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.
The grant will provide tablets and Chromebooks to 150 families free of charge for a one-year period, along with free broadband access.
In a session on green bond issuance at Nareit’s REITworks 2021, panelists agreed that green bonds can provide worthwhile advantages for the companies issuing them.
Nominations for the REIT Industry Leadership Award and REIT Industry Achievement Award are due Sept. 30.
REITworks session “What Makes a REIT a Sustainable Investment: Investors Share Their Perspectives” discusses investor thoughts on ESG.
REITs edged lower last week, with a total return of -1.0% on the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index.
Morningstar Associates’ analysis finds optimal portfolio allocations to REITs up to 13% in well-diversified portfolios.
Multiple studies conducted by different research firms have come to similar conclusions, finding that the optimal portfolio allocation to REITs may be between 5% and 15%.
Natalie Teear of Hudson Pacific Properties says that high industry greenhouse gas emissions are leading to increased action.
In her new role as Blackstone Mortgage Trust CEO, Katie Keenan is focused on talent, culture, and high-quality assets.
PECO owns and operates a portfolio of 272 wholly-owned centers comprising approximately 30.8 million square feet across 31 states.
Deloitte’s Jeff Smith says REITs should improve systems and operations to free up employees’ time as they look for more purpose in their work.
COPT’s longtime partnership with the University of Maryland, College Park is helping to turn a great college town into a center of innovation.
Green Street’s new Director of Research Cedrik Lachance says real estate is in a good spot right now, with strong fundamentals and a runway for growth for property sectors worst hit by COVID-19 as well as those that flourished during the crisis.
The REIT underweight for generalist funds benchmarked against the S&P 500 declined from 114 basis points in 2016Q4 to just 62 basis points as of 2021Q2.
Financial pressures have not been important factors in driving the wave of REIT market M&A activity in the past year.