REIT Rankings Best Real Estate Investment Trust Rankings – REIT Rankings
Amy Tait, chairman, president and CEO of Broadstone Real Estate LLC, joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Steven Grimes, president and CEO of Retail Properties of America, Inc. (NYSE: RPAI), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Retail Properties of America is one of the largest owners and operators of shopping centers in the country. The firm owns a diversified mix of assets that includes power centers, community centers and lifestyle centers.
Bruce Schanzer, president and CEO of Cedar Realty Trust (NYSE: CDR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Cedar Realty has undergone a repositioning of its portfolio in the last three years under Schanzer’s leadership. Previously, the company had what Schanzer described as a hodgepodge of 140 retail real estate assets.
Michael Schall, president and CEO of Essex Property Trust (NYSE: ESS), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Earlier this year, Essex completed its purchase of another apartment REIT, BRE Properties. Schall talked about the status of the efforts to integrate the two companies.
“I would certainly say that acquiring a large company is a challenging process, but it’s going very well,” Schall noted.
Paul Pittman, chairman, president and CEO of Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE: FPI), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Farmland Partners invests in primary row crop farmland throughout North America. The substantial majority of the farms in the current portfolio are devoted to primary crops such as corn, soybeans and wheat. Farmland became a publicly traded company earlier this year.
Nelson Mills, president and CEO of Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Columbia Property Trust invests in and manages commercial class-A office properties in primary markets within the United States. Founded in 2003, the company went public in October 2013.
Martin “Hap” Stein, chairman and CEO of Regency Centers Corp. (NYSE: REG), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Gordon DuGan, CEO of Gramercy Property Trust (NYSE: GPT), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Gramercy has made acquisitions in both the office and industrial sectors in 2014. DuGan said both sectors are healthy thanks in part to a dearth of new construction. The company is finding “terrific” assets on the market in the range of $ 5 million to $ 30 million.
Joel Marcus, chairman, CEO and founder of Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
Randy Churchey, president and CEO of EdR (NYSE: EDR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.
EdR is one of the largest developers, owners and managers of collegiate housing communities in the United States. Recently, the company completed the purchase of The District on Apache, a collegiate housing community at Arizona State University (ASU), for approximately $ 90 million.
