About Nareit

Nareit is the worldwide representative voice for real estate investment trusts—REITs—and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets. Nareit advocates for REIT-based real estate investment with policymakers and the global investment community.

REITs are real estate working for you. Through the diverse array of properties they own, finance and operate, REITs help provide the essential real estate we need to live, work and play. REITs of all types collectively own more than $3 trillion in gross assets across the U.S., with stock-exchange listed REITs owning approximately $2 trillion in assets. U.S. listed REITs have an equity market capitalization of more than $1 trillion. In addition, more than 87 million Americans invest in REIT stocks through their 401(k) and other investment funds.

We are the voice for the REIT industry among U.S policymakers, whom we inform about the important roles that REITs and REIT investment play in job creation, economic growth and the lives of millions of investors. We also are an information resource for policymakers in countries around the world that have introduced or are considering introducing REITs.

Nareit is the leading producer and sponsor of research on REIT investment, which we use to communicate its benefits—continuing income, diversification, capital appreciation and inflation protection—to investors, policymakers and the media, worldwide. We also provide REIT news, data and our industry’s perspective to all our audiences, and we host the REIT industry’s primary investor conferences and educational events.

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Nareit offers memberships to real estate companies operating as REITs and publicly traded real estate companies and individuals who provide support and services to REITs and the publicly traded real estate industry. Nareit brings together a diverse group of professionals sharing a common interest in real estate investment.

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Advocacy

Since its inception, Nareit has diligently worked to preserve and perfect REITs by helping to shape the landmark legislation and policy decisions that have defined the evolution of REITs and real estate investment.

Speaking as the voice of the industry, Nareit articulates its position at the highest levels of the U.S. and other governments, at state and local levels, and before numerous standards-setting organizations around the globe.

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Dividends Through Diversity & Inclusion Initiative

Nareit has created the Dividends Through Diversity & Inclusion Initiative to promote the recruitment, inclusion and advancement of women in REITs and the broader commercial real estate industry. This initiative seeks to achieve this mission through providing education and career development opportunities, hosting networking events and more.

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  • Diversity & Inclusion Recognition Awards
    Nareit’s Diversity & Inclusion Recognition Awards honor both Nareit member companies and individual members who have demonstrated a strong commitment and made outstanding contributions to the advancement of diversity and inclusion within their companies as well as in the REIT and publicly traded real estate industry.
  • Nareit Investor CARE Awards
    Nareit’s Investor CARE Awards honor those Nareit corporate members that interact most effectively with their investors on line, in writing and orally, as well as those member companies that provide those investors with the most comprehensive, clearly articulated and useful information in the most efficient manner.
  • Nareit Leader in the Light Awards
    Nareit's annual Leader in the Light Awards honor Nareit member companies that have demonstrated superior and sustained sustainability practices.
  • Nareit Leadership and Industry Achievement Awards
    The Industry Leadership Award is presented to a REIT executive who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the growth and betterment of the industry.