Jack Kern
Managing Director, Kern Investment Research
Member of the Real Estate Council
Council Member Biography
Jack Kern is a Managing Director at Kern Investment Research, a Washington DC area based consultancy that specializes in covering multifamily REITs, markets and the real estate economy. Mr. Kern has over 25 years of industry experience, most recently as the Director of Research at Archstone-Smith Trust prior to forming the consultancy. Kern has covered REITs, markets and multifamily industry practices nationally and provides analytical assessments and forecasts of market opportunities, and national and regional economic trends. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Research Committee of the National Multi-Housing Council, Vice Chair of Multi-housing World and has been a frequent national speaker at national multi housing council (NMHC), Multi Housing World (MHW), and MFE. Mr. Kern also specializes in long term strategic market selection, competitive intelligence, and real estate investment markets. The firm offers regular coverage of publicly trade REITs and other sectors. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2007 - present
- Managing Director, Kern Investment Research
- 2001 - 2007
- Director of Research, ARCHSTONE COMMUNITIES LLC
- 1985 - 2001
- Chief Research Officer, Market Research Group
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Jack Kern(?)
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Multifamily Becomes Multiple Choice in the North Hollywood, LA Submarket
October 1, 2009
Jack Kern, Managing Director, Kern Investment Research
Apartment Know-How in NoHo? | online.wsj.com
The Wall Street Journal report, by Maura Webber Sadovi, published on September 30, 2009 highlights what has become an increasingly common occurrence, the decline in property values over the past several years. The example used, a 438 unit deal in North Hollywood was almost sold for more than $140 million....
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Brookfield's $4.9 billion Investment Unlikely to Perform
August 14, 2009
Jack Kern, Managing Director, Kern Investment Research
Brookfield's $4.9-billion bet on the bottom | www.theglobeandmail.com
Brookfield Properties is making a major bet on the status of the U.S. housing market and rushing headlong into buying what they characterize as distressed assets in a number of major American and worldwide markets. It's interesting that they've raised about $5 billion to invest, and this may signal...
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Landmark Mall Not A Landmark Opportunity
July 10, 2009
Jack Kern, Managing Director, Kern Investment Research
As Owner Struggles, Landmark Mall Languishes | www.washingtonpost.com
Landmark Mall in suburban Virginia has been in decline for almost 20 years, as cash strapped GGP milked the center for any operating income they could get. In what was supposed to be a grand vision of future retailing and commercial space, GGP simply waited too long to redevelop the center and nowsits...
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REITs Slow Dance for the Street
June 30, 2009
Jack Kern, Managing Director, Kern Investment Research
Multifamily REITs see Underweighting by BOA-Merrill | www.globest.com
The apartment industry is subject to a great deal of coverage, and some of it, justified or not is decidedly negative. As an industry that is subject to great challenges, it also meets property management issues with concessions and no increases at renewal. In many places, the levels of site traffic...
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| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| CoStar or LoopNet Users | 114 |
| Self Storage Experts | 115 |
| Self-Storage Real Estate Experts | 64 |
| Housing Market Researchers (US) | 54 |
GLG Live Meetings with Jack Kern(?)
Recent Seminars
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February 11, 2009 | New York
GLG Seminar: (NYC) 2009 Outlook for Multi-Family Sector -
May 20, 2008 | San Francisco
GLG Seminar: Multifamily Market Outlook -
March 27, 2008 | New York
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March 26, 2008 | Boston
GLGi: Multifamily Market Outlook