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.
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The $350 million revitalization of Pier 94 was led by a joint venture between Vornado Realty Trust, Hudson Pacific Properties, and Blackstone Real Estate.
REITweek is the largest REIT-focused event, connecting institutional investors with REIT management teams through company presentations, one-on-one meetings, and curated networking.
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.
CEO Justin Knight says REIT is focused on outperforming the industry, providing superior returns for investors.
More companies are broadening their definition of sustainability to include environmental, social and governance factors, commonly referred to as ESG.
Analysts say fundamentals are likely to start rebalancing by the end of the year.
REITs look to address rising risks of weather-related events.
New research shows REITs win a majority of head-to-head comparisons between domestic and international private equity real estate funds and REITs.
Nareit presented the 20th Leader in the Light® Awards at its REITwise: 2026 Educational Conference in Hollywood, Fla.
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.
Leading REIT analysts review the outlook for the data center, health care, industrial, infrastructure, lodging, multifamily, office, retail, self-storage, and timber real estate sectors.
Awards recognize Nareit member REITs for achievement in sustainability.
Appraisal-based valuations in private real estate markets are being systematically reported at levels that exceed those of reported transactions—in which case there may be more valuation risk in private equity real estate markets than many institutional investors realize.
Listed U.S. REITs returned +7.53% during January 2015 according to the FTSE NAREIT All REIT Index, which measures the total returns (stock price appreciation plus dividend payments) of all REITs traded on major stock exchanges in the U.S. In contrast, the broad U.S. stock market suffered a decline at -1.47% according to the Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index. Small-cap value stocks—sometimes mistakenly considered similar to REITs—did even worse at -2.11% according to the Russell 2000 Value Index, while large-cap stocks also underperformed at -1.73% according to the S&P 500 Index.
Infrastructure, data centers, and health care each have more than a 10% share of assets.