CDT Sees Record Capital Deployment, Dividends in 2015

John Divers, COO and CFO at Community Development Trust (CDT), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2016: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting and Finance Conference at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. New York City-based CDT is a private, hybrid REIT that is active on the debt and equity sides of affordable housing projects. News

Digital Realty Pursuing Multiple Expansion Strategies

William Stein, CEO of Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2015: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Wynn Las Vegas. Digital Realty supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 1,000 firms across its portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, …

Fundamentally Speaking: NAREIT T-Tracker Shows Solid REIT Performance

In the latest edition of Fundamentally Speaking, Calvin Schnure, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and economic analysis, said NAREIT’s T-Tracker series highlights a “solid, sustained” performance for the REIT industry in the third quarter. NAREIT’s T-Tracker is a comprehensive measure of operating performance for the total listed REIT industry. It looks at funds from …

NAREIT T-Tracker Shows Steady Improvement in REIT Operating Performance

NAREIT’s Total REIT Industry Tracker Series (NAREIT T-Tracker) results for the third quarter of 2015 point to a steady improvement in REIT operating performance. U.S. listed Equity REITs  produced total funds from operation (FFO) of $ 13.4 billion in the third quarter, 2.7 percent higher compared with the second quarter and a 13.1 percent increase …

Brixmor Working to Perfect REIT’s Tenant Mix

Michael Carroll, CEO of Brixmor Property Group (NYSE: BRX), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2015: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. Carroll discussed Brixmor’s efforts to “perfect [its] merchandising mix” of tenants. “We’ve been focused on trying to bring in best-in-class anchors to drive more sales and traffic,” Carroll …

NAREIT Launches Total REIT Industry Tracker (T-Tracker) Series

NAREIT is releasing a new report, the Total REIT Industry Tracker Series, or as T-Tracker. Calvin Schnure, NAREIT senior vice president for research and economic analysis, provided an overview of the new report. Schnure explained that T-Tracker is a quarterly report containing a series of measures of operating performance of all U.S. listed REITs. The …

Essex Property Trust CEO Hails Results of Merger

Michael Schall, president and CEO of Essex Property Trust (NYSE: ESS), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Earlier this year, Essex completed its purchase of another apartment REIT, BRE Properties. Schall talked about the status of the efforts …

REITWorld 2014: Demand Outpacing Supply Augurs Well for Retail REITs

A lack of new supply and a concerted effort by retailers to develop omnichannel shopping strategies bode well for the future of retail REITs, according to a panel at REITWorld 2014: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT. Ross Smotrich, managing director at Barclays, moderated the panel and noted that new development in the retail …

Federal Realty CEO Says Company “Firing On All Cylinders”

Donald Wood, president and CEO of Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview during REITWeek 2014: NAREIT’s Investor Forum, held in New York. Federal Realty’s funds from operations (FFO) per share hit an all-time high in the first quarter. Wood was asked about the factors behind those results, …