COPT CEO Anticipates Benefits from Increased Military Spending

Steve Budorick, president and CEO of Corporate Offices Properties Trust (NYSE: OFC), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge. Budorick succeeded Roger Waesche, Jr., as CEO of COPT in May. COPT primarily focuses on U.S. government tenants …

Fidelity Fund Manager Expects Real Estate Values to Remain Stable

Mark Snyderman, fund manager at Fidelity Investments, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge. Snyderman manages the Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund, which invests in a mix of common stocks, preferred stocks, bonds and commercial mortgage-backed securities. News

Health Care Real Estate Attracting Foreign Capital, Analyst Says

Michael Knott, managing director at Green Street Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge. After a quiet year for the health care sector for most of 2016, an “explosion of deals” worth in excess of $ 5 billion …

GRESB Data Shows Broad Improvement in Real Estate ESG Performance

Real estate companies and funds are showing improvement across all aspects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, according to the 2016 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Real Estate, Developer and Debt assessments. “The global real estate sector is working to manage its carbon footprint, build resilience in the face of climate change and …

Fundamentally Speaking: T-Tracker Shows Good Operating Performance by REITs in Q2

In the latest edition of Fundamentally Speaking, Calvin Schnure, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and economic analysis, said NAREIT’s T-Tracker series showed good operating performance by REITs in the second quarter, and also points to “solid underpinnings” for future conditions in the REIT industry. Schnure noted that funds from operations (FFO) for all Equity …

Veteran REIT Observer Sees Continued Growth for Industry

Ken Campbell, co-founder of CBRE Clarion Securities, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Campbell, a long-time REIT industry observer, founded the first REIT-dedicated publication, Realty Trust Review, in 1970. According to Campbell, the REIT industry still has plenty of room to grow. News

S&P Dow Jones Indices Outlines Revised GICS Structure

S&P Dow Jones Indices has published the revised structure of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) that will take effect after the close of trade on Aug. 31, when stock exchange-listed Equity REITs and other listed real estate companies are elevated to a new Real Estate Sector. News