GGP Looks Undervalued as It Explores Alternatives
We see opportunity in the mall owner as management looks at options to unlock the value of its assets.
Edward Mui
Edward Mui is an equity analyst for Morningstar, covering real estate investment trusts (REITs).
Before joining Morningstar in 2015, he was director of finance for Shapack Development Company, a real estate development and investment company focusing on projects in the Fulton Market neighborhood of Chicago. Before that role, he spent four years as a senior associate specializing in public and private debt and equity investment opportunities for Walton Street Capital LLC, a real estate-focused private equity firm based in Chicago, and two years as an analyst for J.P. Morgan’s Real Estate and Lodging Investment Banking group, covering REITs, homebuilding companies, and hotel owner/operating companies.
Mui holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Washington University in St. Louis.
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