Other Research

Institutional Perspectives on Real Estate Investing: The Role of Risk and Uncertainty
Ravi Dhar and William N. Goetzmann, Yale School of Management. May 2005

Private Real Estate Fund Options for Defined Contribution Plans
Joan H. Fallon – November 2004

PREA Sponsored Issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management
September 2003
October 2005
September 2007

U.S. pension funds now use REITs increasing for their real estate investments. Members of the Pension Real Estate Association share their views. Published in Investments & Pensions Europe, September 2003.

Real Estate - The Human Capital Factor
PREA and several other organizations joined forces with Equinox Partners to conduct a survey among senior officers at leading real estate entities to track attitudes about human capital with the real estate industry. The survey was conducted in September and October 2002.

Benchmarks & Index Needs in the U.S. Private Real Estate Investment Industry: Trying to Close the Gap
This paper completed in 2001 by David Geltner and David Ling was funded by the Real Estate Research Institute for PREA. It is a policy-oriented study of the benchmark and index needs of the U.S. private real estate investment industry. The paper examines 1) What an “ideal return index would look like; 2) How the major existing indexes compare to the ideal; and 3) What are some important considerations in trying to close the gap between the ideal and the existing indexes in the U.S. today.

The Real Estate Needs of the Plan Sponsor Community
Elaine Worzala and David Gilliland, March 2001.