A building owner is evaluating the following alternatives for leasing space in an office building for the next five years:

(a) Net lease with steps. Rent will be $15 per square foot the first year and will increase by $1.50 per square foot each year until the end of the lease. All operating expenses will be paid by the tenant.
(b) Net lease with CPI adjustments. The rent will be $16 psf the first year. After the first year, the rent will be increased by the amount of any increase in the CPI. The CPI is expected to increase by 3 percent per year.
(c) Gross lease. Rent will be $30 psf each year with the lessor responsible for payment of all operating expenses. Expenses are estimated to be $9 psf during the first year and increase by $1 psf per year thereafter. Gross lease with expense stop and CPI adjustment. Rent will be $22 the first year and increase by the full amount of any change in the CPI after the first year with an expense stop at $9 psf. The CPI and operating expenses are assumed to change by the same amount as outlined above.

How would you rank the alternatives in terms of risk to the property owner?

Reliable electric is a regulated public utility, and it is expected to provide steady dividend growth of 5% per year for the indefinite future. its last dividend was $6 per share; the stock sold for $50 per share just after the dividend was paid. what is the company’s cost of equity? (do not round intermediate calculations. enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.)

You are the manager in charge of global operations at bankglobal – a large commercial bank that operates in a number of countries around the world. you must decide whether or not to launch a new advertising campaign in the u.s. market. your accounting department has provided the accompanying statement, which summarizes the financial impact of the advertising campaign on u.s. operations. in addition, you recently received a call from a colleague in charge of foreign operations, and she indicated that her unit would lose $8 million if the u.s. advertising campaign were launched. your goal is to maximize bankglobal’s value. should you launch the new campaign? explain. pre-advertising campaign post-advertising campaign total revenues $18,610,900 $31,980,200 variable cost tv airtime 5,750,350 8,610,400 ad development labor 1,960,580 3,102,450 total variable costs 7,710,930 11,712,850 direct fixed cost depreciation – computer equipment 1,500,000 1,500,000 total direct fixed cost 1,500,000 1,500,000 indirect fixed cost managerial salaries 8,458,100 8,458,100 office supplies 2,003,500 2,003,500 total indirect fixed cost $10,461,600 $10,461,600

When using various forms of promotion to carry the promotion message, it is important that the recipients of the message interpret it in the same way. creating a unified promotional message, where potential customers perceive the same message, whether it is in a tv commercial, or on a billboard, or in a blog, is called