EdR Helps Create the Heart of a College Town in Connecticut

EdR Helps Create the Heart of a College Town in Connecticut

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Storrs Center, adjacent to the University of Connecticut, is a bustling town center featuring shops, residences, restaurants, a public square and even a puppet museum. Located on the site of what used to be a nondescript shopping center, it has created the heart of a college town where none existed before.

Published at Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:12:00 +0000

Retail REIT Washington Prime Group CEO Urges Thinking Outside the Box

Retail REIT Washington Prime Group CEO Urges Thinking Outside the Box

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Lou Conforti, CEO and director of retail REIT Washington Prime Group Inc. (NYSE: WPG), was a guest on the latest edition of Nareit’s REIT Report podcast.

Conforti gave an overview of developments at Washington Prime as well as across the retail real estate industry more broadly.

Published at Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:04:02 +0000

Volatility Dominating REIT Market, Portfolio Manager Says

Volatility Dominating REIT Market, Portfolio Manager Says

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Joel Beam, managing director and senior portfolio manager at Salient, was a guest on the latest edition of Nareit’s REIT Report Podcast.

Beam, lead manager of the Salient Select Income Fund, commented on the variety of factors impacting the REIT market today. “What we see as front and center right now is really volatility,” he noted.

Published at Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:12:09 +0000

First Industrial Realty CEO Sees Golden Age for Industrial Real Estate

First Industrial Realty CEO Sees Golden Age for Industrial Real Estate

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In a special edition of The REIT Report: Nareit’s Weekly Podcast, First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.’s (NYSE: FR) President and CEO Peter Baccile discusses his move from investment banking to the C-suite, priorities during his first year on the job and

Published at Tue, 20 Feb 2018 18:08:20 +0000

REIT Investors Should Ignore Short Term Volatility

REIT Investors Should Ignore Short Term Volatility

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Calvin Schnure, Nareit’s senior vice president for research and economic analysis, joined Nareit’s REIT Report Podcast to discuss how concerns about inflation and interest rates are affecting the broader markets, and the REIT market in particular.

Schnure observed that recent signs that inflation may be picking up prompted a significant increase in interest rates. This sparked large moves in the broad equity markets in early February.

Published at Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:20:19 +0000