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Luke Zubrod, director of risk and regulatory advisory services with Chatham Financial, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Zubrod was asked about the dialogue surrounding the appropriate level of leverage for REITs and the stakes related to the decisions that REITs make regarding their interest rate exposure.
Mark Borges, principal at Compensia, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Borges commented on the steps a REIT should take to win a say-on-pay vote.
“I think it’s important to plan ahead. In the past, you could simply file your proxy statement and attend your annual meeting and see what happened, but today you have to treat it more like a campaign,” Borges said.
Andy Richard, managing director of the Real Estate Group at Credit Suisse, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Richard was asked about the state of REIT capital markets and the prospects they face going forward.
“On the equity side, stocks are trading at very healthy levels. It’s a very seasoned asset class with a broad range of investors who are interested,” Richard said. On the debt side, he added, “I have never seen the debt markets healthier than they are now.”
Starwood Capital Group Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht is expressing confidence that the single-family rental housing sector has the potential to become a major REIT asset class, but he acknowledges that investors remain skeptical.
Sternlicht, chairman of single-family home REIT Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (NYSE: SWAY), spoke on April 23 at the Real Estate Luminaries Series at Georgetown University. He discussed the company’s foray into a new segment of the REIT market.
Ron Kravit, head of real estate investing with Cerberus Capital, joined REIT.com for a video interview during the Real Estate Luminaries Series event at Georgetown University on April 23.
Kravit discussed the availability of opportunistic real estate deals in the United States and the European market.
Mike Kirby, chairman and director of research at Green Street Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview at the 2014 Real Estate Luminaries Series event on April 23 at Georgetown University.
Kirby discussed his views on the growing lines of business electing to operate as REITs.
Sonny Kalsi, founder and partner of real estate investing and advisory firm GreenOak, joined REIT.com for a video interview before participating in a panel discussion at the 2014 Real Estate Luminaries Series event on April 23 at Georgetown University.
GreenOak, formed in 2010, has an investment portfolio that spans the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
Kalsi was asked whether the size of GreenOaks’s European portfolio reflects a lack of attractive opportunities in that region.
Andrea Whiteway, partner with the law firm McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Whiteway discussed the potential impact of proposed partnership debt regulations on UPREIT transactions.
Sandy Presant, chair of the real estate fund practice at law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Presant was asked about current tax reform proposals being discussed on Capitol Hill and what they might mean for REITs.
Brad Molotsky, executive vice president and general counsel with Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN), joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Molotsky moderated a session at REITWise on the most pressing issues facing general counsels in the REIT industry. He was asked to name the issue at the top of that list.
