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REITs

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Property Metrics

Fiber Meets REITs: Windstream’s High-Tech Spinoff

Can advanced communication networks form the basis of a REIT? Last summer, Windstream Holdings decided to find out.

Forest City Enterprises Could be REIT by 2016

Calling it a “major milestone for the future of Forest City,” Chairman Charles Ratner said the board reached a decision to make the company public.

JANUARY ISSUE: Campus Crest’s Renaissance

As 2015 begins, Campus Crest Communities Inc. has several big items on its to-do list.

2015 Top Development Firms

Our first ranking of 2015 takes a look at development. These companies have brought an impressive number of cranes to major metro areas over the past couple of years.

Outperforming the Index

U.S. equity REITs had a one-year total return of 16.26 percent as of Oct. 30. The SNL U.S. Manufactured Homes REIT index led all REIT indexes for the year through Oct. 30, with a total return of 28.9 percent. The SNL U.S. Hotel REIT index was next on the list, with a year-to-date total return of 26.82 percent. The multi-family, regional mall and shopping center sectors all also outperformed the SNL U.S. REIT Equity index in the second half of 2014. For the 12-month period ended Oct. 30, four REIT sectors had total returns that underperformed the SNL U.S REIT…

Order Up!

Value of manufacturers’ new orders; not seasonally adjusted; $ in millions

Growth Story

(employed and unemployed persons by occupation; not seasonally adjusted; numbers in thousands)

New York Spotlight: Make Mine Manhattan

(top commercial sales in September 2014)

Ups and Downs

(CMBS delinquencies by property type; $ in billions)

September Improvement

By Jessica Cavallero and Deegant Pandya Delinquency rates in Standard & Poor’s-rated U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) declined in September 2014. The delinquency rate dropped 14 basis points month over month to 6.79 percent, offsetting two consecutive months of increases. A decrease in newly delinquent loans and the steady pace of property liquidations contributed to the previous month’s positive performance. Overall, Standard & Poor’s CMBS delinquency levels have declined across the major CMBS property types as a result of improving commercial real estate market fundamentals and ongoing liquidity in the refinance market. We expect an uptick in loan defaults and…