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Four warehouse landlords are collecting record rent, but a fat yield can hide a shaky foundation. We checked each payout against actual cash earnings, and the highest yielder may not deserve a place in a retiree's portfolio.

According to a new survey from Prologis, in partnership with the Harris Poll, 91% of company leaders said retailers and logistics providers "urgently" need more decentralized fulfillment networks to meet delivery expectations. According to the survey, fewer companies plan to keep their existing global footprint, with the share falling 14 percentage points from a year ago to just 36%.

REITs, as measured by VNQ, have pulled back ~6% from July highs amid rising interest rates, now trading at meaningful discounts to NAV. Public REITs' low leverage and fixed-rate debt position them to benefit from declining new supply and potential rent growth over 2027-2028. Current market dislocation reflects capital market volatility, not deteriorating property fundamentals; transaction markets remain frozen due to wide bid-ask spreads.

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Baron Real Estate Income Fund decreased 7.58% (Institutional Shares) in the third quarter, underperforming the MSCI US REIT Index, which decreased 6.33%. Welltower is a leading owner and operator of senior housing communities across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K., and is the largest health care REIT by market capitalization. We initiated a position in AAON, Inc., following a disappointing second quarter earnings result.

Valuations seemed much more favorable for international property companies, particularly in comparison to some of the larger U.S. companies involved with senior housing and data centers. Along these lines, the Fund initiated positions in the common stock of Scentre Group and Home Depot during the quarter. Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund trimmed back WESCO and Freddie Mac preferred, exited D.R. Horton, and extended its British Pound and Hong Kong Dollar hedges for portfolio management purposes.

Warehouse landlords are raising rents, cutting deals, and collecting checks while most investors overlook the industrial corner of the REIT market. Four names stand out, but one carries a risk hiding behind its highest yield.

REIT rent growth could accelerate significantly starting in 2027. Falling construction activity could give landlords stronger pricing power. Some heavily discounted REITs could offer substantial upside as growth recovers.

SEGRO PLC (LSE:SGRO), the FTSE 100 warehouse and data centre landlord, said it had contracted £70 million of new headline rent in the nine months to 30 September, 32% more than a year earlier, and that the Prologis takeover was expected to complete in the first half of 2027. Headline rent is the annualised gross rent receivable once incentives such as rent-free periods have expired.