The Weekly Take
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Podcast | Future Cities
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: The Impact of Sports Venue Development
Sports venues like Richmond’s CarMax Park can be powerful urban growth engines. Entrepreneur Larry Botel, co-owner of the Richmond minor-league baseball team, and CBRE’s Pam Strieffler discuss how mixed-use districts anchored by these venues can transform CBD-adjacent areas. They walk through strategies for attracting outside capital, navigating rising construction costs, drawing year-round visitors, and forging public-private partnerships to create districts that propel economic activity.
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Podcast | Intelligent Investment
Under Pressure: Can data centers keep up with AI?
Data centers are the hottest asset class in CRE right now. Digital Realty's President and CEO Andy Power and CBRE's Pat Lynch discuss the sector’s challenges and opportunities, including power constraints, evolving location strategies and international market dynamics. They also offer key insights from CBRE’s hot-off-the-presses Global Data Center Trends Report 2026.
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Podcast | Intelligent Investment
London Calling: Investing in Europe’s resilient markets
What do “higher for longer” interest rates mean for investors? CBRE Investment Management’s Achal Gandhi and Rik Eertink break down the practical ways they identify and pursue opportunities in the living, logistics, office and retail sectors across Europe, in both direct and indirect execution formats.
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Podcast | Intelligent Investment
2026 Retail Real Estate Trends with Ebere Anokute (BONUS EPISODE)
Retail real estate requires an operator's mindset. While attending ICSC Las Vegas, CBRE's Americas Head of Retail Research, Ebere Anokute, spoke with us about the state of the market, challenging conventional wisdom and leveraging robust data to navigate an evolving retail landscape.
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Podcast | Evolving Workforces
Get Ready: The keys to future-proof organizations
Futurist and author Jacob Morgan has a plan for building future-ready organizations: cultivating a thriving, accountable workforce; embracing flexibility; and applying technology to foster resilience and employee growth.
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