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.
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REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
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CEO Paul Szurek says REIT able to grow asset base at replacement cost.
CyrusOne CEO Bruce Duncan brings decades of experience to a REIT with global ambitions.
Partner Daniel LeBey emphasized the firm’s readiness to support clients amid high interest rates, private capital growth, and a surge in data center demand.
CEO Gary Wojtaszek says tenants growing more comfortable with longer leases.
Brixmor sprucing up properties to promote growth.
QTS’s Chad Williams sees opportunity for growth from existing platform.
Data Centers were the top performing Equity REIT property segment in the first six months of 2016 with a 37.82 percent total return. Free Standing Retail, which consists of retail facilities occupied by a single tenant, was the second best performing segment with a 34.46 percent gain.
Though REITs have not been immune to capital market uncertainty and mortgage market turmoil, they continue to have sound operations, solid balance sheets, and successful equity and unsecured debt issuances in the capital markets.
The FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Extended Index and the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index each returned 8.6% in April, as markets recovered from the volatility attributed to the conflict in the Middle East.
GRESB, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark, has released its 2022 data on environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and good governance for REITs.
Nareit tracks quarterly investment holdings for the largest actively managed real estate investment funds focusing on REIT investment for insights into expert investor sentiment.
Fund manager Burl East discusses real estate investment focused on technology-based tenants.