Commercial Real Estate Loans & Investment Sales

Why The Investment Community Should Value "Green"

Pacific Security Capital is focused on educating business investors in the true value of “green” property development.

Many investors are discouraged by the upfront costs of building green without taking into account the considerable return-on-investment. Recent studies show that green properties can hold and potentially increase their value much more than traditional buildings.

“The problem is that the investment community lacks a formal framework for analyzing and valuing green property development from a business investment perspective,” said Theddi Wright Chappell, Pacific Security Capital’s Managing Director of Advisory Services. “Many investors use the terms cost and value interchangeably without realizing that they mean different things.”

The value of developing properties that conserve water, generate better air quality and are more energy efficient far surpasses the upfront costs associated with building green.

Investors, landlords, employers and occupants can all enjoy the benefits of a green building, such as:
-    Significantly reduced utility bills
-    Extended property lifecycle
-    Increased employee productivity and less absenteeism due to better air quality that prevents airborne sickness
-    Reduced maintenance costs
-    Less tenant turnover

Pacific Security Capital is currently working with Scott Muldavin, a respected investment consultant who created a commercial mortgage risk rating system for Standard & Poors back in the 1980s. Together, Pacific Security Capital and Muldavin are forming the Green Building Finance Consortium to develop evaluation and underwriting tools and practices necessary for the investment community to measure the true value of building green.

“The Green Building Finance Consortium will pool together the expertise of organizations and individuals serving the business investment community to offer expert advice to investors interested in going green,” said Wright Chappell.

Theddi Wright Chappell will be speaking at the 2006 Swinerton Green Building Summit, March 22 – 24, about why the investment community should value green and the industry’s need for a formal mechanism that enables investors to evaluate green development investments.

“The Investment Community Values Green”
Thursday, March 23, 2006
2 pm – 2:30 p.m.
Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California

To learn more about Pacific Security Capital’s commercial real estate advisory services, please visit www.PacificSecurityCapital.com or call 1-800-844-6085.

Pacific Security Capital – Commercial Real Estate Investment Bank - Discusses Corporate Hiring Strategies at NYC Executive Summit

New York, NY, November 10, 2005 -- www.pacificsecuritycapital.com - Pacific Security Capital (“PSC”), a leading commercial real estate investment bank providing structured finance, investment sales, advisory and development services, announced today that Executive Managing Director, Mike Myatt, will be participating in a panel on “Recruitment & Retention Strategies” at the Commercial Property News Executive Summit on November 15, 2005, New York Marriott Marquis hotel.

Myatt will join leading commercial real estate experts in a discussion on how to recruit and retain employees that will truly help to grow your organization.

“The people you choose to hire can absolutely make or break your business,” said Myatt. “It is mission critical to hire employees that not only share your business values and work ethic, but possess a true talent and vision for company growth.”

Pacific Security Capital is proud of the talented and experienced individuals that make up its executive team members.

“We have been able to create an exceptional culture and have experienced tremendous growth as a result of our ability to recruit and retain best in class talent, said Myatt.” “We believe a talent advantage to be our biggest corporate value proposition.”

Myatt will share his thoughts on hiring the right talent to build your organization during the panel session at the CPN Executive Summit 2005.

Panel: “Recruitment & Retention Strategies” – Breakout Session 2
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Time: 10:25 – 11:35 am
Location: New York Marriott Marquis Hotel, 1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036

To attend the Commercial Property News Executive Summit, register online at
http://www.commercialpropertynews.com/cpn/conference/index.jsp

To learn more about Advisory Services from Pacific Security Capital and its preferred client program, PacificEliteTM please visit www.PacificSecurityCapital.com or call 1-800-844-6085.

Pacific Security Capital Provides Commercial Real Estate Advisory Services for North Carolina Planned Community Project

Beaverton, OR, October 27, 2005 – http://www.pacificsecuritycapital.com – Pacific Security Capital (“PSC”), a leading commercial real estate investment bank providing advisory services, investment sales, capital markets and development services, announced today that it has been engaged by an offshore investor to provide commercial real estate advisory services for a planned community.

The 1000 acre North Carolina-based planned community will include single family detached housing, a golf course, and both retail and condo-hotel components.

“While our client is an experienced sponsor in the European Community, they are less familiar with the intricacies of real estate practices in the United States,” said Theddi Wright Chappell, Managing Director, Global Advisory Services, Pacific Security Capital. “By engaging Pacific Security Capital to provide advisory services we have been able to help them protect their investment.”

Pacific Security Capital will advise the investor on how to deal with diverse factors including:
• Complex agency requirements
• Environmental regulations
• Compliance related issues
• Local market considerations
• Political and geographic risk
• Changing capital markets,
• Planning and construction requirements
• Fluctuating costs and market absorption rates

“The financing, developing, constructing and managing of commercial real estate is a fluid, complex and ever-changing process that requires specialized knowledge and skills that are rarely found within most organizations,” said Chappell. “Pacific Security Capital has the experience and expertise to offer advisory services to its clients to minimize their real estate risk and maximize their Return on Investment, Assets, Equity and Operations.”

To learn more about commercial real estate advisory services from Pacific Security Capital or its preferred client program, PacificEliteTM, please visit www.pacificsecuritycapital.com or call 1-800-844-6085.

Pacific Security Capital Appoints Theddi Chappell as Director of its Commercial Real Estate Advisory Services Group

Commercial real estate investment bank, Pacific Security Capital, continues to expand its Commercial Real Estate Advisory Services Practice.

Beaverton, OR, -- June 16, 2005 – http://www.pacificsecuritycapital.com -- Pacific Security Capital (“PSC”), a leading commercial real estate investment bank, headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, announced today that it is continuing to expand its commercial real estate advisory services practice by hiring new Director, Theddi Wright Chappell.

Ms. Chappell is a LEED Certified Professional with extensive experience in both national and international investment analysis and consulting services, having worked on projects throughout the US, in Canada, Europe, and Australasia.

"We are very pleased to have acquired the services of such a well respected professional,” said Mike Myatt, Executive Managing Director of Pacific Security Capital. “In addition to working with our domestic clients, Theddi furthers our commitment to support our international clients through her former experience as Managing Director for Landauer Australia.”

Pacific Security Capital’s commercial real estate advisory services practice offers the following services in North America and the European Community:

• Market and Economic Feasibility Studies;
• Asset, Market or Loan Research;
• Letters of Opinion and Fairness Opinions;
• Risk Management Analysis and Strategy;
• Owner’s Representation Services;
• Strategic Planning for Properties and Portfolios of Properties, and;
• Financial Engineering and Modeling Services.

“Through Pacific Security Capital’s international platform and vertically integrated solutions, our commercial real estate advisory services practice is growing at a very rapid pace," said Myatt. “In today’s competitive investments sales market, our clients find that they are in need of quality research and information more than ever.”

To learn more about Pacific Security Capital or PacificEliteTM please visit www.PacificSecurityCapital.com or call 1-800-844-6085

About Pacific Security Capital Pacific Security Capital is a leading commercial real estate investment banking firm providing commercial real estate loans, structured finance, investment sales and advisory services. The combination of direct lending, advisory, intermediary, corporate and professional services, syndication and acquisition services consistently allow PSC to rank among the leaders in the industry. PSC is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon with other offices in major markets in North American and Europe. More information about the company can be found at www.PacificSecurityCapital.com.

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For information about commercial real estate advisory services, contact Pacific Security Capital at 1-800-844-6085.

Strategic Considerations Surrounding Foreign investment into U.S. Commercial Real Estate Assets

The fact that commercial real estate in the United States has historically been recognized as a favored asset class yielding steady appreciation without the fluctuations that are characteristically present in competing asset classes have long made commercial real estate an attractive investment to foreign investors. The political and economic stability of the U.S., the absence or threat of government appropriation or nationalization, and the recognition of the historical strength of the US Dollar have no doubt also been contributing factors to the lure of foreign investors.

Given the attractive market characteristics described above, there has been a tendency for foreign investors to allow the sense of urgency surrounding the placement of funds and the desire to maintain competitive yields to drive their entry in to US commercial real estate markets. While resulting in great velocity with respect to time to market considerations, this scenario is regrettably akin to letting the tail wag the dog. If either ignored or misunderstood, navigating the complexities of international real estate finance with respect to the structuring of foreign investment into the US commercial real estate market can lead to a veritable plethora of increased costs and risks.

Experience shows that a rush to place capital on the part of foreign investors will result in the selection of the wrong assets in the wrong markets and in a resultant sub-par investment performance. This scenario coupled with poor tax planning, insufficient infrastructure and the lack of a hedging strategy has caused many a horror story about what can happen to foreign investors with an ill-conceived investment strategy.

To maximize returns, create operational leverage and manage economic risk the foreign investor should assess the following items prior to expatriating capital into US investments:

· Financially engineer a business model that leverages the best of both foreign and domestic strategic tax planning;

· Assess the need for, and cost of currency hedging;

· Determine best practice methodology for accessing deal flow in alignment with investment strategies;

· Understand the increased costs and complexities of logistics and operations;

· Choose a business model that will lend itself to maximizing US capital markets access

Authored by Mike Myatt
Executive Managing Director of Pacific Security Capital
Contact Pacific Security Capital today 1-800-844-6085