All articles by Christopher O'Dea
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Analysis
Analysis: The great transition challenge for US energy infrastructure
Could cooperation between Joe Biden and Mitchell McConnell enable a $2trn post-Trump infrastructure programme?
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Special Reports
Logistics: US distribution in the fast lane
The opportunity for US logistics investor Prologis just got bigger. Christopher O’Dea finds out how the world’s biggest industrial landlord is responding
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Magazine
Aviation: Turbulence in the air
Disruption of the airline industry is having a knock-on effect for aircraft leasing. Investments in narrow-body craft serving domestic flights should fare better
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Special Reports
Top 100 Infrastructure Managers 2020: A big balancing act
With transport assets hit harder than other sectors, diversification is as important as ever for infrastructure fund managers. Maha Khan Phillips and Christopher O’Dea report
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Special Reports
Healthcare: Vital signs look good for US medical offices
Healthcare systems in the US are being put under strain, but the medical office boom is expected to roll on, writes Christopher O’Dea
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Analysis
Analysis: What are REITs saying about private real estate?
Listed real estate’s recent wild ride offers clues to where private-asset values are headed
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Magazine
Timber: Slow growth environment
The timber asset class has been beset by a series of challenges. But new technology could help manage them, writes Christopher O’Dea
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Special Reports
Data storage: Head in the cloud
Data centres are quickly evolving in line with an expanding world of big data. Investors need to keep up, writes Christopher O’Dea
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Special Reports
5G: Static on the line
The rollout of 5G networks could usher in new opportunities for infrastructure investors. But there are challenges to overcome, writes Christopher O’Dea
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Magazine
Shipping: Returns at sea?
The global shipping industry is under pressure to clean up its act. What does this mean for institutional investment prospects? Christopher O’Dea reports
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Magazine
Aviation: Green sky thinking
Aircraft leasing has become an increasingly popular asset class. But how does it square with ESG? Christopher O’Dea reports
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Interviews
Andreas Povlsen: ESG investors shouldn’t overlook shipping
Ships ahoy as investors wake up to the environmental merits of the maritime industry. Christopher O’Dea speaks to Andreas Povlsen
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Magazine
Infrastructure debt funds come of age
The old market adage that the trend is your friend is playing out in the infrastructure debt sector. Christopher O’Dea reports
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Special Reports
Future of offices: Wellbeing – healthy returns
The importance of the health and wellbeing of workers who spend a lot of their lives in office buildings is finally being recognised by investors. Christopher O’Dea reports
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Special Reports
Future of offices: The coworking revolution lives on
Despite WeWork’s recent fall from grace, flexible offices are no fad. Christopher O’Dea reports on an office sector that has been changed for good
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Special Reports
Future of offices: Smart buildings, intelligent by design
Buildings need to get smarter and EDGE Technologies is one of the companies making that happen. Christopher O’Dea talks to Boudewijn Ruitenburg and Erik Ubels
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Special Reports
Future of offices: British Land takes on the disrupters
British Land is competing directly with the flexible-office operators with its own brand, Storey. Christopher O’Dea
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Magazine
Does WeWork work?
An IPO filing has raised numerous questions about the poster child of flexible offices
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Special Reports
Global REIT outlook: A new Goldilocks moment
REITs have performed hot and cold over the past 10 to 15 years. But, asks Christopher O’Dea, could they be just right for investors in 2019?
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Magazine
Hospitality: The fifth major food group
With so much institutional capital moving into the sector, are hotels about to lose their niche status? Christopher O-Dea reports