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.
REITs delivered strong investment performance through mid-year 2026, outperforming the broad equity market by a sizable margin.
The REIT industry's premier annual conference, bringing together leaders for networking, one-on-one meetings, and insights shaping the year ahead.
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.
Described by some as the “bluest of blue chip” REITs in the United States, Boston Properties, Inc.’s portfolio of iconic, top-tier office assets is overseen today by CEO Owen Thomas.
Bi-monthly thoughts from NAREIT's Chairman.
A recent Nareit commentary explored average annual net total returns for REITs and total private real estate, as well as private real estate investment styles, using realized pension fund performance from CEM Benchmarking.
Sustainability issues are issues that concern everybody. It’s a collective-action problem and it requires a collective-action solution.
Liquidity, scale, and adaptability are all elements for success, according to the panel.
To coincide with and in recognition of Women’s History Month, Nareit is asking female REIT executives “What advice would you give to your younger self when you were just getting started in your career?”
Each month, Nareit highlights recent executive career moves, board changes, and other notable individual achievements within the REIT and publicly listed real estate market.
ASTM International’s guide features input from a range of industry participants.
"An ideal board is comprised of highly qualified, experienced leaders with diversity in many areas including age, gender, ethnicity, skill sets, backgrounds and life experiences."
Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel is the author of “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” an investment classic first published in 1973 that launched the movement toward passive index investing.
Panelists discussed how sustainability data is helping REITs drive investment decisions, engage investors, strengthen governance, and create long-term value across property sectors.
Mortgage REITs are likely to benefit from trends in the mortgage markets that will present opportunities in the months and years ahead.
The public non-listed REIT examines a range of factors related to resource use and climate risk.
Investment consultant NEPC highlights benefits of REITs in institutional portfolios.
The underlying economic fundamentals for commercial real estate are gaining more momentum with a higher level of vaccine coverage, which is likely to boost REIT earnings growth over the remainder of this year.
Steve Sterrett, lead trustee at Equity Residential, says that while directors don’t have the in-depth knowledge that internal employees have, their value is their varied career experiences.