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Principal Asset Management’s Rod Vogel, a private equity investor, and Chris Duey, a debt specialist, share different perspectives on the current real estate market and identify sectors where they find common ground. <ul><li>Debt and equity investors often see the market differently.</li><li>Rod Vogel, a private equity investor, remains bullish about the long-term.</li><li>Chris Duey, a debt specialist, believes a new credit cycle may be emerging as property values adjust to the current interest rate environment.</li><li>The investors share enthusiasm for data centers, Sun Belt multifamily and selective office investments.</li></ul>

As Senior Managing Director of Equity Production, Rod is in charge of asset management, development, acquisitions and dispositions for Principal Real Estate. In this capacity, he has managed investment transaction activity while also providing strategic direction on the assets managed by the firm. Rod also manages the project finance area for Principal Real Estate. In this role he oversees the capital structuring of transactions for clients of the firm. Rod joined the firm in 1986. He received a bachelor’s degree in finance and real estate from the University of Nebraska. Rod is a member of the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is also a voting member on Principal Real Estate’s Investment Committee.

Rod Vogel

Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity Production, Principal Real Estate Investors

Chris has over three decades of experience in the private debt space. He leads a team that is responsible for more than $20 billion in assets for Principal Asset Management. Chris is responsible for helping to guide decision-making on the debt side of Principal’s real estate business.

Chris Duey

Managing Director and Head of Debt Portfolio Management, Principal Asset Management

Both Sides, Now: Principal Asset Management on debt and equity opportunities 

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