division of Lessen, on the state of the office market, the number two issue on the 2023-24 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®.

In this episode, Global Chair Anthony DellaPelle, Esq., CRE®, talks with Korin Crawford, CRE®, executive vice president of Griffin Structures, on the state of infrastructure, the number 10 issue on the 2023-24 Top Ten Issues Affecting Real Estate® by The Counselors of Real Estate®.