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With mountains of real estate debt coming due in the next three years, borrowers appear to be taking advantage of favorable market conditions to prepay loans tied to commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
The CMBS delinquency rate, which includes loans that are 30 days or more past due, fell to 5.66 percent in January, compared with 7.25 percent a year earlier, according to commercial real estate consulting firm Trepp LLC. It marked the 18th monthly decline in the past 20 months.
Will Teichman, director of sustainability with retail REIT Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va.
Kimco issues a corporate sustainability report based on Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. Teichman explained the rationale behind using GRI.
Daniele Horton, founder and principal of Verdani Partners and head of sustainability at Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PKY), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va.
Parkway Properties owns and operates office properties located in higher-growth submarkets in the Sun Belt region of the United States. Horton discussed Parkway’s strong improvement in sustainability, as measured by the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) survey.
Jody Clark, vice president of Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (NYSE: HASI), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va.
Hannon Armstrong makes debt and equity investments in sustainable infrastructure projects. Clark explained that every investment the company makes is focused on the carbon-reduction benefit achieved by its clients. “This is core to our company,” she said.
Michael Chang, director of energy and sustainability at Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: LRY), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va.
REIT.com was on hand at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va., to talk with attendees about the future of sustainability in real estate.
“I think we’ve moved from sustainability being the right thing to do to being more critical,” said Daniele Horton, head of sustainability at Parkway Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PKY).
Marla Thalheimer, director of sustainability at Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va.
Health care REITs will continue to actively pursue senior housing assets in 2015, spurred on by low interest rates, attractive financing, solid returns and robust demand, according to market observers.
Tom Klaritch, executive vice president of medical office properties at HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va.
HCP is a fully integrated REIT serving the health care industry. It was the first health care REIT selected to the S&P 500 Index. Klaritch outlined a number of sustainability initiatives now underway at HCP.
Bennett Thomas, vice president of finance and sustainability at Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va.
Hersha is a lodging REIT that owns and operates upscale hotels in urban gateway markets.
Thomas provided an overview of Hersha’s Earthview sustainability platform, which the company initiated in 2010. He noted that the platform has both a strategic and entrepreneurial aspect.
