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Hap Stein, chairman and CEO of Regency Centers (NYSE: REG), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2015: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Wynn Las Vegas.
Regency has posted gains in funds from operations (FFO) and net operating income (NOI) in 2015. Stein cited “robust” demand for space and the quality of Regency’s portfolio as drivers behind the performance. Stein also noted that the company’s occupancy rate now sits at north of 96 percent.
Ella Neyland, president of Steadfast Income REIT and Steadfast Apartment REIT, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Steadfast Income and Steadfast Apartment are public non-listed REITs. Neyland discussed the growth potential in Steadfast’s area of focus: moderate-income apartments located in secondary markets.
Albert Behler, CEO of Paramount Group, Inc. (NYSE: PGRE), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Paramount owns office properties in New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In November 2014, the company raised $ 2.3 billion in the largest IPO by a U.S. REIT to date.
Ramin Kamfar, chairman and CEO of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc. (NYSE: BRG), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Paul Pittman, executive chairman, president and CEO of Farmland Partners Inc. (NYSE: FPI), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Farmland Properties, which invests in primary row crop farmland throughout North America, became a stock exchange-listed REIT in 2014. At the time of its initial public offering, its portfolio contained 7,300 acres. That has grown to more than 70,000 acres today.
Ed Fritsch, president and CEO of Highwoods Properties Inc. (NYSE: HIW), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Fritsch, who’s currently serving as NAREIT’s second vice chair, said fundamentals in Highwoods’ geographic markets are strong, although he pointed out that growth is measured. He described the market absorption of office space as “steady.”
Debra Cafaro, chairman and CEO of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Cafaro discussed Ventas’ recently announced spin-off of its skilled nursing assets into a new REIT, Care Capital Properties, Inc.
Cell tower REITs expect continued demand for wireless capability to fuel growth prospects in the United States and select foreign markets for many years to come, according to executives presenting at REITWEEK 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum.
Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) President and CEO Benjamin Moreland pointed to a 60 percent growth rate in data demand in 2014. At the same time, he noted that information technology firm Cisco anticipates a seven-fold increase in data demand by 2019.
