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2024 Spaulding Award
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2024 Spaulding Award

In November, the Center for Real Estate and the AACRE announced the return of the Spaulding Award to reestablish the tradition of recognizing outstanding professional achievements by our alumni.

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A Blueprint for the Energy Transition
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A Blueprint for the Energy Transition

Society has gone through energy transitions in the past-but nothing like this one. The adoption of coal occurred over roughly five decades and the shift from coal to oil took more than three decades.

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7 Uses for AI in CRE
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7 Uses for AI in CRE

At the CREW Convention, MIT's James Scott outlined how that technology can make your life easier.

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Quantifying Climate Shocks
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Quantifying Climate Shocks

The study uses a novel dataset of property-level information and climate data to estimate the impact of "climate shocks," in this case, hurricanes and floods, on property values and rents.

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MIT WORLD REAL ESTATE FORUM
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MIT WORLD REAL ESTATE FORUM

The MIT Center for Real Estate has a highly-regarded, 35-year history of advancing the art and science of international real estate.

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The evangelist for climate migration
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The evangelist for climate migration

Parag Khanna thinks things will be OK. He has faith in humanity's ability to adapt to climate-juiced natural disasters, as long as the market is allowed to respond accordingly.

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Brazil: agriculture breaks records and is equivalent to Argentina's GDP
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Brazil: agriculture breaks records and is equivalent to Argentina's GDP

The record harvest of more than 300 million tons expected for Brazil this year demonstrates the weight that agribusiness has taken on in the Brazilian economy. Between 2002 and 2022, the country's agricultural GDP jumped from u$s 122 billion to more than u$s 500 billion, the equivalent of an entire Argentina.

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Real Rates are Positively Positive
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Real Rates are Positively Positive

Real rates are positive for the first time in more than three years. From the Fed's perspective, they are finally applying the brakes to the economy.

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