More stories about REITs

  • Managing Expenses Will be Vital to Survival

    Multifamily owners need to know that when it comes to cutting costs, nothing is off the table.

  • Equity's David Neithercut: Occupancies Don’t Have to Move Much to Raise Rents

    Last week, David Neithercut, CEO of Chicago-based Equity Residential, took time to talk to Multifamily Executive senior editor Les Shaver about the company’s deal flow and what he sees in the marketplace. In the second part of that interview, he discusses what Equity is seeing operationally around...

  • BRE Land Deal Finalized, Construction on Hold

    Details regarding a proposed development by San Francisco-based REIT BRE emerged last week as the seller of the underlying land—Danville, Calif.-based Trumark Cos.—issued a press release regarding the $14.6 million deal that originally closed in the fourth quarter of 2009.

  • Equity's David Neithercut: Have Cash, Be Nimble to Close Deals

    David Neithercut, CEO of Equity Residential, took some time to chat with Multifamily Executive senior editor Les Shaver about the REIT's recent transactions and what’s he’s seeing in the rental markets. Here’s part one of that conversation.

  • REITs Could Break Ground on $1 Billion This Year

    Public REITs are poised to break ground on as much as $1 billion in new development this year in another sign of industry confidence that fundamentals are improving.

  • Lane, Buckingham, and AvalonBay Announce New Executive Lineups

    After more than a year of hunkering down, a number of multifamily firms have announced some changes at the top. That’s been readily apparent in the past month as firms have begun to ramp up for future opportunities.

  • UDR Chairman Robert Larson Remembered for Commitment to Real Estate, Public Service

    Memorial services will be held tomorrow in Detroit for UDR Chairman Robert Larson, who passed away March 11.

  • Friedman Reinvents AEC

    Jeffrey I. Friedman re-engineers Associated Estates Realty Corp. to survive tough times--and it's even tougher midwest markets.

  • Analysts Show Mixed Feelings on Multifamily Equity REITs

    Citing an “inflexion point” in property and operating fundamentals, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoA) raised its outlook on U.S. apartment REITs late last month from underweight to overweight and said that Wall Street estimates on performance are beginning to parallel more conservative outlooks...

  • Colonial Looks to Make Cash Raise

    Birmingham, Ala.-based multifamily real estate investment trust Colonial Properties Trust announced March 4 that the company had filed a prospectus supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to sell up to $50 million of the REIT's common shares via an "at-the-market" offering.