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No WP1413: The Impact of Lease Structures on the Optimal Holding Period for a Commercial Real Estate Portfolio

Charles-Olivier Amédée-Manesme (), Michel Baroni (), Fabrice Barthélémy () and Mahdi Mokrane ()
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Charles-Olivier Amédée-Manesme: Laval University, Department of Finance, Insurance and Real Estate, Postal: Pavillon Palasis-Prince 2325, rue de la Terrasse, Quebec, G1V 0A6, QC, CANADA
Michel Baroni: ESSEC Business School, Postal: 1 AVENUE BERNARD HIRSCH, CS 50105 CERGY, 95021 CERGY PONTOISE CEDEX, FRANCE
Fabrice Barthélémy: THEMA, Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Postal: 33, Bd du Port, 95011 CERGY PONTOISE CEDEX, FRANCE
Mahdi Mokrane: LaSalle Investment Management, Postal: One Curzon Street, LONDON, W1J 5HD , UNITED KINGDOM

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to exhibit the impacts of lease duration and lease break options on the optimal holding period for a real estate asset or portfolio Methodology / approach We use a Monte Carlo simulation framework to simulate a real estate assets cash-flows in which lease structures (rents indexation patterns overall lease duration and break options) are explicitly taken into account. We assume that a tenant exercises his/her option to break a lease if the rent paid as higher than the market rental value of similar properties. We also model vacancy duration stochastically using Poisson's law. Finally capital values and market rental values are simulated using specific stochastic processes. and are also assumed to be correlated. We derive the optimal holding period for the asset as the value that maximises its discounted value. which is the sum of the discounted free cash flows and the discounted terminal Findings We demonstrate that. consistent with existing capital markets literature and real estate business practice. break-options in leases can dramatically alter optimal holding periods for real estate assets and portfolios by extension. We show that. everything else being equal. shorter lease durations. higher market rental value volatility. increasing negative rental reversion. higher vacancy duration. more break options. all tend to decrease the optimal holding period of a real estate asset. The converse is also true. Practical implications Practitioners are insights as well as a practical methodology for determining the ex-ame optimal holding period for an asset or a portfolio based on a number of market and asset specific parameters including the lease structure. Originality / value The originality of the paper derives from taking an explicit modelling approach to lease duration and lease breaks as additional sources of asset specific risk alongside market risk. This is critical in real estate portfolio management because such specific risk is usually difficult to diversify.

Keywords: Real estate; Portfolio management; Simulation; Optimal holding period

JEL-codes: C60; G11; R39

29 pages, September 2014

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