Survey: Real Estate Executives Less Confident in Health of Market

In the the latest episode of The REIT Report: NAREIT’s Weekly Podcast, Jay Epstien, co-chair of law firm DLA Piper’s Global Real Estate practice, discussed the results of the firm’s recent survey of real estate executives.

Epstien said the results of the survey showed that while industry executives remain optimistic about the health of the real estate market, their enthusiasm is starting to wane.

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Green Bonds Popular With Investors, According to REIT Executives

Mark Peternell and Mike Mas of retail REIT Regency Centers (NYSE: REG), joined REIT.com for a video interview at NAREIT’s 2015 Leader in the Light Working Forum in Reston, Va.

Peternell, the company’s vice president of sustainability, said going green can serve as a “competitive differentiator” for REITs. Regency Centers started $ 240 million worth of development and redevelopment projects in 2014.

Mark Peternell and Mike Mas

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Survey Finds Commercial Real Estate Executives Overwhelmingly Optimistic About Next Year

Commercial real estate executives are overwhelmingly bullish on the outlook for their industry through the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by international law firm DLA Piper.

DLA Piper’s survey, which was conducted in August, showed 89 percent of executives are upbeat for the coming year, compared with 85 percent a year ago and 30 percent in 2011. The survey was completed by 158 respondents, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs and other senior executives and real estate professionals.

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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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