|
|
|
|
Sun Belt Hospitality, Courtesy of Mid-America
Locales like Murfreesboro, Tenn., Valdosta, Ga., and Spartanburg, S.C., aren’t likely to show up on lists of the country’s hottest real estate markets anytime
soon.
[July/Aug 2008]
Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust: Renowned Rejuvenators
With nearly 50 years in the REIT industry, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE: PEI)—commonly known as "PREIT"—has made a name for itself by understanding the value in "repositioning."
[May/June 2008]
Parkway Properties Puts the Customers First
Talking shop with Steve Rogers, president and CEO of office REIT Parkway Properties (NYSE: PKY), can be like speaking another language.
[March/April 2008]
Vintage Wine Trust Turns Real Estate into Wine
Driving through the heart of Napa Valley, oenophiles can survey the surrounding landscape and find nothing but vineyards.
[January/February 2008]
Digital Realty Trust Embraces Clicks and Mortar
Technology has treated Michael Foust well. The CEO and director of Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR) has built his company on the bits of data that make the electronic world go around.
[November/December 2007]
Landing on Boardwalk REIT: More than the Monopoly Game
When Sam Kolias and his brother Van were pondering names for their new apartment venture, they looked to the definitive source on real estate—the Parker Brothers board game Monopoly®.
[September/October 2007]
Community Development Trust: Making a Difference
Components of most REITs’ business plans are to own and/or operate properties where rent growth will drive income. However, privately held Community Development Trust has a different approach.
[July/August 2007]
Watson Land Company Builds on a King’s Legacy
Few REITs have a history as rich as Watson Land Company, which can trace its roots back to one of California’s largest Spanish land grants, the Rancho San Pedro.
[March/April 2007]
First Potomac Embraces Local Focus
First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE: FPO) is built on the old adage that "real estate is a local business."
[January/February 2007]
Sunstone Hotel Investors Shines with Upper-Upscale Upgrades
By acquiring upscale properties in need of improvement and investing the capital to improve them to upper-upscale condition, Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (NYSE: SHO) has grown quickly since its IPO two years ago and expects to build upon that growth in a lodging market that is still recovering from the downturn that occurred after Sept. 11, 2001.
[November/December 2006]
Kite Realty Group Soars to New Heights
Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE: KRG) is a small REIT that thinks big. Kite Realty started out in Indianapolis in 1960 as Alvin Kite, Jr.’s interior finish contracting business.
[September/October 2006]
American Campus Communities Creates Quality Housing for Higher Education
Bill Bayless considers himself an expert on the ins and outs of student housing—after all, he got started in the industry in the mid-1980s when he was a resident assistant (RA) at one of the dorms at West Virginia University.
[July/August 2006]
The Eagle Has Landed
Operating in a sector full of top-performing companies, lodging REIT Eagle Hospitality Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EHP) has found its niche and seen its results soar due to its focus on full-service and all-suites properties in the upper upscale segment of the hospitality market.
[May/June 2006]
After Acquiring Storage USA, Extra Space Storage Focuses on Maintaining Momentum
While in graduate school in the late 1960s, Ken Woolley, chairman and chief executive officer of Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE: EXR), worked part-time at a self-storage property development company.
[March/April 2006]
Acadia's Winning Game Plan
Quickness and agility, good qualities to have in a football player, are just as important in a REIT, according to Kenneth Bernstein, the president and chief executive officer of Acadia Realty Trust (NYSE: AKR).
[January/February 2006]
Gladstone Commercial Takes
On Hard-To-Finance Tenants
David Gladstone knows his sweet spot. The chairman and chief executive officer of Gladstone Management, Gladstone has been working with small businesses for the last 30 years and in 2003 launched Gladstone Commercial Corporation (Nasdaq: GOOD) as the company's real estate arm.
[November/December 2005]
Ashford Hospitality Trust Rides the Hotel Cycle to Success
Monty Bennett knows that timing is everything
[September/October 2005]
New Name, New Focus, Big Returns for CRT Properties
It may sound simple, but the tenet of "buy at the bottom, sell at the top" has been the driving force behind the solid returns produced by Boca Raton, Fla.-based office REIT CRT Properties.
[July/August 2005]
Winston Hotels Relies on Layered Business Strategy For Lodging Growth
Winston Hotels Inc. (NYSE: WXH) specializes in developing, acquiring, repositioning, and financing hotels in the premium limited-service, extended-stay, and full-service categories.
[May/June 2005]
Arbor Realty Banks On Do-it-All Promise
A relative newcomer to the REIT universe, Arbor Realty Trust (NYSE: ABR) already has strong roots in the mortgage business and looks toward the future with optimism and an energetic set of plans.
[March/April 2005]
AmREIT
In late July, AmREIT (AMEX: AMY) purchased two Kroger-anchored shopping centers and the 34,704-square foot Bakery Square, consisting of a free-standing Walgreen's and a shopping center anchored by Bank of America.
[January/February 2005]
|
|
|
