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Investment managers, REITs and platforms: profiles

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Last updated: 2026-10-20

We do not score investment firms, REITs or platforms. Rating investments would be investment advice, and we do not give it. Firms are listed alphabetically.

REITs by sector

American Tower

Unscored

Public REIT. Sector: communications towers.

Most of its sites are outside the U.S. and Canada: 42,224 of 149,686.

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Investing platforms

Arrived

Unscored

Private platform selling shares in individual rental homes under Regulation A.

Each property series pays the manager a 0.6% annual asset management fee on purchase price; redemptions are quarterly and subject to approval.

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Investment managers · Investing platforms

Blackstone (real estate)

Unscored

Public asset manager. Runs BREIT, a non-listed REIT sold to individual investors.

Real estate is $319.3B of Blackstone’s more than $1.3T in Total Assets Under Management.

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Investment managers

Brookfield (real estate)

Unscored

Public. Owns 100% of Brookfield Property Group and 73% of the votes in Brookfield Asset Management.

Closed its fifth real estate flagship fund in 2025; firm-wide fundraising was over $110B.

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Investment managers

CBRE Investment Management

Unscored

Investment management line of CBRE’s Real Estate Investments segment.

Sits next to Trammell Crow Company in CBRE’s Real Estate Investments segment.

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REITs by sector

Equinix

Unscored

Public REIT. Sector: data centers.

Runs IBX and xScale data centers plus interconnection services.

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REITs by sector

Prologis

Unscored

Public REIT. Sector: industrial / logistics.

Calls itself the global leader in logistics real estate (company claim).

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REITs by sector

Public Storage

Unscored

Public REIT. Sector: self-storage.

Texas (477 facilities) and California (450) are its two largest states.

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REITs by sector

Realty Income

Unscored

Public REIT. Sector: net lease.

Trademarks itself “The Monthly Dividend Company”; dividend raised for over 31 consecutive years.

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REITs by sector

Simon Property Group

Unscored

Public REIT. Sector: retail (malls and outlets).

108 malls and 70 Premium Outlets.

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REITs by sector

Welltower

Unscored

Public REIT. Sector: healthcare / seniors housing.

Segments: Seniors Housing Operating, Triple-net and Outpatient Medical.

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Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.

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