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[quote=Anonymous]The real estate "investment" was an afterthought, after Safeway became available and they had already bought martens.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously? What other investments are available? Do I need to go through stocks, bonds, REITs, etc? GDS spent many millions on the real estate. They could instead invest that money. Are we supposed to believe that Maartens is hyper-leveraged (which would be a stupid way to 'invest' institutional money) and that the only investment vehicle available to GDS that is similarly hyper-leveraged is the plot of land across from the school?

[quote=Anonymous]I don't know, you would have to ask GDS or go back to the original accounts. I thought they bought them both at the same time.

On the second part, what revenue streams would you suggest? I don't think GDS has much of an endowment. Most DC privates don't.[/quote][/quote]

Are you really this stupid? Do you think GDS had whatever cash was necessary to make the purchase that they used operational or endowment monies? No, of course not. There were some donors who stepped up to make the purchases possible. It's not like those same donors would have given the same in cash to buy bonds, REITs or stocks. If GDS had that kind of capital lying around, they wouldn't be messing with this real estate transaction.

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