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.
Each year Nareit collects tax reporting data for each Nareit member. View this year's data or explore the archive.
The $350 million revitalization of Pier 94 was led by a joint venture between Vornado Realty Trust, Hudson Pacific Properties, and Blackstone Real Estate.
Gain expert insights into Q2 2026 performance and key trends to help benchmark performance and evaluate real estate exposure in today’s market.
For 65 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.
CEM Benchmarking’s 2026 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 26 years.
REITs historically have delivered competitive total returns, based on high, steady dividend income and long-term capital appreciation. Their comparatively low correlation with other assets also makes them an excellent portfolio diversifier that can help reduce overall portfolio risk and increase returns. These are the characteristics of real estate investment.
REITs—or real estate investment trusts—give you the opportunity to invest in the commercial buildings and infrastructure you use every day, without having to buy or manage property yourself.
Nareit publishes a number of publications for members as well as the broader investment community.
Nareit supports and promotes the REIT industry’s adoption of sustainability principles by providing resources for industry stakeholders and disseminating information about oversight, management, tracking, and reporting.
With everyday life upended by the coronavirus for the foreseeable future, the commercial real estate industry is shifting on a daily basis.
Research says pension funds are leaving returns on the table by under-allocating to REITs.
Rankings weigh ESG performance data and a public survey of corporate social responsibility perceptions.
In the third quarter of 2022, the FTSE Nareit All Equity Index and NCREIF Fund Index–Open End Diversified Core Equity posted rolling four-quarter total returns of -16.3% and 22.1%, respectively.
Pension funds are deploying more capital to REITs to diversify and balance their portfolios.
REITs are gaining ground in their efforts to attract generalist investors.
REITs could find more buying opportunities ahead in a market where the bid-ask pricing gap between buyers and sellers is narrowing.
The Nareit universe of REIT indexes is growing and evolving to match an expanding industry and increased demand for data.
REITs work to attract larger allocations from retail investors.
REITs have helped shape communities and the real estate investment landscape for the past six decades.