Neithercut Says Equity Residential Cutting Back on Transactions

David Neithercut, president and CEO of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

Neithercut was asked about the traits shared by the top-performing markets for his company: Denver, San Francisco and Seattle. He cited job growth as a key factor.

“Our business is all about supply and demand,” he said. “These are three markets that have produced some very strong job growth over the past three or four years.”

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CEO Says STAG Industrial Benefitting from Diverse Portfolio

Ben Butcher, chairman, president and CEO of STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE: STAG), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

Butcher discussed his company’s acquisition activity, which picked up in April after a slow start to the year.

“We pride ourselves on our agnosticity with regard to assets. We’re really looking for assets that produce great cash flows and we are willing to go to anywhere in the secondary and primary markets in the U.S. where we find those,” Butcher explained.

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