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Sophia Banar, managing director with Forum Securities Limited, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Banar covers U.S. real estate companies for Forum Securities. Additionally, she advises the firm’s global portfolio management team. Banar joined Forum Securities in April after serving as a portfolio manager with The Tuckerman Group, an affiliate of State Street Global Advisors that focused on real estate investment.
Investors expect positive trends to continue in the commercial real estate industry for the rest of 2014 despite anticipating rising interest rates, according to consulting firm PwC.
A PwC survey of real estate investors in the second quarter of 2014 noted that respondents expressed confidence that the industry would handle anticipated increases in interest rates without serious disruption to its recovery.
At the same time, competition among buyers is likely to remain strong and keep prices for the best properties elevated, the PwC survey said.
The commercial real estate industry has experienced a fundamental shift in recent years as more women than ever are pursuing career paths within the field that have the potential to lead to a seat in the boardroom.
Ron Kravit, head of real estate investing with Cerberus Capital, joined REIT.com for a video interview during the Real Estate Luminaries Series event at Georgetown University on April 23.
Kravit discussed the availability of opportunistic real estate deals in the United States and the European market.
Nancy Anderson, vice president of financial reporting and chief financial officer with the Real Property Association of Canada (REALpac), joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Anderson discussed the current overall health of the commercial real estate market in Canada.
Mitchell Sabshon, CEO of Inland Real Estate Investment Corp., joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWise 2014: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference held in Boca Raton, Fla.
Sabshon, who was named CEO in August, described some of the changes he has seen in the public, non-listed REIT (PNLR) sector.
The next event in the Real Estate Luminaries Series at Georgetown University will feature a conversation with Starwood Capital Group Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht.
Mike Kirby, chairman of real estate research firm Green Street Advisors, and Steve Wechsler, president and CEO of NAREIT, will interview Sternlicht as part of the program. The event is scheduled to take place April 23 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Lohrfink Auditorium of the Rafik B. Hariri Building at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
The real estate sector is roughly at mid-cycle, with low levels of new supply, improving tenant demand, and ample capital supply all expected to support growth in the REIT industry over the next few years, according to industry executives and analysts.
“We’re past the deep distress period and are somewhere in the middle of a recovery in the U.S.,” said Jonathan Gray, global head of real estate at Blackstone, during the NYU Schack Annual REIT Symposium April 8.
Broker Realtor Michael Stark of PostYourProperty.com discusses how valuable social networking is on Twitter.Michael is also the founder of PostYourProperty.com, which is a free FSBO (for sale by owner) real estate listing service. Michael’s other sites include, NeoRealEstate.com, SouthernCaliforniaBroker.com, LookForProperty.com, HitProperty.com, and MichaelStark.com. Michael Stark assists buyers and sellers with both residential and commercial property in Orange County, and throughout Southern California.
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