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Eric Bolton, chairman and CEO of MAA (NYSE: MAA), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
MAA focuses on the acquisition, development and management of apartment properties throughout the Southeast and Southwest regions of the United States. Bolton said the company is continuing to see positive rent growth across its portfolio.
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.
Benjamin Butcher, president and CEO of STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE: STAG), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
STAG is a Boston-based REIT focused on the acquisition and operation of single-tenant, industrial properties throughout the United States.
Butcher told REIT.com that the dynamics for favorable leasing conditions have improved during the last year.
David Schulte, president and CEO of CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust (NYSE: CORR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
CorEnergy primarily owns midstream and downstream energy infrastructure assets that perform utility-like functions, such as pipelines, storage terminals, and transmission and distribution assets. CorEnergy is the first publicly traded infrastructure REIT focused exclusively on energy infrastructure assets.
Thomas McGuinness, president and CEO of InvenTrust Properties Corp., joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
InvenTrust is a public non-listed REIT that focuses on open air retail and student housing real estate. The company became self-managed last year, spun off its lodging platform in February and adopted a new name in April. InvenTrust was formerly known as Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc.
Jeffrey Fisher, chairman, president and CEO of Chatham Lodging Trust (NYSE: CLDT), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Chatham invests primarily in extended-stay select service and full service hotels in the 25 largest metropolitan markets in the United States.
Fisher discussed Chatham’s pricing power with regard to room rates.
David de la Rosa, vice president with Green Street Advisors, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
De la Rosa offered some insights into the growing fibra market in Mexico. Fibras, the country’s version of REITs, were introduced in Mexico in 2004. The first fibra listed in Mexico in 2011. The country is now home to nine listed fibras with a total market capitalization of $ 18 billion.
Mark Snyderman, fund manager of the Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
The Fidelity Real Estate Income Fund invests in the securities of REITs and other real estate companies across the capital stack: common stock, preferred stock, bonds and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).
Vick Seth, vice chairman of investment banking with Raymond James, joined REIT.com for a video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Regarding trends in the real estate capital markets, Seth noted the recent retreat in REIT shares prices and upturn in volatility. However, neither has slowed capital formation in the public or private markets, according to Seth.
Steve Smith, president and CEO of Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EQIX), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York.
Equinix, which owns data centers around the world, became a REIT at the start of 2015 after waiting 31 months to receive a favorable private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service to allow for the conversion. Smith described some of the biggest changes for the company, including the transformation of its investor base.
