REITs invest in the majority of real estate property types, including offices, apartment buildings, warehouses, retail centers, medical facilities, data centers, cell towers, telecommunications and hotels.
The REIT Industry Sustainability Report 2024 includes industry trends, REIT sustainability reporting data and analysis, as well as useful information on the publicly traded U.S. REIT industry’s primary sustainability, social responsibility, and governance practices.
A deeper look at the U.S. economy and commercial real estate markets shows why REITs are well positioned to navigate the economic environment and provide opportunities for investors over the remainder of 2024.
JBG SMITH sees highly-amenitized collaborative spaces as key to driving office occupancy and is investing $40 million at its National Landing development in Northern Virginia to double down on that strategy.
This year's REITworks Conference, only open to Nareit corporate members, gives REIT professionals a forum to dive deep into critical sustainability topics impacting REITs.
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.
Nareit corporate members benefit from exclusive access to investors, increased visibility, national and state advocacy, industry-leading research, member-only events and savings.
On a global basis, data centers, industrial, and self-storage have been the strongest performing sectors in 2023.
The FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index built on the standout performance of May, with a gain of 2.2% in June.
Equity REITs significantly expanded their holdings of income producing real estate in recent years, buying a total of $260 billion of commercial property between 2011 and 2015.
The pandemic left a deep mark on commercial real estate in the fourth quarter as falling demand for leased space led to a rise in vacancy rates across most property types, and rents declined.
Q3 data highlights solid growth in FFO, NOI, and how REITs’ operational performance is keeping pace with inflation.
Timber, office, and data centers led with returns of 15.9%, 10.4%, and 7.3%, respectively.
A recent Nareit market commentary highlighted that the “ostrich effect,” an investor behavior where risky situations are avoided by pretending that they do not exist, may aptly describe the attitudes of many private institutional real estate investment managers and appraisers when it comes to their valuation practices.
Vacancy rates are likely to remain low as adult members of shared households eventually strike out on their own. However, that the process may take longer than anticipated.