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Chris Volk, president and CEO of STORE Capital Corp. (NYSE: STOR), 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.
STORE is an acronym for single-tenant operational real estate, which is the company’s target market.
Jon Wheeler, chairman and CEO of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (NASDAQ: WHLR), 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.
Wheeler commented that acquisitions were a driving force behind the company’s third quarter performance. Other contributing factors included a reduction in general and administrative expenses and increased streamlining of operations.
Stuart Tanz, president and CEO of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (NASDAQ: ROIC), 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.
Tanz said 2016 has been an active year for acquisitions, with approximately $ 300 million of shopping centers purchased through early November.
REIT CEOs shared their perspectives on the outlook for 2017 during a series of video interviews held at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge.
Tim Naughton, the 2017 NAREIT Chair and the chairman and CEO of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE: AVB), stressed that committee assignments in Congress and the prospect of tax reform on the policy agenda means “we need to make sure our industry’s voice is heard.”
Greg Silvers, president and CEO of EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR), 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.
EPR is a specialty REIT that invests in entertainment, recreation and education properties.
Nelson Mills, president and CEO of Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP), 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.
Mills said millennials continue to impact the office sector.
“There’s rigorous competition for millennial talent, and that shapes the location of the space and configuration,” Mills noted, when speaking on the leasing requirements of tenants.
The single-family home rental sector should experience solid growth for at least the next decade, buoyed in part by demand from millennials, a shortage of housing and greater acceptance as a viable investment, according to the CEOs of single-family housing REITs.
The CEOs participated in a Dec. 6 panel discussion presented by the National Rental Home Council at the IMN SFR Investment Forum West in Phoenix.
Marshall Loeb, CEO of EastGroup Properties, Inc. (NYSE: EGP), 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.
Charles Meyers, chief operating officer of Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2016: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge.
Meyers commented on the outlook for cloud computing.
“The cloud phenomenon is a significant and durable source of incremental demand for the data center sector broadly – and Equinix specifically,” he said.
Justin Knight, president and CEO of Apple Hospitality REIT (NYSE: APLE), 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.
In September, Apple Hospitality completed the acquisition of the public non-listed REIT Apple REIT Ten, Inc. Knight said some of the strategic benefits from the deal are starting to accrue to Apple Hospitality.
