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Jeff Horowitz, global head of real estate, gaming and lodging at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Horowitz discussed the trends he is seeing regarding foreign capital flows into the United States.
Tim Mihalik, president and CEO of Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE: IRET), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Investors Real Estate Trust operates a diversified portfolio of properties in the multifamily, office, health care, retail and industrial sectors. Its properties are located throughout 12 states in the Midwest.
Sherry Rexroad, chief investment officer at BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities Group, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Rexroad emphasized that one of the primary benefits of investing in global real estate securities is the diversification gained from exposure to different economies with varied monetary policies. She cautioned against investing in a single country because of the outsized influence that monetary policy is exerting at this time.
Like-kind exchanges aid the commercial real estate sector by promoting increased investment, reducing holding periods and lowering leverage levels, according to an academic study released July 9.
Also known as 1031 exchanges after Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, like-kind exchanges allow individuals and businesses to defer the payment of taxes on gains made on the exchange of property held for investment or in a trade or business for “like-kind” property.
NAREIT and two other partners are sponsoring the first annual Real Confidence University Portfolio Challenge™, in which teams from 15 universities vie to create the best-performing portfolio from a mixture of real estate investments.
John Bejjani, analyst and office sector co-head at Green Street Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Bejjani reflected on the level of real estate valuations in the current market. He explained that valuations have to be looked at from two perspectives: operating income growth and capitalization rates.
Mark Zalatoris, president and CEO of Inland Real Estate Corp. (NYSE: IRC), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Inland has a heavy presence in the Midwest shopping center market and is particularly active in Chicago and Minneapolis, according to Zalatoris.
“We’ve parlayed that into success in leasing and re-leasing space with strong retailers that want to continue to grow store count in those markets,” Zalatoris said.
In the latest episode of the NAREIT Podcast, Sean Ruhmann, director of real assets research for Boston-based investment consulting firm NEPC, analyzed the benefits of REIT investment for institutional investors.
John Thomas, CEO of Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Physicians Realty Trust is pursuing an investment-grade rating. Thomas said achieving that status fits with the company’s mentality of building for the long term. Since its founding, company executives have met with the ratings agencies to learn more about the path to obtaining an investment-grade rating, according to Thomas.
In the latest episode of the NAREIT Podcast, David Funk, director of the Baker Program in Real Estate at Cornell University, discussed his recent paper on elevating real estate to a fourth permanent asset class for institutional investors to join equities, fixed-income and cash.