AFIRE members are invited to New York in September 15–16, 2026 for the AFIRE 2026 Annual Member Meeting, AFIRE’s annual executive conference for real estate leaders and institutional investors from around the world.
Held every September in New York, AFIRE’s Annual Member Meeting invites top-level leaders from across the full commercial real estate spectrum to connect and discuss the future of global investment into US real estate in 2026 and beyond.
More details will be posted soon. Watch this page for updates.



Karen is the head of acquisitions for Allianz Real Estate, and has worked to invest in more than $25 billion of unlisted institutional real estate over the past 20 years. The first half of her career was oriented toward closed-end value-add and opportunistic fund investments in office, retail and multi-family assets across continental Europe. Since 2011, Karen has primarily focused on core and core-plus commercial investments in US gateway markets.














