InterFace ‘State of the Industry’ panelists foresee investors, lenders coming back
By John B. Mugford
The InterFace HRE conference ‘State of the Industry’ panel included (from left to right): David Lynn of Unity Medical Properties, moderator Murray W. Wolf of HREI, PJ Camp of Fifth Third Securities, John Winer of Rethink Capital Partners, James Schmid of Anchor Health Properties and John Nero of Newmark Group. (Photo courtesy of InterFace Conference Group)
After a two-year slump in sales transactions and development activity, there is optimism in the air in the healthcare real estate (HRE) business, with some caveats – or at least one big one.
That big caveat is, of course, the expectation that the U.S. Federal Reserve, probably today (Sept. 18), will kick off what is expected to be a series of cuts to the federal funds rate. That would, of course, be welcome news for the especially interest rate-sensitive real estate industry, including HRE.
The anticipated rate cut and its potential impact were top of mind during last week’s 15th annual InterFace Healthcare Real Estate national conference at the Renaissance Dallas Hotel. InterFace Conference Group, part of Atlanta-based France Media, presented the event.
Last Wednesday, during the “State of the Industry” panel discussion that opened the second day of the conference, the panelists set a hopeful tone.
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