TRUMBULL, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, Inc. (SRS), the industry leader in on-demand building energy assessment and proprietary benchmarking software, today announced it is sponsoring a new whitepaper: Energy Efficiency Retrofit Financing Options for the Commercial Real Estate Industry. Published by Building Energy Performance Assessment News (BEPAnews), this new report is the seventh in its Critical Issues Series and is available at no cost.
The paper discusses innovative, “market ready” financing mechanisms that are supported by new tools that significantly reduce the financial underwriting risk. It also describes how these solutions solve the underwriting issues that have delayed large scale market adoption of commercial property energy efficiency investment. (download paper)
“SRS is proud to sponsor this research paper that provides commercial building stakeholders with the insight needed to accelerate energy efficiency retrofits and unlock the full-potential to monetize energy savings opportunities, noted Brian McCarter, SRS CEO. He added, “these new best practices have overcome most if not all the technical and financial underwriting obstacles thereby allowing building owners to obtain attractive financing for energy efficiency projects. Furthermore, these recent developments will enable energy retrofit financing to become a mainstream financial asset class with a high degree of standardization, predictability and scale.”
About Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, Inc. (SRS)
SRS, an industry leader in on-demand building energy assessment and proprietary benchmarking software, delivers Sustainable Real Estate Manager® an Internet-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) workflow platform enabling building stakeholders to assess, benchmark and optimize the energy and sustainability performance of their properties. Its Peer Building Benchmarking™ database contains over 120,000 buildings nationwide encompassing 15 property types comprising 3.3 billion square feet, over $7.8 billion in annual energy costs and $635 million in annual water/sewer costs and has reinvented commercial real estate’s energy efficiency benchmarking best practice. For more information, visit www.SRMnetwork.com.
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Private Equity Analyst Brad Kuskin Says Sears Investment is "Promising"
PALM BEACH, Fla., Dec. 30, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — One of 2011′s biggest economic stories was the record-breaking profit recorded during the holiday shopping season; according to Forbes, 2011′s online sales figures were the highest of all time. The downside to high digital retail sales has proven to be the continued decline of many brick-and-mortar establishments, including Sears, which, after reporting weaker-than-projected holiday sales figures, announced that it would be shutting down 100 or more locations in 2012. The company is in a bad place, but private equity expert and financial analyst Brad Kuskin says new investors could be Sears’ salvation–and that Sears could prove a smart opportunity for investors, as well.
Brad Kuskin, a long-time investment analyst and private equity industry leader, has most recently worked with real estate investment group National Property Trust. As a specialist focused on real property assets, he said in a statement that what happens to dying retailers like Sears could ultimately be the biggest private equity story of 2012. “Investing in a company like Sears presents clear problems, but, for savvy investors, it could also hold great promise.”
Brad Kuskin points to a couple of key assets that might make Sears a target for private investors. The first is its significant Canadian presence. “While American Sears locations have struggled, its Canadian holdings are significantly more valuable due to a stronger Canadian economy and higher barriers to competition — in fact, Sears’ Canadian assets are worth over $1.8 billion,” Kuskin notes. But the big thing is the real estate. “Sears has 850 locations, to say nothing of a dozen distribution centers, plus office space. That’s incredible real estate that will be even more valuable to private investors looking to capitalize on the current downturn in real estate investments.”
Of course, Brad Kuskin’s prediction that Sears will attract private investors is not a unanimous one. Fortune.com editor Dan Primack noted, “the company’s debt-load is larger than its market cap,” and predicted an overall “lack of interest” among private investors. However, Riverside Company executive Stewart Kohl, commenting on the future of private equity, noted that private investment was “part of the solution,” not “part of the problem,” something that affirms Brad Kuskin’s prediction that private equity may be the best path for Sears’ success.
The private equity expert cautions that his Sears prediction is not necessarily meant to be an endorsement, and says that something on the scale of Sears will not be right for every venture capitalist. However, Brad Kuskin observes that “all the signs of a risky but potentially very rewarding investment are there, and it could be a real benefit both for the company and for potential investment groups.”
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Brad Kuskin is a private equity expert and investment analyst who has previously spearheaded projects regarding real estate investment, start-up businesses in their incubation phase, firms ready to take the leap to an Initial Public Offering, asset acquirement, medical refuse industry, digital music cataloguing, photo imaging technologies, auto accessories, specialty publications, and more. He is currently involved with an investment group called National Property Trust, which has been organized to help highlight potential areas of investment while helping clients place funds in appropriate opportunities.
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Brad Kuskin, a long-time investment analyst and private equity industry leader, has most recently worked with real estate investment group National Property Trust. As a specialist focused on real property assets, he said in a statement that what happens to dying retailers like Sears could ultimately be the biggest private equity story of 2012. “Investing in a company like Sears presents clear problems, but, for savvy investors, it could also hold great promise.”
Brad Kuskin points to a couple of key assets that might make Sears a target for private investors. The first is its significant Canadian presence. “While American Sears locations have struggled, its Canadian holdings are significantly more valuable due to a stronger Canadian economy and higher barriers to competition — in fact, Sears’ Canadian assets are worth over $1.8 billion,” Kuskin notes. But the big thing is the real estate. “Sears has 850 locations, to say nothing of a dozen distribution centers, plus office space. That’s incredible real estate that will be even more valuable to private investors looking to capitalize on the current downturn in real estate investments.”
Of course, Brad Kuskin’s prediction that Sears will attract private investors is not a unanimous one. Fortune.com editor Dan Primack noted, “the company’s debt-load is larger than its market cap,” and predicted an overall “lack of interest” among private investors. However, Riverside Company executive Stewart Kohl, commenting on the future of private equity, noted that private investment was “part of the solution,” not “part of the problem,” something that affirms Brad Kuskin’s prediction that private equity may be the best path for Sears’ success.
The private equity expert cautions that his Sears prediction is not necessarily meant to be an endorsement, and says that something on the scale of Sears will not be right for every venture capitalist. However, Brad Kuskin observes that “all the signs of a risky but potentially very rewarding investment are there, and it could be a real benefit both for the company and for potential investment groups.”
ABOUT:
Brad Kuskin is a private equity expert and investment analyst who has previously spearheaded projects regarding real estate investment, start-up businesses in their incubation phase, firms ready to take the leap to an Initial Public Offering, asset acquirement, medical refuse industry, digital music cataloguing, photo imaging technologies, auto accessories, specialty publications, and more. He is currently involved with an investment group called National Property Trust, which has been organized to help highlight potential areas of investment while helping clients place funds in appropriate opportunities.
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