REIT Executives See Growth Moderating in 2017

REIT Executives See Growth Moderating in 2017 REIT executives in the residential, retail and lodging sectors say new supply and changes in consumer habits are likely to result in more moderate growth in 2017 compared with recent years. C-suite executives from AvalonBay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB), Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FTR) and Host Hotels …

REIT Insurance Experts Reflect on Risk Management

REIT Insurance Experts Reflect on Risk Management Michael Chu, vice president and national practice leader for REITs at Arch Insurance Group, and Howard Sider, underwriting manager at Arch Insurance, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Chu noted that 2016 was a record …

Favorable Supply Picture Boosts Manufactured Housing REITs

Favorable Supply Picture Boosts Manufactured Housing REITs Manufactured housing REITs occupy an enviable place in the real estate market today as they continue to benefit from a dearth of new supply and healthy demand for affordable housing options, analysts say. According to Ryan Burke, an analyst at Green Street Advisors, approximately 10 new manufactured home …

Global Medical REIT Building Portfolio of Medical Facilities

Global Medical REIT Building Portfolio of Medical Facilities When Global Medical REIT Inc. (NYSE: GMRE) went public last summer, the company set its sights on a specific niche within the health care real estate sector: licensed medical treatment facilities. The company has focused on transactions in the range of $10 million to $50 million, and …

Banker Sees Expectations of Rate Hike “Baked Into” REIT Stock Prices

Banker Sees Expectations of Rate Hike “Baked Into” REIT Stock Prices Scott Eisen, head of North American real estate at Citi, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Eisen moderated a REITWise panel on the state of the capital markets. Eisen noted that …

Green Street’s Sullivan Questions Pricing Declines in Retail Real Estate

Green Street’s Sullivan Questions Pricing Declines in Retail Real Estate Jim Sullivan, president of advisory and consulting at Green Street Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Sullivan discussed some of the key trends impacting the retail real estate segment. Green Street’s …

Zell Sees Possibility of “Extra Innings” in Current Real Estate Cycle

Zell Sees Possibility of “Extra Innings” in Current Real Estate Cycle REIT pioneer Sam Zell says the latest iteration of the real estate cycle might last longer than usual. Speaking April 6 at a NYU Schack Institute symposium on the REIT industry, Zell, the chairman of Equity Group Investments, LLC, commented that the “suppression of …

NYSE Official Says REIT IPO Market Off to Active Start in 2017

NYSE Official Says REIT IPO Market Off to Active Start in 2017 Ron Bohlert, sector leader of the real estate and insurance group at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Bohlert commented that 2017 is off …

PwC Expert Highlights Potential Tax Reform Changes REITs Should Consider

PwC Expert Highlights Potential Tax Reform Changes REITs Should Consider 4/7/2017 | By Sarah Borchersen-Keto Adam Feuerstein, national real estate tax technical leader at PwC, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Feuerstein commented on some of the issues that REITs should consider …

Blackstone PNLR Producing “Good Press,” Real Estate Lawyer Says

Blackstone PNLR Producing “Good Press,” Real Estate Lawyer Says Peter Fass, partner at Proskauer Rose LLP, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Fass was on a REITWise panel that looked at new fee models and other changes to the public non-listed REIT …