Month: August 2018

Jacques Gordon, global head of research and strategy at LaSalle Investment Management, was a recent guest on the Nareit REIT Report podcast.

Gordon will be speaking on the economic outlook for real estate at Nareit’s SFO Forum 2018 on Sept. 24.

In terms of the real estate cycle, “we’re in a good place,” Gordon said.

Conditions across the entire hotel industry are “very healthy,” said Ashford Inc. (NYSE American: AINC) Co-President and Chief Strategy Officer Rob Hays, who was a guest on the latest edition of Nareit’s REIT Report podcast.

In the latest edition of Nareit’s REIT Report podcast, Leslie Cook, ENERGY STAR program manager at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), discusses upcoming revisions to ENERGY STAR score calculations and steps that REITs can take to prepare for the changes.

Don Miller, president and CEO of Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM), participated in a video interview at Nareit’s REITweek: 2018 Investor Conference in New York.

Michael Schall, president and CEO of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS), participated in a video interview at Nareit’s REITweek: 2018 Investor Conference in New York.

Schall said that with both the economy and job growth doing better than the company had expected, West Coast housing demand is “doing well,” driven by the tech markets.

Scott Crowe, chief investment strategist at CenterSquare Investment Management, was a guest on the latest edition of Nareit’s REIT Report podcast.

Dean Shigenaga, co-president and chief financial officer of Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE: ARE), participated in a video interview at Nareit’s REITweek: 2018 Investor Conference in New York.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has been known for its deep executive bench, and Shigenaga says it puts the company in a very fortunate spot.

Eric Mendelsohn, president and CEO of National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), participated in a video interview at Nareit’s REITweek: 2018 Investor Conference in New York.

Even though National Health Investors executed $95 million in transactions in the first half of this year, Mendelsohn said it has been a light year for the company.

Allan Swaringen, president & CEO of JLL Income Property Trust, was a guest on the latest edition of the Nareit REIT Report podcast.

JLL Income Property Trust is a perpetual life, daily NAV REIT that is advised by LaSalle Investment Management and sponsored by JLL.

Gary Wojtaszek, president and CEO of CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE), participated in a video interview at Nareit’s REITweek: 2018 Investor Conference in New York.

Wojtaszek said that the growth that CyrusOne has seen in the United States during the last few years is now beginning to land on European shores.

“We’re trying to build that European platform,” he said. “Our first move was the acquisition of Zenium.”