From noss1233 at gmail.com Wed Aug 22 10:54:19 2007 From: noss1233 at gmail.com (Tommy Lee) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:54:19 +0300 Subject: [Uha-devel] NUMBER ONE Success System Message-ID: http://www.noss123.com/ *Niche Property Types* In recent years, an increasing number of investors have begun investing in so-called niche property types. These include specialty properties such as apartment complexes specifically for college or university students, age-restricted apartment complexes for older residents, self-storage facilities, and office buildings that cater to doctors and other medical-related tenants. Other investors acquire raw land, with the goal of obtaining the appropriate permits so that, within zoning regulations, properties could be built on it. Some investors are beginning to look at infrastructure as a possible niche real estate investment. Currently, infrastructure is often classified as a subset of private equity investing. Some companies invest in "social infrastructure" (prisons, courts, hospitals, municipal garages, municipal buildings and schools) or "transportation infrastructure" (airports, rail stations, ports, toll roads, bridges and tunnels) ? areas that have some crossover with real estate. For example, there are already real estate investment trusts that invest in prisons, and investment funds that invest in hospitals or garages. And most airports and rail stations have a retail/restaurant component. *Private Equity Real Estate Investments* Some investors make private equity-style real estate investments. Such investors acquire real estate-owning companies or stakes in such companies, rather than invest in individual properties or real estate debt. Another form of private equity real estate investing is the creation of a company, which would then invest in real estate-owning companies, properties, debt or a combination of the three. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: