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Paul Adornato, managing director at BMO Capital Markets, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Adornato said most real estate sectors are “looking pretty good” for the second half of the year: Although November’s general election is a “wild card,” the economy remains on …
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Lukas Hartwich, senior analyst at Green Street Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Hartwich discussed the factors contributing to lagging fundamentals in the lodging sector. The most prominent one, he said, is weakness in business travel and spending. Hartwich pointed out that …
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Joel Beam, managing director at Salient Partners, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. According to Beam, volatility has been the dominant theme for REITs in the first half of 2016. “Volatility really has been the story from our point of view, and I …
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Greg Steele, managing director and head of REIT investment banking at Capital One Securities, Inc., joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Steele said the level of capital markets activity so far this year is “not surprising, given the backdrop of what’s been going …
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Sherry Rexroad, chief investment officer with BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Rexroad offered perspective on the level of volatility in commercial real estate markets. She stressed that volatility has largely been driven by macroeconomic and monetary policy, …
Kevin Grant, president and CEO of CYS Investments, Inc. (NYSE: CYS), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. CYS Investments owns mortgage securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or Ginnie Mae. Grant offered an overview of how CYS operates and how …
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Marty Cicco, senior managing director at Evercore, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. Evercore is an independent investment banking advisory firm. Cicco said he expects activist shareholders to continue to play a role in the commercial real estate sector. “It’s a fact of …
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Peter Verwer, chief executive of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York. APREA represents and promotes the real estate asset class in the Asia Pacific region. It is the industry body for the suppliers and users of …
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Randy Churchey, CEO of EdR (NYSE: EDR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at NAREIT’s 2016 Washington Leadership Forum at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C. Last month the student housing REIT completed a secondary equity offering that netted more than $ 200 million for EdR. Churchey said the offering was well-received …
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Hilton Worldwide said Feb. 26 that it plans to spin off the bulk of its hotel real estate holdings into a publicly traded REIT by the end of the year. McLean, Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide noted that it received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the spin-off. The hotel company intends to …