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Investment opportunities are increasing today, but many remain still to be realized, according to discussions during yesterday\u2019s NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate 16th Annual REIT Symposium. Panelists noted that flexible investors may find better opportunities with a little more creativity.<\/p>\n
For AvalonBay Communities Inc., that means a combination of investment and development for diversification, yet chairman & CEO Bryce Blair prefers development. Acquisitions are expensive, he noted during the panel \u201cThe Next 24 Months,\u201d with cap rates averaging 5 percent and even 4 percent on the West Coast resulting in unlimited IRRs in the 7.5 to 8 percent range. Development, however, offers 6.5 to 7 percent internal yields and IRRs around 10 percent\u2014a third better than acquisitions.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, large-scale shopping center development is still years away, according to David Henry, president & CEO of Kimco Realty Corp. Retailers still have too many choices to make new construction viable and nobody wants to wait years for that construction to take place. With the difficulty of obtaining financing a further roadblock for private investors, however, it does create a more favorable market for existing properties. He predicted that supply will remain constrained for a long time to come.<\/p>\n
As for distressed properties, few have come to market thus far, mostly because banks have been able to extend the loans, but Ronald Havner Jr., president & CEO of Public Storage Inc., encouraged investors to be patient. The huge volume of loans coming due during the next five years \u201cwill provide us all with a lot of opportunities,\u201d he assured the audience. <\/p>\n
That may be much appreciated, as by then prices for other properties are likely to be even more difficult to justify, as pricing may increase faster than is being currently predicted, warned Ed Walter, president & CEO of Host Hotels & Resorts. He views that favorably, since it will raise replacement costs and thereby further constrain new supply. But for buyers, it will mean a greater need to pursue alternative means of financing.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinance anything you can today; hedge anything you expect to be financing in the near term,\u201d said Ric Clark, COE of Brookfield Properties Corp., during the panel \u201cManaging the Balance Sheet.\u201d He believes the government is at this point less likely to get involved to try to keep rates down. Mack-Cali Realty Corp. president & CEO Mitchell Hersh took that one step further and warned there could be a \u201csecond leg down\u201d as a result, especially since corporate America is still cost cutting and not doing much new hiring.<\/p>\n
For REITs seeking to invest, a big benefit lies in their ability to use stock instead of cash, which allows them to keep leverage low while still pursuing opportunities with private sellers. Lazard Freres & Co. took this opportunity a step further in its trade of the private Atria Senior Living Group portfolio to public Ventas Inc., noted Matthew Lustig, vice chairman & U.S. investment banking & head of real estate. In the $3.1 billion October 2010 deal, Ventas traded just under 25 million shares of stock and just $150 million in cash for 118 communities, and Atria\u2019s management company retained oversight of the portfolio. <\/p>\n
In addition, AvalonBay has just announced the completion of a $500 asset exchange with apartment firm UDR Inc. That deal involved the swap of a three-property AvalonBay portfolio for a six-property UDR portfolio and $26 million in cash. Both portfolios consist of apartment communities; the assets acquired by AvalonBay are all in California, while those exchanged with UDR are in San Francisco and Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
Merrie Frankel, vice president & senior credit officer at Moody\u2019s Investors Service, said she expects more transactions financed with stock going forward. (She also recommended financing with unsecured debt rather than secured, since at least during a recession that allows the property owner to level up as necessary.)<\/p>\n
And ProLogis CEO Walter Rakowich, currently in the midst of a merger with AMB Property Corp. at the end of which he has already announced a long-delayed intention to retire, noted that for managers of private companies that are willing to give up management duties, such trades can offer a tremendous opportunity.<\/p>\n
Also expect to see more follow-on offerings, noted Jackson Hsieh, vice chairman & global head of real estate, lodging & leisure for UBS Investment Bank. It works better for large deals than small ones, he said, but \u201cthat form of currency is very favorable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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