Top Single-Family Rental REITs See Further Growth Despite Headwinds
A solid year. Another great year. Another record-breaking year. That’s how the top three REITs in the single-family rental industry—Invitation Homes, American Homes 4 Rent…
The Strain Is Showing for NYC’s Two Biggest Office REITs
The pandemic, followed by an economic downturn, has created a perfect storm for the office market. The national office occupancy rate passed 50 percent for…
Blackstone Limiting Withdrawals From Private Fund Signals Stress Ahead for the Market
Earlier this month, investors in the Blackstone fund BREIT (Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust) learned that limits were being put on how much money they…
Real Estate CEO Compensation Isn’t Heavily Scrutinized… For Now
With growing income inequality and an increasingly vocal backlash against unfair business practices, the salaries of American chief executive officers have been heavily scrutinized in…
Why Boston Properties is Laying Down Roots in the Seattle Real Estate Market
Boston Properties, the largest publicly traded owner, developer, and manager of Class A office space in the U.S., has long had a presence in Boston…
Despite Tall Competition, Empire State Building Observatory Revenue Soars
The most valuable part about the Empire State Building isn’t necessarily any of the 2.7 million square feet of office space. As valuable as offices…
How Blackstone’s Brand Strategy Influences Its Acquisition Tactics
Economic conditions in the first half of 2022 were rough. Amid continued high inflation, rising interest rates, and a slowing economy, the S&P fell 20…
The Woman Behind the Turnaround of Senior Living REIT Ventas
In 1997 the then small senior living REIT Ventas was in trouble. It along with its former parent company, the nursing home chain Vencor, were…
Boston Properties is Weathering the Pandemic Storm, But it Hasn’t Been Easy
The first year of the pandemic in 2020 was not a kind one for office real estate investment trusts. The same was true for the…
Blackstone Bets on Logistics and SFRs to Continue Hot Streak
When the asset management group Blackstone was founded in 1985, Peter G. Peterson and Stephen A. Schwarzman originally formed a mergers and acquisitions advisory boutique.…