EY Partner Reviews Recent PCAOB Developments

Bob Lehman, partner and global REIT head at accounting and advising firm EY, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla. Lehman reviewed recent developments at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the private sector body that oversees the auditors of U.S. …

Phillips Edison–ARC Shopping Center REIT Seeing Rapid Expansion in 2014

D.J. Belock, senior vice president of finance with Phillips Edison & Company, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.   Belock discussed what type of criteria the company’s public, non-traded REIT, Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT, looks for in potential acquisitions, as …

CoStar Economist High on Prospects for Industrial Sector

Hans Nordby, chief economist with CoStar, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla. Nordby was asked for his thoughts on sectors within the REIT industry that he expects to outperform. Of the “four major food groups” in the REIT market, Nordby singled …

SEC Official Discusses Steps REITs Can Take to Minimize Requests

Cicely LaMothe, senior assistant chief accountant in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Corporate Finance-Real Estate, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla. LaMothe discussed steps that REITs can take to minimize SEC requests regarding their financial reporting. News

Community Development Trust Raising Capital to Finance Affordable Housing

John Divers, COO and CFO of the Community Development Trust (CDT), joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla. Founded in 1998, New York City-based CDT is a private, hybrid REIT that is active on the debt and equity side of affordable housing …

PwC Partner Pessimistic About Progress of Accounting Projects

Tom Wilkin, real estate partner with accounting firm PwC, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla. Wilkin was asked about the progress made by standard setters at the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to converge financial …

Community Development Trust Actively Raising Capital to Finance Affordable Housing

John Divers, COO and CFO of the Community Development Trust (CDT), joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla. Founded in 1998, New York City-based CDT is a private, hybrid REIT that is active on the debt and equity side of affordable housing …