From Brick to Blockchain: Tokenizing Institutional Real Estate for Global Access

Annelise Osborne is the CEO of Osborne Capital Partners and a distinguished advisor, author, and professor who stands at the intersection of traditional real estate investment and blockchain‑powered capital markets. With decades of experience structuring complex real estate transactions, advising institutional investors, and teaching the next generation of finance professionals, she is now leading the charge to tokenize commercial and residential real estate assets — unlocking liquidity, fractional ownership, and global access for one of the world’s largest asset classes.

Annelise’s career spans senior roles in real estate investment banking, private equity, and asset management, where she has been responsible for deploying billions of dollars into real estate debt and equity. As an author, her forthcoming book explores the convergence of property rights and digital assets, providing a practical roadmap for investors and developers. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor at a leading business school, bridging the gap between academic theory and market practice. At Osborne Capital Partners, she advises clients on how to leverage blockchain to streamline capital raising, enhance transparency, and create new investment products. Annelise believes that tokenization is not a threat to traditional real estate but its natural evolution. At UN Blockchain Week, she provides a masterclass on how institutional capital is embracing on‑chain real estate and what it will take to bring the next trillion dollars of property onto the blockchain.