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Hersh: 'Right Now You Need to Be Cautious'

NEW YORK CITY-The Mack-Cali Realty Corp. CEO is keeping his powder dry by maintaining liquidity rather than chasing opportunities.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on March 05, 2008

Paul Bubny is editor of Real Estate New York .

NEW YORK CITY-Maintaining liquidity rather than chasing opportunities is a priority at the moment for Mack-Cali Realty Corp. That was the upshot of the presentation by Mitchell E. Hersh, president and CEO of the Edison, NJ-based REIT, at the Citi 2008 Global Property CEO Conference, held at the Breakers in West Palm Beach, FL yesterday.

“Right now you need to be very cautious about expending capital,” said Hersh. However, he emphasized that Mack-Cali is strongly capitalized and could be more open to acquisitions as the capital markets start to stabilize. “When it’s the right time to do something, we will be in a position to do it.”

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