REITs are now up 17.11 percent year-to-date and are just more than 2.0 percent above where they were pre-pandemic. In addition, the REIT merger and acquisition market roared back to life. In mid-April, Jericho, N.Y.-based Kimco Realty Corp. and Houston-based Weingarten Realty announced a plan to merge the companies. WMRE sat down with Nareit Executive Vice President and Economist John Worth to discuss April’s returns, the M&A market and other developments in the REIT space. FULL ARTICLE |