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.
Nareit supports and promotes the REIT industry’s adoption of sustainability principles by providing resources for industry stakeholders and disseminating information about oversight, management, tracking, and reporting.
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Wellington Management’s Bradford Stoesser says data has become “markedly better.”
Noel Purcell at Mizuho Americas expects active M&A pace to continue.
REITs have reduced their reliance on borrowings, which lowered leverage ratios considerably over the past decade.
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As of May 21, which marks 15 months since the market peak prior to the pandemic, REIT total returns have fully recovered from the initial losses in early 2020.
CEO Jim Risoleo said the REIT industry as a whole can play a big role in ESG in the coming years.
Susan Givens describes move-in numbers as “encouraging.”
Johnson says REIT had sufficient liquidity to keep hotels operating.
CEO Bill Meaney says remote work induced by the pandemic drove demand.
"A REIT provides a good basis for knowledge and growth. They're more structured and they also provide assistance to their newer employees."
Johnson says companies with good cultures are accepting of peoples’ differences.
Eric Bolton says MAA focusing external growth on development rather than acquisitions.
Over the course of three days, more than 140 REIT management teams will host 30-minute company presentations and virtual private meetings with investors.
REITs rose last week, with a total return of 2.0% on the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index