Front & Center

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 education, medicine, clinical care and other industries.

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 university education.

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 Advisor at Colliers in Indianapolis; and Trey Weghorst, SVP & Partner at Apex Industrial Real Estate Advisors in Atlanta. Together, they discuss the resilient demand drivers behind this property type, why mission-critical tenants move quickly and stay long, how constrained supply is sustaining rent growth across markets, and why the diversified tenant base of Essential Service Industrial makes it one of the most compelling stories in commercial real estate today.

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 within a bureaucratic structure, and whyit’s important to create a culture of alignment, empowerment, and trust within your organization.

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 sector positioned within the context of the real estate cycle. They take a deep dive into niche property types within Rental Housing, Industrial and Retail, and make a brief stop in the more operationally demanding Data Centers and Senior Housing.

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 the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center and is currently a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Uma and Joe walk through the history that led us to the housing affordability problems we currently face and discuss some of the tactics that could alleviate the pressure on the housing market.

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 promise in the year ahead.

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 risks and opportunities in real estate for the year ahead.

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, the episode wraps with a discussion about what was most surprising in 2025.

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 Liberation Day to inflation and rate cuts, Patrick,Chad and Uma discuss the key macroeconomic factors that shaped the public and private real estate markets over the last year, and dive into the core property types.