July/August 2017

Sustainability now includes the social and governance matters that are receiving a growing amount of attention from boards of directors, investors, equity analysts, the media and other stakeholders.

NAREIT’s Dividends Through Diversity Initiative seeks to promote the recruitment, inclusion and advancement of women and other minority groups in REITs and the broader commercial real estate industry.

GRESB has become the global standard with $2.8 trillion of real estate companies and funds benchmarked using the GRESB Real Estate Assessment in 2016.

The decision in 2003 to plan a mixed-use redevelopment dubbed City Creek touched off a 10-year project that was embraced by residents and local officials.

The Mortgage REIT has taken a more defensive posture as the company looks to secure itself against potential volatility caused by Federal Reserve rate hikes and global policy shifts.

Negative news about store closings have cast a shadow over the business of retail REITs. But regional mall and shopping center REITs face the challenge with an air of resilience and, for some, even optimism.

REIT magazine spoke with Wilkins about the growing demand for green projects and how they’re being financed, as well as how S&P’s new service aims to help assess the environmental quality of these projects.

People making news in the REIT and publicly traded real estate industry.

As commercial real estate owners, we have an important role to play in contributing solutions to environmental challenges.