The Daily REITBeat | Tuesday, December 16th, 2025

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Today’s Newsletter (December 16th, 2025)

Futures in the red at the time of this writing as talking heads focus on the November Nonfarm Payrolls and October retail sales data coming due this morning which will paint a picture on strength of the economy and the impact on the year-end rally potential.

From Bloomberg

  • "US stock futures posted small moves as investors awaited a key jobs report that could offer clues on the path for interest rates. Brent crude dropped below $60 a barrel.

  • Contracts for the S&P 500 pared losses to trade little changed, with those on the Nasdaq 100 down 0.1%. Treasury 10-year yields were flat around 4.17%. Gold pulled back after five days of gains. 

  • The November US jobs report on Tuesday is shaping up to be the main data event for markets in the last full trading week of 2025. A print that reinforces the picture of a sluggish economy could put the stock rally back on track by supporting bets for further rate cuts, while a big miss may spook markets."

In REIT News

  • Morgan Stanley upgrades OUT to Overweight from Equalweight (raise price target by $8 to $28)

  • Jefferies upgrades FRT to Buy from Hold (raise price target by $14 to $115)

  • Jefferies downgrades DOC to Hold from Buy (lower price target by $4 to $17)

  • Jefferies downgrades ESS to Hold from Buy (lower price target by $22 to $282)

  • AIV entered into a definitive agreement with LaTerra Capital Management, LLC, in partnership with Respark Residential, LLC, to sell its portfolio of seven apartment properties, including 1,495 units, located in the Chicago market for $455 million and net proceeds are intended to be distributed to shareholders part of its “Plan of Sale and Liquidation” which is expected to be put before shareholders for approval in early 2026

  • GOOD announced that its limited partnership has closed $85 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.99% senior unsecured notes due December 15, 2030 in a private placement and intends to use the proceeds to, among other things, repay outstanding indebtedness under its senior unsecured revolving credit facility, and for general corporate purposes

  • LTC announced that it has increased commitments under its credit facility to $800 million with $200 million aggregate in term loans plus entered into interest rate swap agreements to effectively fix the interest rates on the loans

  • DLR announced the appointment of Stephen Bolze as an independent director to its Board effective January 1, 2026

  • MAC announced that Von Maur will open a three-level, approximately 164,000 sf location at Freehold Raceway Mall in Freehold, NJ with an anticipated opening in Fall 2027

  • Fitch Ratings affirmed HHH’s “BB” Long-Term Issuer Default Rating with a stable outlook

  • Yesterday morning, TRNO announced it acquired an industrial property located in Tukwila, WA on December 12th for a purchase price of approximately $27.1 million noting that the 100% leased property consists of one industrial distribution building containing approximately 121,000 sf on 7.1 acres where the estimated stabilized cap rate prior to renovation and releasing is 3.9%

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