GRESB Data Shows Broad Improvement in Real Estate ESG Performance

Real estate companies and funds are showing improvement across all aspects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, according to the 2016 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Real Estate, Developer and Debt assessments.

“The global real estate sector is working to manage its carbon footprint, build resilience in the face of climate change and respond to more stringent environmental regulations,” said Nils Kok, CEO of GRESB.

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Fundamentally Speaking: T-Tracker Shows Good Operating Performance by REITs in Q2

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 showed good operating performance by REITs in the second quarter, and also points to “solid underpinnings” for future conditions in the REIT industry.

Schnure noted that funds from operations (FFO) for all Equity REITs rose a little more than 7 percent to $ 14.5 billion, which is more than 10 percent higher than a year ago.

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NAREIT T-Tracker Shows FFO Gains in 4th Quarter

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 points to solid operating performances by REITs in the fourth quarter of 2015.

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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 operations (FFO), net operating income (NOI) and total dividends paid and reports the data on a quarterly basis.

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NAREIT 2015 Compensation Survey Shows REITs in Hiring Mode

Jeremy Banoff, senior managing director at FPL Associates L.P., joined REIT.com for a video interview to discuss the 2015 NAREIT Compensation Survey.

FPL partners with NAREIT on the annual NAREIT Compensation Survey. This year’s survey contains record-setting responses from 135 REITs and real estate operating companies providing information on 132 positions. Participants in the survey represent approximately 75 percent of the equity market capitalization of listed Equity REITs.

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