Research
PREA offers various publications and services to facilitate the exchange of information in the institutional real estate investment marketplace. The Association also supports the research efforts of organizations and individuals through the sponsorship and dissemination of research and recognition of outstanding contributors to current thinking in the real estate field.
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September 2003
October 2005
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Plan Sponsor Report
The PREA Plan Sponsor Research Report is designed to show real estate investment activities of the universe of public and private retirement plans, endowments, foundations, and other funds in general and the PREA membership specifically. The Plan Sponsor Report is available to both members and non-members. Download PREA Plan Sponsor Research Report. |
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Research Review
Since 1996 PREA has enlisted recognized professionals in the institutional real estate investment industry to offer original reviews and commentaries on articles published in various industry research journals. The Research Review is limited to PREA members only. |
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Research Database
The PREA Research Industry Database contains research documents produced by our member firms. Search results offer links to full text copies of all research documents in an Adobe PDF format which can be downloaded from PREA's web site. Searches can be made by title, author, the company publishing the research, or the year of publication. A separate, full text key word search can also be performed which will show more detailed results. Access to the Research Database is limited to PREA members only.
Academic Database
Each year, hundreds of academic papers are published that are of interest to the real estate investment professional. The PREA academic database contains a list of over 2,000 papers published since 2001 in select journals. While full text copies of papers are not available, users can search by paper title, authors, journal names and publication dates.
Journal Sponsorship
As part of PREA's educational efforts to support real estate investment research, PREA sponsored a special issue of The Journal of Portfolio Management which was published in September 2003. The Journal has a worldwide readership of over 8,500 chief investment officers, institutional investment managers, pension fund managers, and others involved in all asset classes. This was the first time in the 29-year history of the Journal that it has devoted an entire issue to the investment characteristics of real estate and its fundamental drivers. PREA has renewed its commitment to sponsoring real estate-focused issues of this prestigious journal. Two such issues have been published, one in September of 2005, and another in September of 2007. You can access articles published in the Journal in the Other Research section.
PREA is also sponsoring an issue of the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management which is expected to be published in early 2005.
Graaskamp Award
To highlight and encourage high quality research in the area of institutional investment in real estate, the Pension Real Estate Association, through its Plan Sponsor Council, established The Graaskamp Award to recognize such work. The award is named in memory of the late Dr. James A. Graaskamp, one of the greatest researchers of our time, a distinguished professor of real estate at the University of Wisconsin, and a champion of research of immediate use to investment decision makers.
Real Estate Research Institute
The Real Estate Research Institute is a non-profit organization created to stimulate high quality research on real estate investment performance and market fundamentals that will elevate the quality of real estate decision making. The Institute's mission is to encourage research that applies academic theory and analytic techniques to real estate investment decision-making. Administrative functions of the Institute are housed at the Pension Real Estate Association headquarters in Hartford, CT.
The Real Estate Information Standards
The Real Estate Information Standards were developed through the cooperative efforts of PREA, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM), and the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) to "increase the consistency with which (real estate) investments are evaluated and reported." The Standards are reviewed each year and revised or amended as necessary.
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