NAREIT Announces 2015 Leadership, Neithercut Elected Chair

(L to R) First Vice Chair David B. Henry, Chair David J. Neithercut, Second Vice Chair Edward J. Fritsch and Treasurer Timothy J. Naughton

The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) today announced the election of its 2015 officers, as well as the members of its Executive Board, the organization’s sole governing board.

Elected Chair was David J. Neithercut, President and CEO of Equity Residential. Neithercut takes the place of NAREIT’s 2014 Chair, Ronald L. Havner, Jr., Chairman, CEO and President of Public Storage.

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Neithercut Says Equity Residential Cutting Back on Transactions

David Neithercut, president and CEO of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.

Neithercut was asked about the traits shared by the top-performing markets for his company: Denver, San Francisco and Seattle. He cited job growth as a key factor.

“Our business is all about supply and demand,” he said. “These are three markets that have produced some very strong job growth over the past three or four years.”

David Neithercut

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