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real-estate investment trust

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noun

  1. an unincorporated trust created for the purpose of investing in real property or to extend credit to those engaged in construction. REIT


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How long it would take Shankh Mitra, CEO of real-estate investment trust Welltower, to match the annual pay of his company’s median employee, spreading his 2025 pay package out over a single year.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

In January, Apollo’s real-estate investment trust sold $9 billion of commercial property mortgages to the firm’s insurance company, Athene.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

A company looking to be a real-estate investment trust, which generates income from tenants, needs to have tenants to generate income.

From MarketWatch Mar. 30, 2026

That led to losses for telecom and real-estate investment trust shares.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2018

The resort is owned by EPR Properties, a real-estate investment trust based in Kansas City, Missouri.

From Washington Times Nov. 16, 2016

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