This Lecture looks at the role of technology in the real estate industry and its impact on (i) consumers, and (ii) real estate professionals. In relation to this, the case study of a U.S. real estate business entity, Compass, as a disruptor, would also be examined.

This lecture on “Globalising the Real Estate Fund Management Business” explores the new norms that real estate fund managers grapple with and how they react to the waves of change, be it from investor demand, property cycles or the digitisation of real estate.

NUS Real Estate organized a Breakfast Roundtable discussion that engaged members of the REIT community in an exchange of views on the topic “Why Are US REITs Going Abroad?”.

An executive programme focusing on “Emerging Trends in Asia-Pacific REIT Markets” was rolled out by the NUS Institute of Real Estate Studies (IRES). Close to 30 real estate and finance industry professionals participated in the 1½ day programme.

How will consumers buy, sell or rent properties in future? What is the government’s Real Estate Transformation Map (REITM) all about? What skills do real estate professionals need to be equipped with, to be able to thrive in a disruptive environment? The key question is, “Are you prepared?”

This Lecture on “Shaping of Future Cities” looks into the possibility of what a future city would be like. New trends and factors, including technology, are reshaping our future cities. This requires our future city planners, architects and policy-makers to explore alternative / provocative concepts as well as implementation policies and processes for such cities of the future.

Real estate funding has similarly become increasingly internationalised and complex. Given the differing regulatory, legal and operating environments in various geographical markets, appropriate real estate funding strategies and structures are crucial to the success of real estate investments and in achieving the targeted returns.

This seminar seeks to provide an overview of Corp Real Estate and how it operates in the business world and in major companies such as Unilever, from an end to end delivery standpoint beginning with Real Estate strategy formulation and execution, to construction project management (PM), and ending with daily facilities (FM) operations.

This Lecture on ‘Singapore’s International Real Estate Experience and Beyond’ looks into the evolution of the real estate industry in Singapore and the trends and factors that could shape its future.

The NUS Institute of Real Estate Studies (IRES) and the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SHUFE) jointly organized a Forum on 25th January, 2018. The forum looks at “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and their impact on China’s economic growth”.