...Let's Talk Core Plus Real Estate Investing with Darin Bright

...Let's Talk Core Plus Real Estate Investing with Darin Bright

Author: PGIM February 20, 2025 Duration: 24:54

Darin Bright is the Head of Core Plus Strategies at PGIM Real Estate. Darin is passionate about real estate investing and cultivating strong relationships within the investment community.

Keshav and Darin examine the tangible aspects of real estate, including its durability, which make it an appealing and accessible component of a diversified portfolio. They discuss the opportunities new technologies and U.S. demographics bring to a diverse Core Plus Real Estate strategy.

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Key Takeaways:

● A New Cycle for Returns on Real Estate Investments. [2:25]

● Benefits of Core Plus Strategies in Real Estate. [4:08]

● Is the Office Sector Still an Attractive Investment Opportunity? [6:32]

● Real Estate-related Tailwinds that Promote Growth. [11:31]

● Opportunities of Deploying Capital in Senior Housing. [18:43]

● Three Main Takeaways About Core Plus Real Estate. [21:59]

 

*The views expressed herein are those of the speaker at the time the comments were made and may not be reflective of their current opinions and are subject to change without notice, and should not be considered investment advice.

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Shareables:

"When we compare real estate to other asset classes, certainly fixed income, it's starting to deliver at an appropriate rate. You are buying at a pretty significant discount to replacement cost." — Darin Bright, Head of U.S. Core Plus at PGIM Real Estate #PGIPodcasts #institutionalinvesting

"Supply has been shut down because interest rates are high so we think it all adds up to this is the year to start getting ahead of the wave of what should be good normalized returns going forward." — Darin Bright, Head of U.S. Core Plus at PGIM Real Estate #PGIMPodcasts #alternativeinvesting

"We try to integrate the environmental process in everything we do when we underwrite and identify a new investment." — Darin Bright, Head of U.S. Core Plus at PGIM Real Estate #PGIMPodcasts #institutionalnvesting

"Tenants today are prioritizing highly-amenitized, class Double-A, well-located properties." — Darin Bright, Head of U.S. Core Plus at PGIM Real Estate #investing #PGIMPodcasts

"There are a lot of tailwinds that have to do with two segments of the population, Baby Boomers, and Millennials, that are the two largest and also wealthiest in the U.S. and how they consume real estate. Getting in front of whatever they consume is smart." — Darin Bright, Head of U.S. Core Plus at PGIM Real Estate #investing #alts

"There is no greater imbalance in supply and demand from the property sector than senior housing." — Darin Bright, Head of U.S. Core Plus at PGIM Real Estate #investing #valueadd

 


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