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.
Nareit’s REIT Directory provides a comprehensive list of REIT and publicly traded real estate companies that are members of Nareit. The directory can be sorted and filtered by sector, listing status, and stock performance.
CEM Benchmarking’s 2024 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 25-year period.
For the remainder of 2025 and into 2026, REITs are well-equipped to handle market volatility while capitalizing on growth opportunities in CRE transactions.
REITworld will take place Dec. 8-11 in Dallas, TX. This event provides opportunities for individual meetings between REITs, investors, and analysts.
For 60 years, Nareit has led the U.S. REIT industry by ensuring its members’ best interests are promoted by providing unparalleled advocacy, investor outreach, continuing education and networking.
Following the 2008 financial crisis, the SEC expanded corporate governance disclosure rules. Karen Garnett, a member of Nareit's Best Financial Practices Council, discusses governance issues.
JBG SMITH has long taken a multilateral and collaborative approach to implementing tangible, effective, and strategic ESG efforts.
On Aug. 27, nearly 200 analysts, investors, and REIT professionals attended the second webinar in Nareit’s ESG Exchange series.
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations into every company decision.
Environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and good governance are core attributes of the REIT industry. Together they are increasingly important to the communities in which REITs operate and to investors in REITs.
REITs across nine sectors outline their priorities for the coming year.
Green leases offer diverse and quantifiable ways for tenants and landlords to advance their shared ESG goals.
BlackRock’s Sherry Rexroad says challenges created by multiple ESG data sources.
For American Tower, embedding ESG objectives into its strategic priorities directly impacts its long-term success.
Nareit’s REITworks: 2023 Conference convened hundreds of REIT leaders and industry professionals in Las Vegas June 28–29.
W.P. Carey Inc. strives to be an industry leader in environmental sustainability by taking a proactive and collaborative approach to quantifying and reducing its portfolio’s global carbon footprint.
Equinix, Prologis, and Healthpeak Properties featured on Investor’s Business Daily’s 50 Best ESG Companies list.
Leading up to the inaugural REITworks: 2020 Virtual Conference, Nareit spoke with panelist Marc Siegel about environmental stewardship, social impact, and good governance in real estate.
Data collection increasingly important as reporting standards emerge.
The workshop offers REIT industry professionals the opportunity to learn from peers and subject matter experts who have successfully created or optimized an ESG program for a REIT.
AvalonBay’s Mark Delisi says ESG reporting must be transparent and honest.