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    REITs Outperform Private Real Estate by More Than 2.0% in DB Plans

    CEM Benchmarking’s 2024 study also reveals allocations, returns, volatility, and risk-adjusted performance of 12 asset classes over 25-year period.

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Grin and Share It
02/22/2013
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CRE Sustainability on Agenda
2013 Leader in the Light Working Forum
01/30/2013
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Fourth Quarter Shows Some Improvement in Commercial Real Estate Market
NAREIT's Calvin Schnure says apartment vacancies continue to decline.
01/11/2013
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Efficient Use of Space Key in Office Real Estate
WRE, OFC CEOs Discuss Trends for 2013.
12/17/2012
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Liquidity Still Attracting Institutions to REITs
PPR's Hans Nordby says 20 percent allocation to REITs optimal.
12/17/2012
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Realty Income Seeks Diversification Through Acquisition
CEO Tom Lewis on benefits of American Realty Capital Trust deal.
12/12/2012
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DCT Industrial Active on Acquisitions Front
CEO Phil Hawkins expecting fundamentals in 2013 that are "good, not great."
12/12/2012
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Storage Sector Recession-Resistant

Extra Space CEO Spencer Kirk says low supply benefits industry.

12/11/2012
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Apartment REITs 'Smarter' About Housing Market
Post Properties CEO David Stockert on challenges facing multifamily REITs.
12/11/2012
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Large Transactions Bolster Starwood
Starwood's Boyd Fellows says 2013 lending to surpass 2012.
12/11/2012
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Life Science Sector Sees Building Demand
Alexandria's Joel Marcus says companies looking to urban locations.
12/10/2012
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Investors Showing Interest in Real Estate Sustainability
APG's Sander Paul van Tongeren on latest programs.
12/10/2012
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Matthew Bechard is Nareit’s senior vice president, communications. He oversees all of Nareit's publication efforts including its award-winning magazine, REIT: Real Estate Investment Today, and Nareit's website.

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