Michael Hudgins, Managing Director, Proprietary Research at Hines discusses the state of real estate investing globally, and what could be some of the biggest potential opportunities and risks facing real estate investors in 2021.
Hines, with over $144 billion in assets under management, is the world’s largest privately held commercial real estate firm. Hines’ global footprint stretches across 225 cities in 25 countries around the world. Since its inception more than six decades ago, the firm has has developed, redeveloped or acquired over 1400 properties, with 165 developments currently underway, and more than 576 properties in its current property and asset management portfolio. Hines’ deep bench of industry experience includes office, industrial, retail, multifamily, living / housing and land development projects.
Taking a vertically integrated approach to real estate investing, the Hines Proprietary Research Group leverages boots-on-the-ground property data, top down-macroeconomic trends, and proprietary pricing models to determine investment decisions.
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Topics Include:
- Trends shaping the commercial real estate investment landscape in 2021 and beyond
- Hines Research’s outlook on the impact of COVID on global real estate markets
- Potential opportunities and pitfalls moving forward
Mr. Hudgins joined Hines in 2017 as a member of its Proprietary Research Group. Prior to joining Hines, he worked for EII Capital Management, Inc. where he chaired its Global Investment Committee and integrated economic, real estate, and capital markets data to guide country and sector allocation as well as to support EII’s team of analysts in their underwriting of publicly-traded portfolios. Prior to that, Michael worked at JP Morgan Asset Management in both the Global Real Assets and Equities groups, providing clients with strategic and tactical investment insights spanning public and private real estate equity.
In the real estate industry since 1993, Michael’s various roles over that career have touched on multiple aspects of the real estate life cycle, ranging from construction to investment management. Other previous experience includes a research analyst position covering the office REIT sector at Stifel Nicolaus, research strategist at Property & Portfolio Research, and Vice President in Strategic Planning at Bovis Lend Lease, a global construction company.