Acquisitions Analyst Sees Increased Regulation for Real Estate Deals

Scott MacComb, president of Allocation Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2015: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Phoenix.

Allocation Advisors prepares purchase price allocations for real estate acquisitions. MacComb gave an overview of the current regulatory environment facing REITs.

“We are still in a situation where the pendulum is swinging in the direction of increased regulation,” he said.

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Spirit Realty Capital CEO Reviews Active Year for Acquisitions

Thomas Nolan, chairman and CEO of Spirit Realty Capital (NYSE: SRC), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Spirit Realty Capital was formed in 2003 to purchase single-tenant, net lease properties. The company’s portfolio consists of approximately 2,100 properties across 48 states.

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CubeSmart CEO Says 2014 Capital Raising Funding Acquisitions and Development

Christopher Marr, president and CEO of CubeSmart L.P. (NYSE: CUBE), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

CubeSmart owns and operates self-storage facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico. At the end of the third quarter, CubeSmart owned 390 facilities with an occupancy level of 91.5 percent.

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Health Care REIT Expanding Through Acquisitions, Development

Thomas DeRosa, CEO of Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE: HCN), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

The health care REIT sector has seen a heightened level of activity in 2014 on both the transactions and capital markets front. Health Care REIT completed a major equity offering earlier in the year that netted the company $ 1 billion in fresh capital. DeRosa called his company’s pipeline for acquisitions “very strong.”

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SoTHERLY Hotels Picks Up Pace of Acquisitions

Drew Sims, chairman and CEO of SoTHERLY Hotels Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHO), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

Following a quiet period for acquisitions in the period from 2008 until late 2013, the company recently closed on two transactions. Sims was asked how those deals came about and whether they are a sign of more activity to come.

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American Residential Execs Single-Family Home Acquisitions to Continue

The executive team of single-family housing REIT American Residential Properties (NYSE: ARPI), president and COO Laurie Hawkes and chairman and CEO Stephen Schmitz, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

American Residential acquired 700 homes in the first quarter of the year. Schmitz talked about the pace of transactions in the quarter and the likelihood it would hold up going forward.

“We think that’s a well-measured pace,” Schmitz said.

Laurie Hawkes and Stephen Schmitz

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Executives Give no Hint of American Residential Slowing Acquisitions

The executive team of single-family housing REIT American Residential Properties (NYSE: ARPI), president and COO Laurie Hawkes and chairman and CEO Stephen Schmitz, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

American Residential acquired 700 homes in the first quarter of the year. Schmitz talked about the pace of transactions in the quarter and the likelihood it would hold up going forward.

“We think that’s a well-measured pace,” Schmitz said.

Laurie Hawkes and Stephen Schmitz

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Gale Sees Greater Growth Opportunities in Development Over Acquisitions

Barden Gale, vice chairman with Mack Real Estate Group (MREG), joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

Gale joined MREG in October. The company is primarily involved in developing multifamily residential rental projects in urban markets. Gale noted that the firm is catering to renters in the millennial generation and “empty nesters” whose children have moved out of the home.

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