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Part III — Underwriting Meaning
If you can't model attention, you can't model the asset. Most committees are pricing a building and praying for a brand.
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Meaning is underwritable. It just isn't underwritten the way cap rates are. It's underwritten by the operator's track record of converting story into footfall, footfall into rate, and rate into compounding.
The investor who can price narrative will own the next cycle. The one who can't will fund it.