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The $64 million question in commercial real estate today is whether or not the sector is past its peak and headed for a slowdown.

Infrastructure, data centers, and health care each have more than a 10% share of assets.

The City of Austin Employees' Retirement System (COAERS) investment team noted that its real estate allocation could be improved dramatically by adding a portfolio completion strategy of REITs, which was historically implemented solely through an open-ended, core, private markets fund system.

On a global basis, data centers, industrial, and self-storage have been the strongest performing sectors in 2023.

REITs declined in the week ended April 3, with a total return of -7.67%, giving back almost half of the gains they posted the week before.

The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index rallied in the fourth quarter of 2023 as bond yields declined in the United States and other developed markets.

April and early May capital markets activity was highlighted by the announcement of three large REIT mergers. So far in 2021, U.S. REITs have raised over $26 billion in IPOs and secondary debt and equity offerings.

Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the 27 largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insight on expert investor sentiment.

Both volatilities and correlations have come down and are now firmly within their long-term normal ranges. Estimated REIT volatilities were above 21.9% only from January 21st through February 19th, and was most recently estimated at 11.8% using data through April 15th.

Do we need to worry that equity REITs are carrying too much debt?

GRESB, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark, has released its 2022 data on environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and good governance for REITs.

The stock market got a bit of relief last week as forceful policy measures prompted a three-day rally, trimming some of the recent losses.

U.S. REITs raised $2.5 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the fourth quarter of 2022, down from $8.6 billion raised in Q3.

The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index fell 3.6% in October, underperforming the broader stock market as the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market and Russell 1000 declined 0.7%.

Listed equity REITs have generally outperformed small-cap value stocks, posting slightly higher returns but substantially lower volatility and substantially better diversification benefits.

The economic forces that affect the demand for domestic U.S. commercial real estate differ from those affecting global corporations, and stock returns reflect these differences.