Paul Rosta
Executives’ Investment Outlook Spreads the Wealth: CPE 100 Quarterly Sentiment Survey
By Paul Rosta, Senior Editor Amid a rising note of optimism, commercial real estate executives expect a variety of property types to shine over the next 12 months, according to the CPE 100 Quarterly Sentiment Survey. Asked which category is likely to present the most attractive investment opportunities, executives divided their responses fairly evenly among different sectors. One third called the office sector the most promising, and about 25 percent each said that the retail and multifamily sectors would provide the strongest investment potential over the next 12 months. The findings are among the highlights of the most recent quarterly…
IPO Scorecard: Offerings by year since 2004
First Filings (Commercial real estate IPOs, 2004-2012) Since the most recent heyday eight years ago, initial public offerings by REITs have tailed off significantly, according to SNL Financial and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. The 29 IPOs launched in 2004 were more than the combined total of the next four years. After recording only a pair of IPOs in the capital markets meltdown year of 2008, REITs have rebounded to launch eight or nine in the three full years since.
Mitchell Sabshon Q&A: Cole's Corporate Finance Strategy
Mtichell Sabshon, executive vice president & COO of Cole Real Estate Investments, talked with CPE senior editor Paul Rosta about today’s capital-raising environment for real estate companies. CPE: Can you talk about the trends you’re seeing in financing at the corporate level—preferred equity, unsecured bonds, lines of credit, etc.? Which of these finance strategies are favored today in various scenarios and why? Sabshon: Given the near historically low interest-rate environment, financing is being provided through a broad range of sources, including issuance of unsecured corporate debt and preferred stock, as well as through secured mortgage loans and unsecured lines of credit. …
Portman Holdings' Jeff Warwick on the Capital Markets' 'Real Question'
Veteran investment banker Jeff Warwick, who currently oversees Portman Holdings’ national investment platform, discusses the capital markets’ balance sheet and offers a contrarian view on what he calls the “real question” for real estate finance–resolving CMBS.
Hotels, Convention Centers & Public-Private Partnerships
Portman Holdings managing director Jeff Warwick discusses the role of public-private investment in the new wave of hotel and convention center projects.
C.A. Anderson To Lead Cambria Suites' Growth Push
Cambria Suites is already in growth mode and Anderson is tasked to bring the program to new levels. All told, 26 hotels are in various stages of development.
Economy Watch: Apartment Market Stays on a Roll; Nation's Corn Crop Withers
For the sixth quarter in a row, the apartment industry improved across all indexes in NMHC’s survey; the Agriculture Department’s latest report on the nation’s corn crop is far more pessimistic.
Border Crossing: Mark Rose on Avison Young's U.S. Expansion Strategy
The leader of the Toront0-based services firm discusses his strategy for making Avison Young a major player in the U.S.
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