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.
Last year, Ventas became the first healthcare REIT to commit to net-zero operational carbon emissions (scopes 1 and 2)—a goal the company has set out to achieve by 2040.
Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements within the REIT and publicly listed real estate market.
In the September-October 2023 issue of Investment and Pensions Europe Real Assets, Nareit and other industry experts explain why in three articles.
For American Tower, embedding ESG objectives into its strategic priorities directly impacts its long-term success.
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. began linking executive compensation to sustainability performance in 2021 by adopting an ESG performance metric that accounts for a portion of its annual executive cash bonus program.
Helen Zell, widow of founder and chairman Sam Zell, joined Equity Residential executives.
Focus on premier market segment, diversification, balance sheet strength among priorities
Avis Devine at York University says gap has been narrowing in recent years.
New academic study demonstrates that REITs outperform private real estate in sustainability measures and REITs that voluntarily disclose more sustainability measures outperform.
Timberland REITs specialize in harvesting and selling timber for lumber products.
Positively impacting the real estate industry and its local communities are top priorities for Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index declined 7.0% in September as the 10-year Treasury yield continued to climb, ending the month at 4.6%, while the All Equity REITs dividend yield ended the month at 4.4%.
IREI/Nareit webinar also examined impact of technology, public-private performance, and more.
Throughout 2022 and 2023, the public and private real estate markets have been a tale of two cities.
U.S. REITs raised $4.1 billion from secondary debt and equity offerings in the third quarter of 2023, though this preliminary total will be revised upward when ATM program usage data become available.