Third Avenue Management, an investment management firm, published its “Real Estate Value Fund” first quarter 2021 investor letter – a copy of which can be downloaded here. A return of +10.70% was recorded by the fund for the Q1 of 2021, outperforming the benchmark, FTSE EPRA NAREIT Developed Index, that rose to +6.11% for the same period. You can view the fund’s top 5 holdings to have a peek at their top bets for 2021.
Third Avenue Management, in its Real Estate Value Fund Q1 2021 investor letter, mentioned CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), and shared their insights on the company. CBRE Group, Inc. is a Dallas, Texas-based real estate company that currently has a $28.7 billion market capitalization. Since the beginning of the year, CBRE delivered a 36.69% return, extending its 12-month gains to 130.46%. As of May 11, 2021, the stock closed at $85.73 per share.
Here is what Third Avenue Management has to say about CBRE Group, Inc. in its Q1 2021 investor letter:
“CBRE Group, Inc. (the largest commercial real estate services firm globally with leading brokerage, facilities management, consulting, and asset management offerings) revealing that it had agreed to acquire a 35% stake in Industrious—one of the largest networks of coworking and private office spaces in North America. Alongside the investment, CBRE’s management team (headed by CEO Bob Sulentic) has created a unique structure whereby it will also contribute its existing shared workspace portfolio (i.e., Hana) thus positioning the combined platform to take significant market share in the rapidly expanding “flexible workplace” market given CBRE’s reach (the company operates in more than 100 countries and counts 90% of Fortune 100 companies as clients) and a coworking model that could be viewed more favorably by property owners (e.g., revenue share agreements in lieu of fixed-cost leases through special purpose vehicles).”
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Our calculations show that CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE) does not belong in our list of the 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As of the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, CBRE Group, Inc. was in 31 hedge fund portfolios, compared to 24 funds in the third quarter. CBRE delivered a 27.12% return in the past 3 months.
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