Real Estate Forum: Forum 100
Principal Real Estate Investors
Owner/Investor | 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:  
Office: 29 %
Industrial: 32 %
Retail: 19 %
Apartments: 18 %
Hotels: %
Other: 2 %
(Please specify) land
Percentage by Geographic Area:  
Northeast: 15 %
Southeast: 0 %
Midwest: 13 %
Southwest: 20 %
West: 52 %
International: 0 %
Total Acquisitions in 2006:  
Number of buildings: 127
Square Footage: 8,726,300.00
Number of Units/Rooms: 2,438
Total Value of Acquisitions in 2006:   2.0 billion  
Total Dispositions in 2006:  
Number of buildings: 95
Square Footage: 7,292,017
Number of Units/Rooms: 349
Total Value of Acquisitions in 2006: 2.1 billion