Demographic shifts have long influenced REIT performance, often acting as early indicators of real estate demand.  In 2025, key demographic trends – including an aging population, migration shifts, affordability constraints, and income disparities – are shaping sector allocations and investment strategies as they have for years.  However, while demographics provide valuable context, we recognize that […]

From January to November, 2024’s REIT market went largely as predicted in the 2024 Chilton REIT Forecast, a welcome feat in the fast-paced modern world, especially given some of the unexpected exogenous economic and political events.  Our forecast of +12% to +16% was higher than any sell-side forecast we saw, and we appreciate the confidence […]

In the fourth quarter, the Chilton REIT Composite has underperformed the RMZ by producing a total return of -7.5% gross of fees and -7.7% net of fees, which compares to the RMZ’s total return of -6.1%.  For full year 2024, the Chilton REIT Composite underperformed the RMZ by producing a total return of +7.5% gross […]

We recently attended the annual REITWorld conference, where we conducted 33 meetings with REIT CEOs and CFOs.  We also attended two organized dinners, three property tours, and a run around the Las Vegas strip with a REIT management team to maximize our time in Las Vegas with REIT executives. – The key themes were: 1) […]

No area of real estate has been under more pressure than the office sector.  We won’t belabor the headwinds – flexible work, tech downsizing, debt maturities, etc. – in today’s report, but there is a niche section of office space benefiting from robust demand drivers.  Historically, we referred to this group as Medical Office Buildings […]

In the third quarter, the Chilton REIT Composite has outperformed the RMZ by producing a total return of +17.4% gross of fees and +17.2% net of fees, which compares to the RMZ’s total return of +16.1%.  Year to date, the Chilton REIT Composite has outperformed the RMZ by producing a total return of +16.5% gross […]

We recently attended the annual REITWeek conference, where we conducted 36 meetings with REIT CEOs and CFOs.  We also attended four organized dinners, one property tour, and a run around Central Park with a REIT management team to maximize our time in New York City with REIT executives. – The key themes were: 1) a […]

Quarter to date, the Chilton REIT Composite has outperformed the RMZ by producing a total return of +1.8% gross of fees and +1.6% net of fees, which compares to the RMZ’s total return of +0.1%.  Year to date, the Chilton REIT Composite has underperformed the RMZ by producing a total return of -0.3% gross of […]

In recent history, e-commerce can be argued as the biggest societal shift to impact commercial real estate.  We’ve detailed the topic in retail outlooks from November 2022 and November 2021, and more recently in our Industrial Outlook from March 2024.  Many expected the surge in online shopping during the pandemic to supercharge the “death of […]

Unfortunately for REIT investors, REIT prices have yet to decouple from movements in long term interest rates – and rates are rising again in 2024 as of April 30.  Because real estate typically generates a steady (and growing) yield, there has historically been a playbook that REIT prices should trade down when rates are rising, […]