Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts

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The government of Australia began allowing real estate investment trusts in that country in 1971. The first one listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) was Property Trust (LPT).

Up until March 2008, publicly listed REITs in Australia were known as Listed Property Trusts (LPTs). This terminology distinguished them from privately held REITs, known as Unlisted Property Trusts.

Real Estate Investment Trusts are Big in Australia

In that month, they were retermed Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (A-REITs). There're now more than 70 A-REITs listed on the exchange, making Australia the country with the second largest number of REITs, behind the United States but ahead of Canada. They account for fully 12% of the world's listed real estate.

A-REITs can also be listed on The Bendigo Stock Exchange, the Newcastle Stock Exchange, and the Australia Pacific Exchange.

Australian REITs are allowed to hold property in or outside of Australia. The most popular countries for them, outside Australia itself, are the United States, New Zealand and The United Kingdom.

They are measured by what is term their Net Tangible Assets (NTA), which is the balance sheet total of their properties.

Most A-REITs contract management duties to outside third parties.

A-REITs can choose to adopt one of two structures. Stand-alone trusts provide investors pure exposure to the underlying real estate portfolio. Stapled securities provide investors exposure to a funds management and/or property development company besides the a real estate portfolio.

There're Five Basic Kinds of Australian REITs:

Industrial

Office

Hotel / Leisure

Retail

Diversified - investment in a mixture of Industrial, Office, Hotel and Retail

An Australia REIT is Shortened to A-REIT or AREIT

What is a Responsible Entity -- a unique Australian legal concept
What is a stapled A-REIT -- one way some A-REITs are legally organized
Ardent Leisure Group -- leisure A-REIT
Abacus Property Group -- acquires and manages real estate properties
Agricultural Land Trust -- farmland in Australia
Astro Japan Property -- commercial properties in Japan
ALE Property Group -- landlord for Australian pubs
APN European Retail -- commercial properties in Australia and Europe
Aspen Group -- diversified stapled A-REIT with commercial properties
Australand Group -- land development
Australian Education Trust -- a daycare centers in Australia
Babcock & Brown Residential Land Partners -- land development projects
Becton Property Group -- property development and funds management
Bunnings Warehouse -- popular warehouse type store in Australia
Carindale Property -- Carindale Westfield shopping center
Centro Properties Group -- shopping centers in Australia, New Zealand and the United States
CFS Retail Property Trust -- regional and subregional shopping malls in Australia
Challenger Diversified Property -- diversified retail properties
Challenger Kenedix Japan Trust -- retail real estate in Japan
Challenger Wine Trust -- Australian vineyards A-REIT
Charter Hall Group -- commercial real estate properties and funds
Cheviot Kirribilly Vineyard property Group -- Australian vineyards
Cromwell Corporation Limited -- diversified A-REIT with funds management
Commonwealth Property -- office buildings in Australia
Coonawarra Australia -- Australian vineyard
Compass Hotel Group -- hotels and taverns
DEXUS Property Group -- large owner of commercial properties worldwide
Galileo Japan Trust -- Tokyo area office buildings
GEO Property Group Limited -- residential property development
Goodman Group -- worldwide business and industrial properties
GPT Group -- large diversified A-REIT
Growthpoint Properties Australia -- commercial properties in Australia
Hedley Leisure and Gaming Property Fund -- freehold pub market
ING Real Estate Entertainment Fund -- entertainment and leisure A-REIT
ING Real Estate Healthcare Fund -- healthcare sector properties
ING Industrial Fund -- over 500 business parks and industrial properties
ING Office Fund -- office buildings worldwide
ING Real Estate Community Living -- housing for students and senior citizens
Living and Lesiure Australia Group -- skiing resorts and other leisure properties
MacarthurCook Property Securities Fund -- diversified commercial properties in Australia
MacarthurCook Industrial Property Fund -- Australian industries properties
Macquarie Countrywide -- supermarket anchored shopping centers
Macquarie DDR -- shopping centers in the United States
Macquarie Office Trust -- high grade office buildings
Mariner American Property Income Trust -- owns commercial real estate in the United States
Mirvac Group -- diversified commercial properties
Mirvac Industrial Trust -- greater Chicago area industrial properties
Mirvac Real Estate Investment Trust -- diversified properties including Travelodges
Multiplex Acumen Prime Property Fund -- Sydney and Melbourne offices
Multiplex Acumen Property Fund -- invests in unlisted property funds
Prime Retirement and Aged Care Property Trust -- retirement villages and nursing homes in Australia
Rabinov Property Trust -- named after Ezriel Rabinowicz
RNY Property Trust -- New York City office buildings
Rubicon America Trust -- diversified commercial real estate properties across the United States
Rubicon Europe Trust Group -- diversified commercial properties in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands
Rubicon Japan Trust -- owns properties in Japan
Stockland -- in top 50 of ASX stocks
Thakral Holdings Group -- commercial and hotel properties
Timbercorp Primary Infrastructure -- agribusiness infrastructure
Tishman Speyer Office Fund -- office buildings in major US markets
Trafalgar Corporate -- diversified, stapled real estate properties
Trinity Limited -- commercial properties and funds management
Valad Property Group -- commercial properties in Australia, New Zealand and United States
Westfield Group -- major worldwide shopping centers company
Westpac Office Trust -- offices in Australia and New Zealand
Westfield Retail -- shopping centers in Australia

A-REITs are big in Australia, and there are many of them to satisfy REIT income investors around the world.

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