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REITs Move Lower in March REIT returns were lower in March, as investors took a cautious approach toward the sector, market watchers said. The total returns of the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index dropped 1.4 percent in March, while the S&P 500 posted a return of 0.1 percent. Total returns of the FTSE/NAREIT All Equity …
News Mark Parrell, executive vice president and chief financial officer with Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Parrell moderated a REITWise panel on investor activism. Some of the key points to emerge from the session included the need …
Board Engagement Critical for Risk Management, Data Center REIT Executive Says Oliver Schmidt, chief audit executive at QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:QTS), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Schmidt participated in a REITWise panel on risk management issues. Schmidt explained that when …
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REITWise Panel Explores Drivers of REIT Shareholder Activism Mark Parrell, executive vice president and chief financial officer with Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR), joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWise 2017: NAREIT’s Law, Accounting & Finance Conference in La Quinta, California. Parrell moderated a REITWise panel on investor activism. Some of the key points to …
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Gladstone Land Benefitting from Demand for Organic Produce According to Gladstone Land Corp. (NASDAQ: LAND), the expanding organic produce section in your local supermarket is a positive sign for the farmland REIT’s long-term health. The company expects increased consumer demand for organic fruits and vegetables will continue to bolster the value of farmland in its …
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Office REIT Highwoods Continues to Lower Debt Ed Fritsch, president and CEO of Highwoods Properties Inc. (NYSE: HIW), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at NAREIT’s 2017 Washington Leadership Forum at The Hay-Adams. Fritsch commented on the steps Highwoods has taken to position itself in the case of a possible change in macroeconomic …
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Iron Mountain Watching Tax, Privacy Issues in Congress William Meaney, president and CEO of Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at NAREIT’s 2017 Washington Leadership Forum at The Hay-Adams. Iron Mountain, a storage and information management services REIT, has a core customer list of 940 Fortune 1000-listed companies. …
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CubeSmart CEO Says Market Struggling to Accurately Price Self-Storage Chris Marr, president and CEO of CubeSmart L.P. (NYSE: CUBE), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at NAREIT’s 2017 Washington Leadership Forum at The Hay-Adams. Marr commented on the share prices of the self-storage sector during 2016. He said the market has struggled to …
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REITs Post Solid Earnings Growth in 4th Quarter of 2016 From an operating standpoint, REITs posted a strong performance in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the latest data available from NAREIT’s T-Tracker. Notably, funds from operations (FFO) grew 7.5 percent from the previous quarter and 20.5 percent from the year-earlier period. Nine of …
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DCT Industrial Benefiting From Broad Demand for Distribution Space Philip Hawkins, president and CEO of DCT Industrial Trust (NYSE: DCT), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview at NAREIT’s 2017 Washington Leadership Forum at The Hay-Adams. Hawkins commented on some of the reasons why DCT’s development program continues to achieve results that are well …
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