{"podcast":{"title":"The Weekly Take from CBRE","slug":"the-weekly-take-from-cbre-744133","podcast_index_feed_id":744133,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/DFwmH84r","website_url":"https://www.cbre.com/insights/the-weekly-take#overview","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/478d816a-5722-44ae-95b1-3c6acc9fd52d/shows/c5676b54-b94d-40b4-802e-04eb50a0ee7b/cover-art/original_4d9002f6e08e602c570595bcd22b6b91.jpg","author":"CBRE","episode_count":319,"summary":"What matters most right now in Commercial Real Estate. Business leaders join economic, industry and subject matter experts to share their distinct views and latest thinking. The Weekly Take is hosted by Spencer Levy, CBRE’s Senior Economic Advisor and Global Client Strategist. More at cbre.com/TheWeeklyTake","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T00:17:51.204299+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-weekly-take-from-cbre-744133"},"episode":{"title":"Let’s Stay Together: Growth capital and secondary investing","slug":"let-s-stay-together-growth-capital-and-secondary-investing","published_at":"2026-05-04T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-weekly-take-from-cbre-744133/let-s-stay-together-growth-capital-and-secondary-investing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-weekly-take-from-cbre-744133","url":"https://www.cbre.com/insights/the-weekly-take#overview","audio_url":"https://audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/478d816a-5722-44ae-95b1-3c6acc9fd52d/episodes/8a4cd8a9-9ffe-4ff7-8f07-a5e49cd59678/episode.mp3","summary":"Secondary investments and recapitalizations help investors find opportunity in uncertain markets. Brookfield’s Chris Reilly and CBRE's Matt White break down what returns to expect, why disciplined leverage matters and how strong operators are winning right now. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Secondary investing lets investors buy into real estate deals midstream, with the benefit of first seeing real performance data. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recapitalizations are increasing as billions of real estate debt is coming due and owners need fresh capital. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Keeping debt levels around 60% or less helps investors weather market downturns. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brookfield targets 12%–14% net returns in its value-add funds. ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hands-on operating expertise matters more than financial engineering.","meta_description":"Secondary investments and recapitalizations help investors find opportunity in uncertain markets. Brookfield’s Chris Reilly and CBRE's Matt White break do…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2044,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-weekly-take-from-cbre-744133/episodes/let-s-stay-together-growth-capital-and-secondary-investing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-weekly-take-from-cbre-744133/let-s-stay-together-growth-capital-and-secondary-investing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}