Nareit Developments

NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference to be held March 22-24.

Standard requires capitalization of transaction costs of most investment property acquisitions.

Consultation scheduled to close on Feb. 20.

NAREIT maintains GAAP income and cash flow statements should be restructured to provide flexibility for companies to report statements under a management’s approach.

The industrial REIT rang the closing bell on Dec. 13.

Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), Ranking Member of the House Ways & Means Committee, visited the offices of Boston Properties, Inc. in New York where he met with several leading REIT executives. 

NAREIT’s primary target is $22.4 trillion domestic retirement savings and investment market.

Legislation includes certain NAREIT-supported changes.

Despins and colleague Brad Case spoke on wide range of investment issues in separate presentations.

Comments cover income tax return form for REITs and form related to return of excise tax on undistributed income of REITs.

Life sciences REIT earns top ratings from government-developed program.

Sustainability was the topic of the day at NAREIT's Annual Convention for All Things REIT, including the announcement of the 2016 Leader in the Light Award winners.