Real Estate Investment Trust Education
Interest rate increases do not doom REITs to losses or underperformance, as long as they are gradual and anticipated. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are thought to be sensitive creatures – they feel the impacts of changes in interest rates ... [Read More]
Overview CT Real Estate Investment Trust is an unincorporated real estate investment trust with significant holdings in Canadian retail properties. Holdings are located primarily in Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada. CT REIT derives the vast bulk ... [Read More]
Overview Choice Properties REIT is a manager, developer, and owner of retail and other commercial Canadian properties, and has started to diversify into mixed-use commercial/residential properties. Most of its revenue stems from tenant leases. ... [Read More]
Overview Dream Office REIT leases and manages high-quality office properties primarily in the Toronto real estate market. Formerly known as Dundee REIT, Dream Office owns 46 properties with 8.5M square feet of gross leasable space. The average ... [Read More]
Overview SmartCentres is a large Canadian REIT that specializes in value-oriented retail stores and shopping centers, many anchored by Walmart supercenters. The REIT’s main purpose is to develop, lease, construct, own and manage shopping centers and ... [Read More]
Overview RioCan is one of Canada’s largest REITs, with a market cap of $13.9B (all dollars are Canadian). It manages, owns and develops 294 retail and mixed-use properties throughout Canada containing 45.149M square feet of net leasable area. Retail ... [Read More]
Overview Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (BEI.UN) is a Canadian publicly-traded REIT specializing in the acquisition, refurbishment, management and ownership of multi-family residential communities throughout Canada. It owns and operates more ... [Read More]
The health care REIT sector owns, manages and rents out real estate related to health care. The sector contains 19 equity REITs with a total market capitalization exceeding $101B. The major health care REIT property subsectors are: Medical office ... [Read More]
Self-storage REITs own and manage rental storage facilities. The REITs also collect rents from customers – both individuals and businesses. A self-storage facility (often called mini-storage or storage lockers), rents out storage units on (usually) a ... [Read More]
Data center REITs, also called data storage REITs, manage and own facilities that safely store digital resources for customers. The primary focus of data centers is to ensure reliable operation of information systems and safekeeping the data ... [Read More]