LOS ANGELES—Tenant relationships are still very important for net lease assets, according to Brooks Gordon, managing director at W. P. Carey, who adds that net lease is not a “set it and forget it” asset. At the recent net lease west conference in Downtown Los Angeles, Brooks sat down for an exclusive interview to talk about managing a global net lease portfolio. The conversation includes:

-       A description of W. P. Carey's global portfolio

-       Challenges to managing the portfolio

-       How Gordon overcomes the challenges

-       What is next for the company

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.

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