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Jay Leupp, managing director and portfolio manager at Lazard Asset Management, joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2016 Washington Leadership Forum at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C.
In the latest episode of the NAREIT Podcast, Michael Hedden, managing director with FTI Consulting, assessed the state of real estate fundamentals amid muddled signals from the broader economy.
Measures of gross domestic product (GDP) and job growth are mixed, according to Hedden. Capital continues to flow into real estate, though, he said.
In the latest edition of Fundamentally Speaking, Calvin Schnure, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and economic analysis, explained that underlying fundamentals of the broader economy remain positive, despite market gyrations.
Schnure noted that growth in gross domestic product (GDP) made a robust improvement in the spring. At the same time, sustained consumer spending, particularly for auto sales, has been evident. “In sum, the underlying economy looks quite good,” Schnure said.
Mitchell Sabshon, CEO of Inland Real Estate Investment Corp., joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during NAREIT’s 2015 Washington Leadership Forum.
Inland sponsors non-listed REITs and also offers privately placed real estate transactions. In 2014, the two businesses made combined acquisitions of almost $ 1.3 billion, according to Sabshon.
Inland focuses primarily on multi-tenant retail properties, especially shopping center-anchored assets, as well as apartment buildings.
Sandy Paul, executive vice president with Delta Associates, discussed real estate transaction volume in the latest edition of the NAREIT Podcast.
Transactions are up across all major property types in the United States in the last five years, according to Paul. Deals involving office assets are up nearly 500 percent in 2014 from 2009, while apartment transaction volume has grown more than 400 percent in that same timeframe.
“The market has come back pretty strongly,” Paul said. “What we’ve seen over the past year is that there has been some plateauing of volume.”
In the latest edition of Fundamentally Speaking, Calvin Schnure, NAREIT’s vice president for research and industry information, said the economic recovery remains largely on track despite a disappointing August employment report.
Schnure noted that the gain of 142,000 new jobs in August was a “big disappointment,” especially since “all this year we’ve seen growing strength” with some monthly jobs reports well above the 200,000 level.
Nancy Anderson, vice president of financial reporting and chief financial officer with the Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac), joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Anderson discussed the current overall health of the commercial real estate market in Canada.
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