{"id":1004760580,"date":"2025-06-04T10:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004760580"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:27:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:27:50","slug":"why-reits-have-an-edge-amid-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/why-reits-have-an-edge-amid-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Why REITs Have an Edge Amid Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-YBFdUNlSw?si=CLL5IIxleG1znAnr\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>CPE<\/em>&#8216;s Therese Fitzgerald met with Ed Pierzak, Nareit&#8217;s senior vice president for research, during the REITWeek investor conference. 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