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.
REITs are finding that major mixed-use developments are no longer an exotic niche for specialists, but rather a logical response to several converging trends.
Experts are looking to boards of directors to promote diversity in REITs and publicly traded real estate companies.
For American Homes 4 Rent, what started as an experiment has evolved into a thriving single-family residential REIT.
REIT magazine spoke with bankers to gauge their outlooks for the real estate market in the coming year.
Rayonier’s strategic planning reflects the long-term nature of growing and harvesting trees and the company’s commitment to sustainability and stewardship of its lands.
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. owns four of the nine largest U.S. convention hotels, each offering more than 400,000 square feet of meeting space.
"We find that the use of unsecured debt by REIT managers is associated with lower leverage and higher remaining debt capacity. This improves financial flexibility and supports firm value."
As a portfolio manager with LaSalle Investment Management, Lisa Kaufman is responsible for managing separate account portfolios of public North American property companies and the North American portion of LaSalle Securities’ global securities portfolio accounts.
AGNC offers investors a twofold value proposition: expertise in the agency mortgage market and strategies for risk management and hedging.
"Retail centers are evolving into destinations that offer consumers a fresh and engaging journey that mixes a variety of offerings not historically found at malls."
People making news in the REIT and publicly traded real estate industry.
"Most REITs have adopted majority voting in the election of directors/trustees."
U.S. real estate likely will continue to benefit from strong fundamentals, but the high valuations of properties across all sectors will make it harder this year to see any big gains in prices, according to Nareit’s recent conversations with a group of five leading economists.
Self-avowed “people person” Jim Risoleo is now leading Host Hotels & Resorts after more than two decades with the company.
Nareit spoke with Dave Bragg, managing director and research analyst at Green Street Advisors, about land-use regulations, demographics and supply constraints in certain sectors and markets.