Dave Bragg
Managing Director, Strategic Research
Dave Bragg
Managing Director, Strategic Research
Dave is Managing Director at Green Street, the preeminent provider of actionable commercial real estate research, news, data, analytics, and advisory services in the U.S. and Europe. He conducts the firm's Strategic Research, which informs property investors’ decision-making process across real estate sectors and metro areas in the public and private markets. Frequent themes include: valuation, performance measurement, capital flows, sector and market selection, demographics, policy, and technological disruptors. Additional areas of focus specific to REITs include: capital allocation, balance sheet management, and corporate governance. Dave regularly meets with the firm’s top clients, including some of the world's leading institutional investors, investment banks, brokers and owners. And he speaks frequently at real estate industry conferences. Dave is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) - serving as Chair of the Technology and Real Estate Council. Dave is also a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit), the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA), the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE), and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC). Previously, he led the firm’s residential research team, covering the apartment, single-family rental, student housing, manufactured housing, and self-storage sectors. Prior to joining Green Street in 2013, Dave developed and led the REIT research effort at Zelman & Associates. Before that, he was a member of the #1 Institutional Investor ranked REIT research team at ISI Group and Merrill Lynch. Dave earned an Master of Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an M.A. in International Business from the University of Florida, and a B.A. in International Relations from Tufts University.
Recent Insights from Dave Bragg
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Wall Street Journal: Now You Can Build Your Own Real-Estate Empire, $100 at a Time
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Wall Street Journal: Why Pressure in Japan Is Undercutting Shares of U.S. Real-Estate Companies
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Bloomberg: Big Builders Jump Into ‘Financing Gap’ to Fuel NYC Construction Boom
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Conference Call with Ed Glaeser, Harvard University on Cities
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Amazon on the Mind
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Interview with Dave Bragg on Limits to Demographic-Driven Demand Forecasting
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Conference Call with Lacy Hunt on the Economy, Investing in Real Estate
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Urban Land: Top Cities for Shared Self-Driving Cars
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Bloomberg: Real Estate Deals Vanish in New York
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NREI: First-Quarter Investment Sales Volume Disappoints, But Activity Remains Historically High
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Urban Land: ULI Global Trustees Ponder Impact of Driverless Technology
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Comprehensive Tax Reform Implications for Real Estate
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Transportation Revolution Will Impact Property Sectors, says Bragg
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Wall Street Journal: Dear Tenant - Your Uber Is Here
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Crain's Chicago: Will Uber and Driverless Cars Turn the Parking Biz into Roadkill?
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Urban Land Institute: Disruptive Technologies and Their Impact on Property Values
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Wall Street Journal: Airbnb Offers Landlords an Incentive
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ULI Connect: ULI Global Chairman Randy Rowe on the Transportation Revolution
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Wall Street Journal: Calgary Home Market Struggles With Oil Bust
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Barron's: Mismeasuring Housing Costs—and Inflation
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Apartment REIT Commentary: The Young and the Restless
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