Equity Commonwealth CEO Reflects on Changes to Corporate Structure

David Helfand, president and CEO of Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC), 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.

Equity Commonwealth is one of the largest commercial office REITs in the United States. In May 2014, a new board of trustees and management team were appointed to lead the company, formerly known as CommonWealth REIT, including Sam Zell as board chairman.

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Based on its review of 64 U.S. Equity REITs, Fitch concluded that “corporate governance is pretty strong for bondholders in the REIT space,” said Sean Pattap, a senior director at Fitch. “The positives outweigh the negatives,” he added.

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