Institutional Real Estate, Inc. Podcast

Episode 1346: Opportunities in U.K. battery storage

Battery energy storage is being called the overlooked backbone of the energy transition. Greg Falzon, partner and co-head of investments at AIP Management, joins i3 editor Kali Arevalo to talk about why BESS is moving from a niche flexibility solution to a core component of grid stability and system planning. (01/2026)

Episode 1345: Author Spotlight: Media personality Barry Ritholtz on how not to invest

Barry Ritholtz, co-founder, chairman and CIO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, is out with a new book titled “How Not to Invest: The Ideas, Numbers, and Behavior that Destroy Wealth—and How to Avoid Them,” which he discusses along with his earlier book “Bailout Nation: How Greed and Easy Money Corrupted Wall Street and Shook the World Economy.” Ritholtz is also creator of The Big Picture blog, and creator and host of the Bloomberg podcast Masters in Business. (01/2026)

Episode 1344: Report from Europe: Urban regeneration

Marek Handzel, editor of Institutional Real Estate Europe, talks to Chris Fleetwood, chief operating and sustainability officer at Redevco, about transforming underutilised urban areas into vibrant, sustainable, mixed-use environments. 

Episode 1343: The Dohrmann Report: December 2025

Geoffrey Dohrmann, founder and CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc., discusses the power of StoryBrand marketing and the importance of simplicity, clarity, repetition — and casting the target client as the “hero” in one’s marketing story. He explains the process and offers examples. (12/2025) 

Episode 1342: The labor problems dogging the U.S. construction business

The U.S. construction workforce is aging, and young people do not appear attracted to the profession. Vinny Silva, founder and president of VS Construction, a residential construction firm, discusses the parameters of the situation and its possible solutions. (12/2025)