JANUARY 13, 2020

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Finance & Investment

Publicly-Traded REITs Just Posted Their Best Performance in Five Years. It May Not Last.

By John Egan, Contributing Writer

As measured by their total returns, REITs blew the roof off the market in 2019. Overall, the REIT sector posted a total return of 28.1 percent last year, according to trade group Nareit. That’s the best performance for REITs since 2014, when the sector notched a total return of 29.96 percent.

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Industrial

Proximity to Rail Service to Play a Bigger Role in Industrial Site Selection

By Patricia Kirk, Contributing Writer

A growing truck driver shortage, along with improved efficiency of U.S. rail operations, has more shippers considering rail transportation as a viable alternative to long-haul trucking. As a result, some developers are placing new industrial development projects adjacent to rail access sites.

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NREI Wire

Fannie-Freddie Profit Sweep Brings Dueling Appeals to High Court

Bloomberg

Both sides now are asking the Supreme Court to review that conclusion. The suing shareholders say everyone would benefit from clarity.

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Rent-Cap Czar Insists Berlin Is ‘El Dorado’ for Investors

Bloomberg

Lompscher hopes the city can increase the amount of apartments that are built each year to around 20,000, partly through companies her department controls.

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10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today

NREI Staff

The pace of new construction in Chicago is dropping, reports Crain's Chicago Business. Bisnow looks at the toll of Australia's horrific brushfire season and how communities are planning to rebuild. These are among today's must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.

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