NAREIT is the worldwide representative voice for REITs and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets.
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- REITWorld 2009: NAREIT's Annua...
Phoenix, Arizona
Wednesday, November 11 at 8:00am
NAREIT APREA CEO Peter Mitchell offers his outlook on the Asian REIT market for 2010.
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U-Store-It Trust (NYSE: YSI) President and CEO Dean Jernigan says 2010 could be a huge year for the self-storage sector after most discretionary customers were lost during the recession. Jernigan adds that he expects growth opportunies to be abundant in the next year.
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HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP) Chairman and CEO Jay Flaherty, III says his company is the most conservatively capitalized it has been in its 25-year history. Flaherty adds that HCP continues to look for acquisition opportunities, particular debt investments. In the last 18 months, HCP has invested $1.6 billion in debt positions in companies that have exposure to the Medicare program.
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Paul Adornato and Richard Anderson, REIT analysts with BMO Capital Markets, commented on the 180-degree change in attitude at this year's REITWorld compared to the 2008 event. Anderson says it is refreshing to be talking about fundamentals again as opposed to looking at whether the industry will be around in a year.
NAREIT Merrie Frankel of Moody's says lower leverage will continue to be a key for REITs as they access additional debt and equity and sell assets.
NAREIT Michael Brooks of REALPAC discusses the current state of the Canadian REIT market and prospects for 2010.
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David Neithercut, president and CEO of Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), discusses his company's long-term success, the importance of job growth on the multifamily sector and how his company shapes up heading into 2010.
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Ross Nussbaum, managing director and senior REIT analyst for UBS Equities Research, said in an in interview at REITWorld 2009 that the key issue facing REITs in 2010 is jobs. "Now that REIT balance sheets are in better shape, they need to start growing earnings. And the number one demand driver for commercial real esta...te tends to be employement." He adds that without meaningful job growth in the next 12 months, occupancy and rental rates will likely head lower.
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Paul Curbo, portfolio manager at Invesco, discusses prospects for REITs as fund managers and where he finds value in today's REIT market.
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Steve Buller, portfolio manager for Fidelity Investments, discusses institutional investors' appetite for REITs, lessons learned from investing in opportunity funds and potential for joint ventures going forward.
NAREIT Jackson Hsieh of UBS Investment Bank says PPIP and TALF were good programs, in concept, to re-start the secondary, securitization market, but they have not taken off because property values have fallen so far that banks cannot refinance previous loans made at higher asset values unless property owners put in additional equity -- which most are not in a position to do.
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The most recent data from MIT's Transaction-Based Index shows that the gap between sellers' demands and the price buyers are willing to pay is narrowing, which is good news for the commercial real estate market as a whole, and REIT investors in particular, said NAREIT Vice President of Research & Industry Information B...rad Case. Case looks at the impact increased transaction volume could have on the market.
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Steve Renna, president of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, says banks must fix their balance sheets and deal with existing loans before they can get back to the business of issuing new loans. Renna also addressed the new relationship dynamics between clients and investment managers in today's market.
NAREIT Duke Realty Chairman & CEO Denny Oklak discusses the company's development activities, capital market strategies and plans going forward.
