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Richard Jennings

President
Realty Capital International LLC

Richard Jennings is the President of Realty Capital International LLC. He is Lead Director of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc and a Director of National Retail Properties, Inc. and a Director of Cogdell Spencer, Inc. Mr. Jennings has raised over $8 billion of equity and debt for REITs, real estate...

Nicholas Brooke

Chairman
Professional Property Services Limited

Nicholas Brooke is the Chairman of Professional Property Services Limited in Hong Kong. Professional Property Services is a real estate consultancy providing to clients a selected range of advisory services across the Asia Pacific Region. Mr. Brooke has over 40 years of experience within the property...

Howie Gelbtuch

Principal
Greenwich Realty Advisors Writing Corp

Howie Gelbtuch is currently the Principal of Greenwich Realty Advisors Incorporated, a Real Estate valuation and appraisal firm. Mr. Gelbtuch has been involved in the real estate industry for 30 years, with experience in a variety of different fields. At Greenwich, Mr. Gelbtuch has performed real estate...

John Burns

President
John Burns Real Estate Consulting, Inc.

John Burns is the President of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, which helps real estate industry executives by analyzing and summarizing the information they need to make decisions with more confidence. Mr. Burns is on retainer with a number of companies, both in the housing industry and Wall Street,...

Kenneth Leonard

Principal
Leonard Associates

Kenneth Leonard is the Principal of Leonard Associates. Mr. Leonard is a Consultant specializing in all matters relating to retailing and retail real estate. He has over 35 years of experience in serving as an executive of and advisor to department store companies, mall developers, national retailers,...

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GLG Study Groups in Real Estate(?)

Study Group Name	Members
Production Homebuilding Experts	1677
Residential Real Estate Agents	1670
Brokerage Experts: Commercial Real Estate	1612
Real Estate Experts (Asia)	1333
Land Banking Experts (US)	453

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January 6, 2009
Its All About the Fundamentals

By a GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of: REIT Rebound Hinges on Credit Thaw, Recession's Depth | online.wsj.com

The public markets have traditionally been a leading indicator of trends in the private real estate markets, and with the continuing deterioration in property fundamentals across most property types, it is hard to conceive of a broad based REIT rebound this year. Longer term, it is important to remember...

January 2, 2009
Controversial Headlines Sells Newspapers

By Kenneth Leonard, Principal, Leonard Associates

Analysis of: Projection: Up To 3,000 Retail Properties to Close | blog.retailtrafficmag.com:80

This article is important in my opinion because it typifies the kind of silly sensationalism that is adding to the turmoil in the real estate investment industry and the retail real estate industry in particular. The article is so poorly written and the research so fraudulently conducted that neither...

January 2, 2009
Tip of the Iceberg

By a GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of: Real estate write downs plague Morgan Stanley results | www.privateequityrealestate.net

The recent write-downs by Morgan Stanley's real estate funds are a harbinger of broader value impairment to come in both public and private real estate markets. Although a good deal of the current write-downs are related to refinancing issues, a second, and equally significant loss...

January 2, 2009
Hang onto your hats in 2009(and your cash)

By Kenneth Egan, Broker and Realtor, Re/Max All Cities Realty

Analysis of: Deschutes County defaults up 228% in '08 | www.bendbulletin.com

We are sliding deeper into a worldwide depression, but the situation is not that bleak for all. Home prices will eventually be where they should have been all along. The fed program to save homeowners is a total bust.

January 2, 2009
FFO vs. NOI vs Reality

By Kenneth Leonard, Principal, Leonard Associates

Analysis of: REIT Rebound Hinges on Credit Thaw, Recession's Depth | online.wsj.com

The Dow Jones Equity ALL REIT Index is the subject of this article which tries to predict where the index will be in 2009. Although the WSJ reporter managed to assemble some of the truly "best and brightest" minds in the REIT industry for his article, he failed miserably when it came to asking...

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