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Question: William Andrew Crow - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: Marshall, you talked about the looming risk out there potentially being the health of the tenant, their balance sheets, et cetera.
Wondering as you look ahead to the lease roll next year, is that causing you to think about retention rates being lower than they
were, say, this year?
Question: William Andrew Crow - Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: Is there any reason to think about a material downshift in same-store NOI as we turn the calendar to next year?
Question: Richard Charles Anderson - Wedbush Securities Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: Final question. Sorry about that. So I do have a question as it relates to acquisition specifically. You are unique and your disposition
guidance came down, your acquisition guidance went up. So that is obviously specific to you guys. But when it comes to operating
acquisition, to operate property acquisitions, you mentioned some of the things with developers coming in the fourth inning, but
specifically about operating assets, are you seeing any trends materializing there in terms of the nature of the seller? Are banks
involved at all in any cases. I'm just curious if you can sort of give an idea or a picture of what the pipeline looks like of potential
sellers of operating assets.
Question: Richard Charles Anderson - Wedbush Securities Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: Yes. I was more interested on the acquisition side. And then the second question is, you talked about how all the development
largely is in bigger assets that aren't necessarily competitive with you and your 95,000 square foot average. But do you concern
yourself with the secret getting out about this shallow bay model? And if developers maybe want to dial down their cost profile and
build something that's not quite as expensive. Do they come into your market a little bit more in terms of being more competitive
with you and you start to see some of that of that pressure? Or are you just not seeing that? And why not, I guess, since I would think
it would be an easier pill to swallow for a merchant developer.
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