Beth Mattson-Teig

Lineage’s founders sought to create meaningful ownership opportunities for their broader workforce.

Capital markets are also open and well-functioning for the REIT market, managers say.

Continued evolution in the REIT industry is expected to generate more opportunities for the creation of new indexes.

REITs could find more buying opportunities ahead in a market where the bid-ask pricing gap between buyers and sellers is narrowing.

REITs serve as a diversifier across institutional portfolios increasingly exposed to the AI megatrend, they say.

Investor relations teams look for ways to harness the power of AI tools to better communicate and engage with their investor base.

Analysts point to possible rate cuts, stabilizing book values, increased loan originations as reasons to be positive.

Experts say it’s important for ETFs to embrace REITs, and vice versa.

REITs have also been building stronger relationships with fixed income investors.

Stabilizing market environment, steady policy signals are factors supporting outlook.

REITs are keeping a close eye on capital costs, potential credit risk, slowing economic growth.

Partnerships are occurring across a range of REIT property sectors.