{"id":9102,"date":"2019-06-03T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T15:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leeassociatesnyc.com\/?post_type=post&amp;p=9102"},"modified":"2019-06-03T15:38:34","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T15:38:34","slug":"george-steffani-discusses-pebblebrook-hotel-trust-with-u-s-news-world-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/new-york\/2019\/06\/03\/george-steffani-discusses-pebblebrook-hotel-trust-with-u-s-news-world-report\/","title":{"rendered":"George Steffani Discusses Pebblebrook Hotel Trust with U.S. News &amp; World Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PEB invests in upscale hotel and resort properties in major urban markets across the U.S. from New York to San Francisco. In December 2018, Pebblebrook completed a merger with LaSalle Hotel Properties. The tangible benefit of that to investors will hinge largely on how the merger is absorbed and managed, says George Steffani, director of investment sales at Lee &amp; Associates in New York. \u201cIf management can continue to create efficiencies from the merger and integrate pieces of LaSalle\u2019s holdings, there should be incremental value for shareholders in the future,\u201d he says. PEB has returned 7.5% year to date, producing a <a href=\"https:\/\/money.usnews.com\/investing\/real-estate-investments\/slideshows\/6-reit-funds-to-buy-with-robust-dividends\">dividend<\/a> of 3.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Photo via Shutterstock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/money.usnews.com\/investing\/real-estate-investments\/slideshows\/7-hotel-and-resort-reits-to-buy-now?slide=4\">Click here to read the full list from U.S. News &amp; World Report of seven hotel and resort REITs to buy now.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEB invests in upscale hotel and resort properties in major urban markets across the U.S. from New York to San Francisco. In December 2018, Pebblebrook completed a merger with LaSalle Hotel Properties. The tangible benefit of that to investors will hinge largely on how the merger is absorbed and managed, says George Steffani, director of investment sales at Lee &amp; Associates in New York. \u201cIf management can continue to create efficiencies from the merger and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-press"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>George Steffani Discusses Pebblebrook Hotel Trust with U.S. News &amp; World Report - Lee &amp; Associates New York City<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lee-associates.com\/new-york\/2019\/06\/03\/george-steffani-discusses-pebblebrook-hotel-trust-with-u-s-news-world-report\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Steffani Discusses Pebblebrook Hotel Trust with U.S. News &amp; World Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PEB invests in upscale hotel and resort properties in major urban markets across the U.S. from New York to San Francisco. 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