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REIT Capital Raising Buoyed by Low Interest Rates REITs raised more capital in the first half of the year than they did in the same period of 2016, as companies continue to take advantage of low interest rates, according to analysts. Through June 30, REITs raised a total of approximately $44.2 billion in 2017, 17 …
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Fitch Analyst Says REITs Looking to Reduce Cost of Financing Steven Marks, managing director at Fitch Ratings, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Marks commented on a recent report by Fitch into REITs’ bank borrowing exposure. Fitch looked at the sum of withdrawals …
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Real Estate Investment Strategist Sees Valuations Remaining Flat Scott Crowe, chief investment strategist at CenterSquare Investment Management, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Crowe discussed real estate valuations on the private and public side. Most investors on the private side, particularly those focused …
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Fidelity Portfolio Manager Says Germany Offers Stable Real Estate Investments Steve Buller, portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Buller noted that Germany is currently home to some of the most stable global investments. In particular, the German residential …
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Malls Are Here to Stay, Says Green Street Consultant Phil Owens, managing director with Green Street’s Advisory Group, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Owens discussed some of the latest developments in the retail real estate sector. According to Owens, some investment managers …
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Retail REIT InvenTrust Focusing on Sun Belt Thomas McGuinness, president and CEO of InvenTrust Properties Corp., joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. InvenTrust is a public non-listed REIT that focuses on open-air retail centers. McGuinness discussed InvenTrust’s strategy of rotating out of secondary …
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Residential REIT Analyst Doesn’t Expect Apartment Supply Growth to Slow in 2018 Conor Wagner, an analyst at Green Street Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Wagner, an analyst with Green Street’s residential research team, said he does not expect a material slowdown …
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Phillips Edison Creates Team to Tackle Retail Changes At last month’s RECon global shopping center industry event in Las Vegas, Phillips Edison & Co. held more than 1,500 meetings with retailers. In stark contrast to news reports of bleak conditions in the retail business, the overall mood was positive, according to Mike Conway, head of …
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Retail REIT Ramco-Gershenson Experiencing Healthy Interest from Potential Tenants Dennis Gershenson, president and CEO of Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust(NYSE: RPT), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Gershenson commented that the broad discussion surrounding the retail real estate sector fails to differentiate between categories and …
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REIT Consultant Urges Companies Considering Going Public to Do Their Homework Merrie Frankel, president of Minerva Realty Consultants, LLC, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2017: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the New York Hilton Midtown. Minerva provides credit rating and capital structure analysis to REITs and real estate companies. The firm’s clientele includes …
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