Hospitality Properties Trust Renovation Program Benefitting Portfolio, CEO Says

John Murray, president and COO of Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE: HPT), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Founded in 1995, Hospitality Properties Trust owns hotels and highway travel centers located throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Turning first …

Morgan Stanley Investment Manager Says Global Property Stocks Equate to Core Real Estate

Ted Bigman, managing director at Morgan Stanley, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Bigman discussed the approach investors should take when considering global property stocks as a portion of multi-asset portfolios. “First and foremost, they should look at them as …

Green Street Analyst Sees Solid Fundamentals in Industrial REIT Sector

Eric Frankel, analyst at Green Street Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. Frankel discussed developments in the industrial REIT sector during the first half of the year. Industrial fundamentals have been good for the past few years, said Frankel, noting that the recovery in …

American Residential Execs Single-Family Home Acquisitions to Continue

The executive team of single-family housing REIT American Residential Properties (NYSE: ARPI), president and COO Laurie Hawkes and chairman and CEO Stephen Schmitz, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. American Residential acquired 700 homes in the first quarter of the year. Schmitz talked about the …

Executives Give no Hint of American Residential Slowing Acquisitions

The executive team of single-family housing REIT American Residential Properties (NYSE: ARPI), president and COO Laurie Hawkes and chairman and CEO Stephen Schmitz, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. American Residential acquired 700 homes in the first quarter of the year. Schmitz talked about the …

Federal Realty CEO Says Company “Firing On All Cylinders”

Donald Wood, president and CEO of Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. Federal Realty’s funds from operations (FFO) per share hit an all-time high in the first quarter. Wood was asked about the factors behind those results, …

EPRA Chief Says Spanish REITs Performing Well Since Introduction

Philip Charls, chief executive of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA), joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. Charls gave a broad overview of developments in the European property market, starting with the arrival of REITs in the Spanish market about a year ago. Spanish …

Catchmark Timber CEO Says Company Flourishing Since IPO

Jerry Barag, president and CEO of Catchmark Timber Trust (NYSE: CTT), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. Barag was asked about his company’s performance in the first quarter of 2014. Barag noted that following the firm’s initial public offering (IPO), it implemented a …

Regency Centers Sells $250 Million of 10-Year ‘Green Bonds’

Shopping center REIT Regency Centers Corp. (NYSE:  REG) has completed the sale of  $ 250 million of 10-year “green bonds,” the first time a U.S. REIT has issued bonds that exclusively target investment in environmental sustainability projects. Lisa Palmer, Regency Centers’ CFO, said market reaction to the bonds was “extremely positive.” News