Michael Schall, president and CEO of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
According to Schall, the momentum that the apartment industry enjoyed in 2014 carried over into the first half of 2015. In the first quarter, Essex had same property net income growth of 10 percent from the year-earlier period, which Schall credited to the job market on the West Coast.
