Emerging Trends: CRE Profitability, Lending Look Bright for Remainder of 2012
The Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers have released the results of the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate survey — and the responses point to a stronger commercial real estate outlook for the remainder of 2012, with a general trend toward a bullish CRE industry.
Marriott’s $210M Gaylord Purchase Brings Structural Changes
Gaylord Entertainment of Nashville has agreed to sell its Gaylord Hotels brand and the management rights to its four hotels to Marriott International for $210 million in cash. The deal hinges on Gaylord’s transition to a REIT structure, which will be decided at a shareholder meeting in August.
2012 Real Estate Education Programs
With more and more schools offering degrees and programs in real estate each year, it is important to take a step back and look at all the offerings out there. The industry is hiring again, and successful jobs seekers are expected to have both the industry experience and formal education to match.
2012 Greenest Companies
Our 2012 look at the Greenest Companies in Commercial Real Estate sheds interesting light onto the best sustainable business practices and which companies are leading the pack.
Placing Orders
(value of manufacturers’ new orders; not seasonally adjusted; $ in millions)
New York City Spotlight: Top Dollar
(top 10 New York City commercial transactions, January 1 to March 30, 2012; $ in millions)
Professional Preference
(employed and unemployed persons by occupation; not seasonally adjusted; numbers in thousands)
Healthcare’s Healthy Prognosis
U.S. equity REITs are currently required to pay out 90 percent of taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends to maintain their REIT status. These steady dividend streams are important to REIT investors, so many analysts will look at AFFO payout ratios to determine whether REITs will be able to maintain their current dividend levels going forward. AFFO (also known as funds or cash available for distribution) adjusts funds from operations for non-cash items such as straightlining of rents and non-revenue-generating capital expenditures to get to an earnings metric that is a good proxy for cash flow per…
REIT Report
U.S. equity REITs are currently required to pay out 90 percent of taxable income to shareholders in the form of dividends to maintain their REIT status. These steady dividend streams are important to REIT investors, so many analysts will look at AFFO payout ratios to determine whether REITs will be able to maintain their current dividend levels going forward. AFFO (also known as funds or cash available for distribution) adjusts funds from operations for non-cash items such as straightlining of rents and non-revenue-generating capital expenditures to get to an earnings metric that is a good proxy for cash flow per…
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