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Ed Fritsch, president and CEO of Highwoods Properties (NYSE: HIW) and 2016 NAREIT Chair, joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge.
Fritsch said he expects REITs will be able to continue to deliver attractive returns in the current environment of global uncertainty.
Austin, Texas, now offers the most attractive real estate investment and development opportunities of any major U.S. market, according to a survey of industry authorities.
Another Texas market, Dallas/Fort Worth, took second place in the Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2017 survey from PwC and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) released Oct. 26. Portland, Oregon ranked third in the survey of more than 1,800 real estate experts.
Consumer-driven e-commerce is pushing demand for modern logistics facilities in new locations around the world.
In the latest edition of Quick Study, Brad Case, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and industry information, rebuffed the suggestion that REITs are nearing the end of their market cycle.
“I haven’t seen anyone make an argument that is actually well reasoned and based on empirical data” indicating that the REIT bull market is drawing to a close, Case said. He pointed out that construction activity in the United States remains below average. “A real estate market typically reaches its end when construction is significantly higher than average,” he said.
Investment real estate values increased by 4.1 percent during July 2016, according to the FTSE NAREIT PureProperty Index Series, which provides the earliest measurement of changes in the market values of properties held for investment purposes. Nationwide property appreciation averaged 12.1 percent since the beginning of 2016.
Chris Volk, president and CEO of STORE Capital Corp. (NYSE: STOR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
STORE is an acronym for single-tenant operational real estate, which is the company’s target market.
Mark Decker Sr., vice chairman at BMO Capital Markets, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
Decker previously served as NAREIT president, and was at the helm of the association when the 1986 Tax Reform Act was passed.
Decker remarked that at the time of passage, the REIT model was not very well known, nor well-established.
Dave Stockert, president and CEO of Post Properties (NYSE: PPS), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
Atlanta-based Post Properties is a developer and operator of multifamily communities in the United States.
Stockert discussed supply and demand fundamentals in the company’s core markets.
