California High-Speed Rail CEO Ian Choudri Exits as Agency Lands $772.1MM Siemens Train Deal and Faces 2027 Cash Crunch
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Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.
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Ian Choudri stepped down as chief executive of the California High-Speed Rail Authority after an inspector general probe into consultant travel billing, handing state budget chief Joe Stephenshaw a project that just c…
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