November/December 2020

I am grateful for the opportunity to work with Nareit to help navigate the REIT community through opportunities and challenges our industry is sure to face this coming year.

Among everything else, 2020 has been a year of forced adaptation.

Alex Beath is a senior research analyst at CEM Benchmarking. Nareit recently collaborated with CEM to analyse more than two decades of U.S. pension fund performance data.

The combination of flexible WFH but greater spacing within an office may result in more moderate changes in overall demand for space.

REITs have helped shape communities and the real estate investment landscape for the past six decades.

By taking a world view of the food supply chain and acting locally, nationally, and globally to help transform it, Lineage Logistics Holdings has grown from a small start-up to become a leading provider of temperature-controlled food products and logistics solutions in just 12 years.

Lisa Knee, partner at EisnerAmper LLP, looks at current real estate sector strengths and weaknesses, the impact of disruptive trends on certain industries, and an assessment of what real estate investing might look like post-pandemic.

The Urban Investment Group at Goldman Sachs deployed more than $1.3 billion last year in community and economic development through real estate projects, social enterprises, and lending facilities for small businesses.

AGNC Investment Corp. says its business model has been validated after the mREIT survived intense market disruption earlier this year and emerged well-positioned for future growth.

Good governance within an organization can often create its culture, and ultimately impact its values and principles.

Sixty years after the inception of REITs, industry leaders reflect on what might lie ahead for REITs.