Robert White of Real Capital Analytics

Find a need and fill it. That’s what Robert White believes and, as president of New York City-based Real Capital, that’s what he says he’s done. White states that while the commercial real estate market has no dearth of leasing market reports or data on CMBS or REIT activity, there was precious little available that tracked the $150-billion-per year equity markets and investment plays on a national basis. Enter Real Capital, which he formed just about a year ago, leaving his research post at Granite Partners. White’s operation gained a bit more momentum last month when Real Capital joined the ranks of GlobeSt.com’s market providers (Please click on MarketData) supplying a running tally of investment deals and values on both a national and regional basis. There are stories behind those numbers however, and White was on hand recently (the first week of November) to give the play-by-play.

GlobeSt.com: Give us a national overview on the state of the investment market.

White: It seems to be changing almost daily. In the past week, it seems that maybe we bottomed out. Look at the stock market and the strong retail sales and the victories in Kabul. Today, people are more optimistic than they’ve been since Sept.11.