GICS Change a “Watershed Moment” for REITs, says NAREIT Chair

Ed Fritsch, 2016 NAREIT Chair and president and CEO of Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE: HIW), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York.

Half-way through his term as 2016 NAREIT Chair, Fritsch observed that fundamentals across the REIT industry are “healthy.”

“Balance sheets are improved, dividends are fortified (and) interest in investment is strong,” he noted.

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