REITs invest in the majority of real estate property types, including offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, retail centers, medical facilities, data centers, cell towers and hotels.
The REIT Industry Sustainability Report 2024 includes industry trends, REIT sustainability reporting data and analysis, as well as useful information on the publicly traded U.S. REIT industry’s primary sustainability, social responsibility, and governance practices.
REITs directly employed an estimated 331,000 FTE employees who earned $31.1 billion of labor income in the U.S.
At the end of 2023, U.S. public REITs owned an estimated 580,000 properties—up 1% from the previous year—and 15 million acres of timberland across the U.S.
REITworld 2024, scheduled for Nov. 18-21 in Las Vegas, NV, will bring together REIT management teams, investors, and analysts for topical sessions, one-on-one meetings, and networking.
For 60 years, Nareit has led the U.S. REIT industry by ensuring its members’ best interests are promoted by providing unparalleled advocacy, investor outreach, continuing education and networking.
RLJ Lodging Trust is taking on an agressive capital recylcing program. The hotel REIT sold a dozen assets in the first quarter of 2014 and is looking to boost its presence in ports of entry for international travelers.
Retail REITs are adopting new tactics to keep customers coming to their properties and staying longer when they're there. Trips to local shopping centers are becoming experiences for visitors.
People making news in the REIT and publicly traded real estate industry.
In the last 18 months, Annaly Capital Management co-founder Wellington Denahan has moved out from behind the scenes to become the public face of the REIT. Denahan talks with the magazine about transitioning to her new role.
Bi-monthly thoughts from NAREIT's Chairman.
Bi-monthly thoughts from REIT magazine's Editor in Chief.
Evan Urbania is CEO of ChatterBlast Media, a creative agency that helps organizations leverage social media.
Ashford Hospitality CEO Monty Bennett juggles spin-offs, new platforms and social media.
REITs are adapting to the needs of a new generation of consumers: the millennials.
Mall REIT Macerich and its CEO Art Coppola face online shopping head-on.
Data collection increasingly important as reporting standards emerge.
David Rosenberg is chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. He joined Gluskin Sheff in 2009 after serving as chief North American economist at Merrill Lynch in New York for seven years.
Private equity investments have gained in popularity among institutional investors over recent years. This is due in part to the great success enjoyed by endowments such as Yale and Harvard, which were early investors in non-marketable assets.
REITs may appeal to the confidence, openness to change and independent streak of millennials.