Taubman Centers (NYSE: TCO) reported financial results for the quarter and full-year periods ended December 31, 2019. It also provided a big surprise for shareholders. The outlet operator has sold to Simon Property Group in an all-cash deal. According to Tim Melvin, we’ll likely see more deals in this real estate space in the coming year.
Green Street Advisors analyst David Guarino says that data consumption trends will accelerate in the future. This provides support to his thesis that data center demand will increase. It also signals that investors will continue to pour capital into associated real estate assets like data center REITs.
ALPS Advisors announced the investment strategy for the new Exchange Traded Fund called the ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (RDOG). The strategy applies the “Dogs of the Dow Theory” to its rules-based investment strategy. Instead of selecting the five Dow Jones components with the highest yield, this strategy owns an equally balanced portfolio of the highest yielding five Real Estate Investment Trusts across 9 REIT sectors.
American Hotel Income Properties REIT acquired a portfolio of 12 well-maintained Premium Branded hotels. The deal for the 12 hotels, totaling 1,203 guestrooms, is $191 million.
The Alaska Permanent Fund filed its report for the first fiscal quarter of 2020.
The largest U.S. state sovereign wealth fund reported earning returns of 1.24%. That exceeded its benchmark (60% Stocks|30% Bonds|10% RE & TIPS) return for the quarter.