Blackstone’s Acquisition of EOP: Wholesale to Retail Arbitrage
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by Greg Barrett
1y ago
CREentrepreneur Blackstone’s Acquisition of EOP: Wholesale to Retail Arbitrage Background Sam Zell, a commercial real estate legend, spent decades building up a huge portfolio of quality office properties across the U.S.  He owned and operated through a publicly traded REIT vehicle named Equity Office Properties Trust. At the time of its sale to Blackstone, the portfolio consisted of 513 properties totaling over 100M SF. Properties were in primary and secondary markets across the U.S. Zell Sold Equity Office Properties at the Perfect Time & Under Ideal Terms When you hear that Blackst ..read more
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Leveraging the 721 Exchange (UPREIT) as a Business Development Tool
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur Leveraging the 721 Exchange (UPREIT) as a Business Development Tool I’m sure you are familiar with the tax benefits provided to investors under section 1031 of the tax code.  You may not know, however, that there are other tax loopholes that can be very advantageous to real estate investors. Not only is the 721 Exchange advantageous to investors, but it also creates a tax advantaged strategy for real estate operators to grow AUM. In this post I will summarize the 721 Exchange and how it can be a useful tool for both investors and operators of commercial real estate. In sho ..read more
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Tenant Credit: Why it’s Important & How to Evaluate It
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur Tenant Credit: Why it’s Important & How to Evaluate It Successful real estate investors invest in properties occupied by successful tenants.  In other words, financially successful tenants equate to profitable real estate investments. Yes, a great location can overcome tenant weaknesses over the long term–and you should seek to buy properties that have an intrinsic value by being well-built and well-located–but buying properties with strong tenants is also a key differentiator between successful and unsuccessful investments. Tenant strength is most important in single ..read more
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Commercial Real Estate Compensation (2020)
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur Commercial Real Estate Compensation (2020)   See the table below to see a summary of CEL Associates’ annual survey of commercial real estate compensation.  Included in the table below, I’ve summarized the most common positions found in typical real estate firms.  I pulled numbers from the retail section; however, office and industrial earnings are similar.  For CEL’s complete analysis, go to their website here.     The post Commercial Real Estate Compensation (2020) appeared first on CREentrepreneur ..read more
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Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Blogs
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur Top 10 Commercial Real Estate Blogs Here is my list of the top 10 commercial real estate blogs for 2021. Each of these blogs has unique and insightful content. They each produce high-quality information on a consistent basis. National Real Estate Investor A very comprehensive compilation of articles about all areas of the commercial real estate space. They cover trends and research across all product types. I’d suggest reading their magazine as well. Property Metrics Property Metrics’ primary business is commercial real estate analysis software, but they’ve created a very inf ..read more
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11 Rules for Success in CRE & Life
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur 11 Rules for Success in CRE & Life I was recently involved in mentoring a number of high school and college kids. While contemplating what advice I was going to share, I jotted down a number of “rules” or principles that have brought me and people around me success. Although there are many paths to success in real estate and in life, I believe that there are common underlying values, skills, and actions that successful people live and exemplify.  By doing these things, they increase their odds for success. I’m not attempting to be the next Stephen Covey or Tony Robbins ..read more
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Investment Types: Core, Core Plus, Value Add, & Opportunistic
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur Investment Types: Core, Core Plus, Value Add, & Opportunistic Real estate professionals categorize real estate investment opportunities by their risk-return profile.  We have clustered all potential investments into four groups.  See the chart below to see where each of these investment types falls in terms of risk and return potential. As with all investments, investors who assume more risk should be compensated with greater potential upside, or return.  This concept is not specific to real estate but applies to all investments whether they be stocks, bonds ..read more
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Creating Value Through a Breakup Strategy
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur Creating Value Through a Breakup Strategy In both business and real estate, spinoffs can unlock hidden value and increase investment returns. On the business side, you’ve seen private equity firms acquire businesses only to break them up and sell them off in parts. They do this because the whole is less valuable than the sum of its parts.  In real estate, you’ve seen entitlement specialists subdivide a parcel into many lots and sell those lots to housing developers (or develop them and sell them off to individual home buyers).  When it comes to retail real estate, you ..read more
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Retail Real Estate: How to Develop the Optimal Merchandising Mix
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur Retail Real Estate: How to Develop the Optimal Merchandising Mix The second most important factor in determining the success of a shopping center is the “merchandising mix”.  After a property’s location, the mix of business types and brands, has the biggest impact on the shopping center.  We can define the merchandising mix as: the array of goods and services mixed together to create a cross shopping experience. The objective is to increase foot traffic and create synergies so that people go from one place to another within the shopping center. A shopping center owner ..read more
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CRE Market Update
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by Greg Barrett
2y ago
CREentrepreneur CRE Market Update COVID-19 upended the commercial real estate sector  in many ways.  It accelerated trends that benefitted a few sectors while negatively impacting others. In this post, I’ll give you a quick snapshot of how the major property sectors are performing as we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But first, lets start with general macroeconomic conditions in the U.S. Unemployment Rate: The unemployment rate fell to 6%.  However, total employment is about 8MM jobs below pre-pandemic levels. Job gains have surpassed expectations. The pri ..read more
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