Real Estate Forum: Forum 100
Principal Real Estate Investors
Development | Honorable Mention
Company:   Principal Real Estate Investors    
Address: 801 Grand Avenue    
City: Des Moines    
State: IA    
Zip:   50392    
Phone: 800-533-1390    
Fax: 866-850-4023    
Email: brett.kari@principal.com    
Website: www.principalglobal.com    
Key Executive      
1. Name: Pat Halter    
    Title: Chief Executive Officer    
2. Name: Randy Mundt      
    Title: President & Chief Investment Officer    
3. Name: Todd Everett      
    Title: Managing Director – Head of Real Estate Fixed Income Group    
4. Name: Steve Graves    
    Title: Managing Director – Chief Operating Officer    
*Number of Offices: 3    
*Number of Employees: 476    
*Gross Revenues Fiscal Year 2006: 38.5 billion    
*Projected Revenues Fiscal Year 2007: 0.0 million    
Selected Areas of Specialization: We provide clients with access to opportunities across the spectrum of public and private equity and debt investment alternatives, allowing institutional RE investors to customize portfolios to their specific objectives & risk management guidelines.    
Company Overview: Principal Real Estate Investors, the dedicated real estate group of Principal Global Investors, manages or subadvises $40.4 billion in commercial real estate assets*, primarily for retirement plans and other institutional clients. Principal Real Estate Investors is the fourth largest institutional real estate manager in the United States based on tax-exempt assets under management. Our greatest strength is our experienced staff and depth of resources. We employ 223 real estate investment professionals, supported by a large, diverse staff of specialized real estate administration and operations personnel. Principal’s history in real estate asset management spans over five decades. Our people and their broad relationship networks provide in-depth research and transaction coverage of over 60 metropolitan property markets. This depth of expertise, combined with state of-the-art research and investment monitoring techniques, helps us identify a broad range of investment opportunities and creative strategies for the benefit of our clients.    
*Total Portfolio Size: 16,108,396,561.00    
Number of buildings: 1610    
Square Footage: 123,874,081.00    
Number of Units/Rooms: 22,161    
*Total Value of Portfolio: 16.1 billion    
Percentage by Property Type:      
Speculative: %    
Build-to-Suit: %    
Preleased: %    
Percentage by Property Type:      
Office: 29 %    
Industrial: 32 %    
Retail: 19 %    
Apartments: 18 %    
Hotels: %    
Other: 2 %    
(Please specify) Land    
Percentage by Geographic Area:      
Northeast: 15 %    
Southeast: %    
Midwest: 13 %    
Southwest: 20 %    
West: 52 %    
International: %    
Total Starts in 2006:   127    
Total Completions in 2006        
Number of buildings:   95    
Square Footage:   7,292,017    
Number of Units/Rooms:   349    
Total Value of Completions in 2006:   2.1 billion