Thought Leaders
Thought Leaders is the home to the voices of industry leaders, as they share their expertise and insights directly from the field. Explore this section to gain the perspectives of those at the top of their class.

W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC), one of today’s largest diversified net lease REITs, provides long-term sale-leaseback and build-to-suit capital solutions primarily for publicly traded and privately-held companies, developers, institutional owners, private equity firms and their portfolio companies.
AppFolio is the technology leader powering the future of the real estate industry. Our innovative performance platform and trusted partnership enable our customers to connect communities, increase operational efficiency, and grow their business. For more information about AppFolio, visit appfolio.com.
Brivo, Inc., created the cloud-based access control and smart spaces technology category over 20 years ago and remains the global leader serving commercial real estate, multifamily residential and large distributed enterprises. The company\'s comprehensive product ecosystem and open API provide businesses with powerful digital tools to increase security automation, elevate employee and tenant experience, and improve the safety of all people and assets in the built environment. Brivo's building access platform is now the digital foundation for the largest collection of customer facilities in the world, occupying over 300 million square feet across 42 countries. Learn more at www.Brivo.com
Counselors of Real Estate are trusted advisors finding solutions to complex real estate challenges. Experienced, innovative, and credentialed problem solvers, Counselors reside in 25 countries, practice in many more, and offer expertise in more than 60 real estate disciplines across all asset classes. Each has earned the prestigious CRE® designation.
With over $7 billion originated, Nuveen Green Capital is a national leader in sustainable commercial real estate financing solutions, and an affiliate of Nuveen, the $2 trillion+ asset manager and wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA. Learn more at www.nuveen.com/greencapital.
Nuveen Real Estate is one of the largest investment managers in the world with $141 billion of assets under management. Managing a suite of funds and mandates, across both public and private investments, and spanning both debt and equity across diverse geographies and investment styles, we provide access to every aspect of real estate investing. For further information, please visit us at nuveen.com/realestate.
Re-Leased is the AI-first commercial property management platform helping landlords, investors, and property managers operate smarter, move faster, and achieve more. The platform supercharges lease administration, maintenance, CAM reconciliation, and insights in one connected system, with deep two-way integrations into accounting platforms QuickBooks, Xero, SageIntacct, MicrosoftDynamics, and NetSuite. Visit re-leased.com.
Kidder Mathews is the largest fully independent commercial real estate firm in the Western U.S., with over 900 professionals in 20 offices across Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas. We offer a complete range of brokerage, appraisal, asset services, consulting, and debt & equity finance services for all property types. Kidder Mathews averages $9 billion in transaction volume, manages 55 million square feet of space, and conducts 2,700 appraisal, consulting, and cost segregation assignments annually. For more information, visit kidder.com.
SitusAMC is a leading independent provider of services, technology, data, and analytics for the commercial and residential real estate finance industry. We help lenders, investors, asset managers, servicers, and other financial institutions originate, transact, manage, value, and optimize real estate assets across the full lifecycle. With deep industry expertise, scalable operational support, and integrated technology-enabled solutions, SitusAMC helps clients work smarter, manage complexity, reduce risk, and make more confident business decisions. Learn more at www.situsamc.com/primary-servicing-asset-management.
Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) is one of the largest commercial real estate finance and advisory services firms in the United States and internationally. Our ideas and capital create communities where people live, work, shop, and play. Our innovative people, breadth of our brand, and our technological capabilities make us one of the most insightful and client-focused firms in the commercial real estate industry.










