REIT types - beta…
REITs now serve the economy and society across dozens of sectors.
Since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), REITs grew from a handful of sectors (office, retail, multi-family residential, industrial) to more than 50.
This expansion marks a massive increase in the relevance and impact of REITs on society.
Here’s a perspective presented in periodic table style.
Classification framework
As REITs exist to serve economic and social needs, we present REIT sectors within a broad industry-wide classification framework.
The nine-sector taxonomy used in the periodic table is based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), supplemented by the Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Each element in the REIT table includes a score for the impact of each REIT sub-sector on the economy and society, based on three dimensions: scale, social utility, connectivity and productivity.
Please click on the button for more details about the impact score methodology.
50+ REIT sub-sectors in the REIT universe
Here’s the same menu of REITs in a basic format.