Total Return

W.P. Carey Grabs Intuit Office

W.P. Carey-managed REIT CPA:18 – Global scored a real coup with a top-tenanted building in Legacy Business Park.

Growing Benefit

U.S. REIT 2015 dividend per share projected growth by sector

Yielding Benefits

Average REIT dividend yields by % and sector

Yielding Results

U.S. equity REITs 1-year total return comparison

Paying Off

Average REIT dividend yields by % and sector

Fiber Meets REITs: Windstream’s High-Tech Spinoff

Can advanced communication networks form the basis of a REIT? Last summer, Windstream Holdings decided to find out.

Forest City Enterprises Could be REIT by 2016

Calling it a “major milestone for the future of Forest City,” Chairman Charles Ratner said the board reached a decision to make the company public.

JANUARY ISSUE: Campus Crest’s Renaissance

As 2015 begins, Campus Crest Communities Inc. has several big items on its to-do list.

Outperforming the Index

U.S. equity REITs had a one-year total return of 16.26 percent as of Oct. 30. The SNL U.S. Manufactured Homes REIT index led all REIT indexes for the year through Oct. 30, with a total return of 28.9 percent. The SNL U.S. Hotel REIT index was next on the list, with a year-to-date total return of 26.82 percent. The multi-family, regional mall and shopping center sectors all also outperformed the SNL U.S. REIT Equity index in the second half of 2014. For the 12-month period ended Oct. 30, four REIT sectors had total returns that underperformed the SNL U.S REIT…

Raising Capital

(U.S. equity REIT year-to-date 2014 offerings by sector; $ in billions)