Calkain and Chandan Economics are Partnering to Create Net Lease Economic Report
Reston, VA – March 1, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — How does employment growth impact net lease activity? Or is that question even relevant to the space at all? If you were to substitute “office” for “net lease” in that sentence, the answers would be clear and immediate: “significantly” and “definitely yes”, for starters. Then would follow any number of calculations designed to show the relationship between this particular macroeconomic metric—employment—and office leasing activity.
There is no comparable body of research for the net lease space, however. Now two companies—locally-based Calkain Cos., and New York-based Chandan Economics—are partnering to produce research in the net lease space. The companies, headed by Jonathan Hipp and Sam Chandan, respectively, plan to launch a quarterly publication starting in the next 30 to 60 days. Initially, the publication, called Net Lease Economic Report, will be available for free to its clients. The goal will be to analyze the impact and relationship between tenant, developer and investor demand for net lease assets—as well as establish relationships with broader economic trends.
“This subset of commercial real estate has been growing for the past two years and attracting new investor interest,” Chandan tells GlobeSt.com. “There is a need for much more rigor behind the research and understanding of the investment.”
The last two years have indeed attracted new levels and types of investors, Hipp tells GlobeSt.com, primarily a combination of institutional and private market investor. “The net lease investment profile can be very appealing especially when there is a lack of predictability and enhanced risk around commercial real estate in general.” Net lease’s stability is one reason why it has been attracting growing levels of investment, Hipp adds.
“That flight to safety that happened after 2008 and 2009 and has continued to make the net lease an asset class highly sought after and highly attractive to investors.”
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