Nareit Staff

The Innovation Forum & Membership Meeting of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association was held in Florida last month.

Nareit’s Cathy Barre has assumed full administrative and operational responsibilities for the Policy & Politics team.

Nearly 40 members of the Real Estate Sustainability Council met in Washington, D.C. last week.

Marrone’s responsibilities include representing REITs locally.

Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.1% in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Kevin Brady (R-TX), the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, mentioned the exploration of REIT investment in infrastructure at a hearing last week.

Eight Nareit members in total were included on the 2020 Bloomberg list.

Nareit staff met with a diverse range of six organizations in the institutional investment market controlling $5.5 billion in assets.

Nareit also contributed to a joint trade association comment letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency on uniform mortgage backed securities.

Nareit is pleased to welcome BSR Real Estate Investment Trust and Fibra Educa as its newest corporate members.

Several REIT-related tax bills were introduced in the Hawaii state legislature late last week.