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Reimbursement Changes to Benefit Skilled Nursing REITs
Moody’s believes the potential for skilled nursing facility cash flows to stabilize, and even increase modestly, is credit positive for REITs with significant investments in the sector, according to Senior Credit Officer Lori Marks.
How Value Transfers Reduce Tax Liability
Investment value is not market value for property tax purposes because the excess value transfers elsewhere, according to attorney Benjamin Blair. But where does the value go?
What Could Dish’s Entry Mean for Wireless Tower REITs?
According to Dilara Sukhov of Moody’s, the accelerated roll-out of Dish’s wireless network will lower but not eliminate T-Mobile/Sprint merger’s negative effects for tower REITs.
Planning for Parking: Solving a Development Dilemma
More is needed today, yet less car ownership appears to be in the cards. How do you reconcile these contradictory trends?
How Treasury Rate Compression Impacts Net Lease
Rather than waiting to see if interest rates will move up or down, investors should be levering up and considering asset dispositions, says Matthew Mousavi of SRS National Net Lease Group.
Apartments: The Low-Impact Green Investment
Multifamily communities have the basic building blocks to be top sustainability performers in the housing industry, according to Erin Hatcher of AMLI Residential.
Investing in Cold Storage While Staying Out of Hot Water
Investors should be cautious of the unique—and sometimes complex—operational, financing and leasing aspects of cold storage transactions and operations, says David Podein of Haber Law.
Net Lease Industrial Cap Rates Hit All-Time Low
The decrease in cap rates is most likely related to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy objectives, explains Randy Blankstein of The Boulder Group.
Early Education Centers Could Spell Strong ROI for Retail
Beyond the dollars, childhood care facilities are essential to any thriving community and a necessary amenity desired by parents, according to Jo Kirchner and Travis Waldrop of Primrose Schools.
Co-Living, Micro Units: Multifamily Real Estate Reimagined
The rents required to make high-end development viable keep climbing, so the industry is responding and adapting, explains Avison Young’s Jay Maddox.