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Property Metrics

Jeff Hanson

Executive Spotlight: Jeff Hanson, American Healthcare Investors

When it comes to skin in the game, Jeff Hanson and his colleagues at American Healthcare Investors, the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, are leaders of the pack.

Washington REIT Acquires DC Office Building for $105M

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust has acquired 1775 Eye St., N.W., a 185,000-square-foot office building in Washington, D.C.’s Central Business District, for $104.5 million.

2014 Real Estate Education Programs

The number of institutions offering real estate coursework and degrees continues to expand. Here we examine the current state of real estate education.

Guest Column: A Bid for TRIA

Commercial real estate industry executives are watching Congress closely as it considers whether to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, a backstop for private insurance companies so they can offer terrorism insurance.

SS&C Technologies Targets Mortgage REITs with New Servicing Group

SS&C Technologies Holdings has expanded its business offerings to the real estate industry with the establishment of its REIT servicing group.

Healthy Gains

(CMBS delinquencies by property type; $ in billions) By Larry Kay Between February 2014 and the same period last year, all of the major property types had fairly healthy declines in delinquency amounts. The totals for lodging, multi-family and office each fell by about one-third, while retail and industrial were not far behind, dropping by 25 percent. Looking at February’s amount delinquent, lodging had the largest decline at 16 percent, ending the month at $2.8 billion. With the economy recovering, strong transient demand and improving group hotel room bookings, there were across-the-board gains in 2013 for occupancy, average daily rates…

Mitigated Moves

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

Better Beginnings

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

Favorable Prospects

(U.S. equity REIT average 2014 AFFO payout ratio)

New York City Spotlight: What’s Selling

(top commercial sales, February 2014)