THE WATCH LIST – A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOCUSING ON CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 9-16-2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.”
-Albert Einstein

 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013.

IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE:

As Housing Rebound Helps More Retirees Sell Homes, Investors Prep for Increased Demand for Senior Housing …………………… 1

Institutional Players Jockeying To Lead Single-Family Rentals…………………………………………………………………………………………… 4

Flush With Cash and Making Deals, Investors from South Korea, Norway Targeting U.S. Real Estate ……………………………………. 6

Blackstone Taking Hilton Worldwide Public ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 9

Hines Forming Third Public REIT, Seeking to Raise $2.5 Billion …………………………………………………………………………………………. 9

Kilroy Realty Raising $250 Mil.; Looks To Dispose of $450 Mil. in Assets ………………………………………………………………………….. 10

Steadfast REIT Passes $1 Billion in Assets; Forms a New Apartment REIT……………………………………………………………………….. 10

Kennedy-Wilson Funding a $450 Mil. Pipeline ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10

Summit Hotel Tidying Up Finances To Make a Run at $165 Mil. More in Properties ……………………………………………………………. 11

Capital Markets Report: HFF Arranges $580M Refi for Las Vegas‟ Miracle Mile Shops ……………………………………………………….. 11

Capital Markets Round-Up ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12

Furniture Brands Files for Chapter 11; To Close 32 Facilities …………………………………………………………………………………………… 12

Tesco Selling Fresh & Easy to Yucaipa; 50 Stores To Close ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 14

Facility Closures & Downsizings …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14

Forest City, QIC Complete Mall Joint Ventures ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 15

Google Signs Lease for Former Mayfield Mall ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 15

 

 

As Housing Rebound Helps More Retirees Sell Homes, Investors Prep for Increased Demand for Senior Housing

Relatively Affordable Senior Unit Prices Attracting Buyers, REITs Allocating More Funds for Property Acquisitions

Senior housing investment sales, which have been slowly creeping up this year, could see a big boost in activity in the near future. Investors in the sector see senior living assets continuing to benefit from the ongoing recovery in housing, which is making it easier for older owners to sell their homes in anticipation of moving to a senior housing facility.

Seeing this trend, several major public REITs are beginning to sell some of the their commercial assets, which are getting premium pricing in the current market, to raise money to redirect towards senior housing and care facilities, in expectation that the prices will rebound.

Sales volume of senior multifamily housing properties, including assisted living and congregate care facilities, in the first half of this year is ahead of volume in the first half of last year – $1.59 billion vs. $1.18 billion, according to CoStar COMPs records.

However, per unit sales prices have been trending down since peaking in the third quarter of 2011 from about $88,000/unit to $58,000, according to CoStar COMPs.

HCN LEADING THE CHARGE

One of the biggest players in the market, Health Care REIT Inc. (NYSE:HCN), completed the $745.2 million final phase of the Sunrise Senior Living property portfolio acquisition this past summer. The REIT‟s aggregate $4.3 billion investment in Sunrise Senior Living includes 120 wholly-owned properties and five properties owned in joint ventures with third parties.

Read more:

THE WATCH LIST – A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOCUSING ON CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 9-16-2013

 

 

a little about me and my expertise – video

LAND SPECIALIST – LAND EXPERT – INVESTMENT BROKER – ARIZONA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPs3kpKR4nY

 

 

Feel free to contact Walter regarding any of these stories, the current market, distressed commercial real estate opportunities and needs, your property or your Investment Needs for Comercial Investment Properties in Phoenix.

 

 

View my listings and my profile at:

http://www.loopnet.com/profile/14101172900/Walter-Unger-CCIM/Listings/

 

www.Walter-Unger.com

www.KLCommercialGroup.com

 

What is a CCIM?

 

 

Please go to my web-site and get all the newsflashes and updates in Commercial Investment Real Estate in Phoenix and Commercial Investment Properties in Phoenix daily

 

www.walter-unger.com

 

Follow me on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/ungerccim

Follow me on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Walterunger

Follow Me on Linkedin:

https://www.google.com/search?q=linkedin+pub+walter+unger+ccim+782+920&channel=linkdoctor

Follow Me on Google+

https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/114560883588623379451/

 

Walter Unger CCIM, CCSS, CCLS

I am a successful Commercial Investment Real Estate Broker in Arizona now for 15 years and I worked with banks and their commercial REO properties for 3 years. I am also a commercial landspecialist in Phoenix and a Landspecialist in Arizona.

 

WHETHER YOU LEASE OR OWN

NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOU TO EXPAND, UPGRADE OR INVEST.

 

we are at on the a rise of the cycle in Commercial Real Estate.  so there is only one way and it’s called we are going up and now is the time for you to expand, upgrade or invest in Commercial Properties in Phoenix.  The prices on deals I may get you will not be around forever.

 

WAITING TO SELL YOUR LAND ? TIMES CHANGE / IT’S TIME

  We barely could give land away the last few years, but times are changing.  Even in those meager years, I sold more land across the state than most other brokers. Before the real estate crash I was a land specialist in Arizona with millions of dollars of transactions, but then I had to change and also sell other commercial investment properties, which was fun, but I am a Commercial Landspecialist in Arizonal, a Commercial Land Specialist in Phoenix and love to sell land, one acre to thousands of acres.

 

If you have any questions about Commercial Investment Properties in Phoenix or Commercial Investment Properties in Arizona,  I will gladly sit down with you and share my expertise and my professional opinion in Commercial Properties in Phoenix or Commercial Properties in Arizona with you.Obviously I am also in this to make money, but it could be a win-win situation for all of us.

 

Please reply by e-mail walterunger@ccim.net or call me 520-975-5207 (cell)  602-778-5110 (office direct).

 

www.Walter-Unger.com

 

 

 

Thank You

Walter

 

Walter Unger CCIM

Associate Broker

Kasten Long Commercial

2821 E. Camelback Road, Suite 600

Phoenix, AZ 85016

Cell:      520-975-5207

Direct:   602-759-1202

Office :  602-445-4141

Fax:      602-445-4188

walterunger@ccim.net

 

Delivering the New Standard of Excellence in Commercial Real Estate

 

www.walter-unger.com

www.KLCommercialGroup.com

 

 

  • Commercial Real Estate Scottsdale
  • Commercial Real Estate Phoenix
  • Commercial Real Estate Arizona
  • Commercial Investment Properties Phoenix
  • Commercial Investment Properties Scottsdale
  • Commercial Investment Properties Arizona
  • Land Specialist Arizona
  • Arizona Land Specialist
  • Land Specialist Phoenix
  • Phoenix Land Specialist
  • Land For Sale Phoenix
  • Land for sale Arizona
  • Commercial Properties For Sale Phoenix
  • Commercial Real Estate Sales Phoenix
  • Commercial Properties Phoenix
  • Commercial Properties Arizona
  • Commercial Land Specialist Phoenix
  • Commercial Land Phoenix
  • Multifamily land Phoenix
  • Retail Land Phoenix
  • Industrial Land Phoenix
  • Land Commercial Phoenix
  • Land Retail Phoenix
  • Land Industrial Phoenix
  • Land Multifamily Phoenix
  • Industrial Land for sale Phoenix
  • Land Industrial
  • P

 

 

 

Disclaimer of Liability

The information in this blog-newsletter is for general guidance only, and does not constitute the provision of legal advice, tax advice, accounting services, investment advice, or professional consulting of any kind. The information provided herein should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional tax, accounting, legal, or other competent advisers. Before making any decision or taking any action, you should consult a professional adviser who has been provided with all pertinent facts relevant to your particular situation. Tax articles in this e-newsletter are not intended to be used, and cannot be used by any taxpayer, for the purpose of avoiding accuracy-related penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer. The information is provided “as is,” with no assurance or guarantee of completeness, accuracy, or timeliness of the information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose.