Front & Center

As we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary, the Front & Center podcast takes a look at the history of the built environment in the U.S. CenterSquare Advisory Board member Joe Gyourko, MartinBucksbaum Professor of Real Estate, Finance and Business & Public Policy at Wharton, former Director of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center and current Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institut...

On this episode of Front & Center, Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability Uma Moriarity sits down with Liz Bell, Managing Director and Co-Head of Real Estate at Hamilton Lane, one of the world's largest private markets investment firms. Liz and Uma dissect the forces currently constraining capital flow in the private markets and dig into what the data is actually showin...

Earlier this month, CenterSquare welcomed Doug Carpenter to the team in the newly created role of Director, Head of Data Strategy and AI. On this episode of Front & Center, Doug joins Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability Uma Moriarity to talk all things data and AI.This wide-ranging conversation covers the importance of data and context as differentiators in a world i...

On this episode of Front & Center, Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability is joined by Nina Galbiati, Head of Real Estate Asset Management at Norges Bank Investment Management, to talk about the role sustainability plays in asset management. Uma and Nina discuss why sustainability is no longer a values-based statement but a genuine value-creation strategy, and how the s...

In Part 2 of Front & Center’s deep dive into AI, Fotis Sotiropoulos, Executive Vice President and Provost at Penn State University returns to join host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity. The discussion this time turns to the impact of AI on research and its potential to complement specialized expertise and accelerate our ability to tackle complex interdisciplinary problems in educ...

It’s not news that AI is challenging and changing the way welive and work across many industries. This week on the Front & Center podcast, host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity is joined by Fotis Sotiropoulos, Executive Vice President and Provost at Penn State University, to talk about the transformation happening in Higher Education and the shifting value proposition of a univer...

Front and Center returns for a discussion of Essential Service Industrial (ESI), a niche subsector we’re watching closely. Uma Moriarity, Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability, sits down with three leasing experts on the front lines of ESI. Uma is joined by Cory Sposi, VP of Sales & Leasing at Commercial Properties Inc. in Phoenix; Ryan Kelly, VP & Industrial Advis...

On this episode of Front & Center, host and SeniorInvestment Strategist Uma Moriarity holds an inspiring conversation with CenterSquare CEO Todd Briddell on the merits of mission-driven leadership. In a world of accelerating AI capabilities, empowering employees to make decisions has become even more valuable. Todd and Uma discuss the challenges and risks inherent in AI-fueled decision-making...

Our 2026 Market Outlook Series concludes with the latest episode of Front & Center, providing an analysis of the private real estate markets in the year ahead. Co-CIO Rob Holuba joins host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity to share his expectations for private real estate in 2026. Uma and Rob cover the state of different sectors on the “real estate clock” and how they see each sec...

Host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity is back with Front & Center this week to talk about America’s housing affordability crisis, amid recent policy changes impacting the housing sector. She’s joined by CenterSquare Advisory Board member Joe Gyourko, Martin Bucksbaum Professor of Real Estate, Finance and Business & Public Policy at Wharton who has served as the Director of th...

Our 2026 Market Outlook Series continues with the latestepisode of Front & Center, focusing on the Global REITs market. Portfolio and Regional Managers Matthew Goulding in London and Joachim Kehr in Singapore join host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity to break down the various impacts of macroeconomic factors on local REIT markets around the world, and which sectors show the most...

Front & Center kicks off the year with the first installment of our annual Outlook Series: 2026 Macro Outlook: Bouncing Back to Normal. CenterSquare CEO Todd Briddell joins host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity to discuss the state of the global investment landscape – from real estate fundamentals to the impact of geopolitics oncapital markets, and wrapping up with the biggest ri...

In Part 2 of “A Dynamic Year in Real Estate: 2025 in Review”host Uma Moriarity continues the conversation with Listed Securities Portfolio Manager Patrick Wilson and Managing Director of Private Real Estate Chad Burkhardt. This time they take a deeper dive into the niche sectors in 2025, including senior housing and data centers, and compare notes across public and private real estate. Finally, th...

We’re rounding out the year with another two-part specialepisode of the Front & Center podcast, this time featuring CenterSquare Listed Securities Portfolio Manager Patrick Wilson and Managing Director of Private Real Estate Chad Burkhardt. Patrick and Chad join host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity to review what has been, as Patrick so aptly summarizes, a dynamic year. From Lib...

CenterSquare Portfolio Manager Rob Goldstein joins host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity on this episode of the Front & Center podcast. As REIT earnings season wraps up in the U.S., Rob shares what he’s seeing on the ground, such as the impact of shifting consumer demand on various sectors. Rob and Uma provide insight on Residential, Industrial, Data Centers, and Senior Housing,...

Following an eventful few weeks filled with central bankdecisions, a continuing government shutdown in the U.S., and the release of a patchwork of economic data, Front & Center returns with guest and CenterSquare Advisory Board member Joe Gyourko, Martin Bucksbaum Professor of Real Estate, Finance and Business & Public Policy at Wharton who has served as the Director of the Zell/Lurie Real...

On this episode of Front & Center, Host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity is joined by CenterSquare Managing Director of Private Equity Real Estate Rob Holuba and CEO of Kimco Realty Conor Flynn. Rob and Conor call on their deep expertise in the retail space to share their perspectives on a wide range of topics, from the appropriate name for the property type to their views on whe...

For this episode of Front & Center, we’re once againtapping into the broader CenterSquare community with guest Laurann Stepp. Laurann is a CenterSquare Advisory Board member and currently serves on the board of UBS Trumbull Property Fund. She has extensive experience within the real estate world, as well as in institutional investing, having held senior roles at some of Pennsylvania’s largest...

Front & Center is back with guest Andrea Palmer, CEO ofthe CRREM Foundation. Andrea joins Global Head of Sustainability and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity to discuss CRREM’s focus on managing transition risk for a real estate portfolio and employing scalable tools throughout the investment process. In “Managing Transition Risk in Real Estate Portfolios with The CRREM Foundation” An...

The insights continue in Part 2 of this unique opportunity tohear from CenterSquare’s experts. Advisory Board members Joe Gyourko, Werner Sohier, and Managing Director of Private Real Estate Debt Michael Boxer return to join Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability UmaMoriarity and continue their conversation, this time turning to the residential sector. This episode focuses...

No, this isn’t the start of punchline, it’s a unique opportunity to hear from a select group of experts from the CenterSquarecommunity.  CenterSquare Advisory Board members Joe Gyourko, Werner Sohier, and CenterSquare’s Managing Director of Private Real Estate Debt Michael Boxer join Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability Uma Moriarity to share their viewpoints on the curre...

On this episode of Front & Center, REIT Portfolio Manager Patrick Wilson joins Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability Uma Moriarity to give an update on where U.S. REITs stand following the close of another earnings season. In “Summer Earnings Season: U.S. REIT Update,” Patrick and Uma discuss the broader macroeconomic environment, how it’s impacting consumers and busin...

On this episode of the Front & Center podcast, Co-Headsof CenterSquare’s Private Real Estate Debt platform Michael Boxer and Richard Gorsky join host and Senior Investment Strategist Uma Moriarity to provide an update on the state of the real estate debt market. With uncertainty as the newnormal for investors, Michael and Rich discuss how the real estate debt market has started to settle into...

On this episode of CenterSquare’s Front & Center podcast, Listed Securities Portfolio Manager Patrick Wilson and Managing Director of Private Equity Real Estate Jeff Reder join Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability Uma Moriarity to examine the supply and demand fundamentals of the Industrial sector. They unpack the peaks and troughs of the last few years to identify wh...

In the latest episode of Front & Center, Senior Investment Strategist and Global Head of Sustainability Uma Moriarty is joined by Listed Securities Portfolio Manager Rob Goldstein and Senior Vice President, Private Equity Real Estate, Chris Picyk. Rob and Chris share their perspectives across public and private markets, providing a well-rounded look at the residential sector.   “State of Resid...