Why private real estate
Why private real estate
Many investors are under allocated to private real estate, even though it can be an effective way to enhance the risk/return profile of traditional portfolios, generate income and tap emerging secular trends.
Real estate is the third largest asset class
Unlike most asset classes, real estate is both income and growth oriented.
Allocation to private real estate enhances returns and may reduce volatility
An allocation to private real estate would have increased return and may have reduced volatility over the last 20 years, when added to a traditional portfolio of equities and bonds.
Model index blend
Trailing 20-year period as of December 31, 2022, Annualized
Real estate is a potential hedge to inflation
Real estate has distinct characteristics that can help provide a buffer against inflation. For example, sectors with shorter lease durations have the ability to reset rents promptly as conditions change.
In the case of slow growth—or even a recession—longer, inflation-linked rental contracts offer relatively strong and steady income growth potential. The historically strong performance of real estate during periods of higher inflation reflects these characteristics. We believe that in a new regime of slow growth and elevated inflationary risks, real estate can offer needed diversification and inflation mitigation.
Real estate net operating income versus CPI1
December 1995 – December 2022
REITs and preferred securities offer tax efficiencies
Investment solutions with inherent tax efficiencies may help investors diversify sources of income and potentially keep more of what they earn. REITs have a history of attractive distributions before and after taxes, benefiting from a 20% tax deduction on REIT income and favorable tax treatment of capital gains and return of capital.
Average 10-year yield6
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The information presented above does not reflect the characteristics of any fund or other account managed or serviced by Cohen & Steers. CNSREIT does not intend to target investments in all areas of the U.S. commercial real estate market.
Property values may fall due to increasing vacancies or declining rents resulting from unanticipated economic, legal, cultural or technological developments. Real estate company prices also may drop because of the failure of borrowers to pay their loans and poor management, and residential developers, in particular, could be negatively impacted by falling home prices, slower mortgage origination and rising construction costs. Fixed-income securities are subject to credit risk related to the issuer’s ability to make timely principal and interest payments and interest rate risk (when interest rates rise, bond prices tend to fall). U.S. treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. Although equity securities have historically generated higher average fixed-income securities over the long-term, equity securities also have experienced significantly more volatility in returns.
There is no guarantee that any historical trend illustrated above will be repeated in the future, and there is no way to predict precisely when such a trend might begin There is no guarantee investment objectives will be achieved. The views and opinions are as of the date of publication and are subject to change without notice.
An investor cannot invest directly in an index and index performance does not reflect the deduction of any fees, expenses or taxes. These charts are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to represent the returns of any specific security. Index comparisons have limitations as volatility and other characteristics may differ from a particular investment.
Private Real Estate is not traded on a public exchange like the other securities shown and will have less liquidity than public traded securities. While there will be independent valuations of CNSREIT properties from time to time, the valuation of properties is inherently subjective and the CNSREIT NAV may not accurately reflect the actual price at which CNSREIT properties could be liquidated on any given day. The information presented above does not reflect the performance of any fund or other account managed or serviced by Cohen & Steers, and there is no guarantee that investors will experience the type of performance reflected above. Diversification is not guaranteed to ensure a profit or protect against loss.
Private Real Estate is represented by NCREIF Fund Index – Open End Diversified Core Equity (NFI-ODCE). The NFI-ODCE is a capitalization-weighted, gross-of-fees, time-weighted return index, reporting both historical and current results of 30 open-end commingled funds pursuing a core investment strategy.
Fixed Income is represented by Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-market measure of the US dollar-denominated investment-grade fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities.
Stocks are represented by the S&P 500 Index which is an unmanaged index of 500 large-capitalization stocks that is frequently used as a general measure of U.S. stock market performance.
Average 10-year yield: Private real estate represented by the NCREIF NFI ODCE Index. U.S. Equities are represented by the S&P 500 Index and are subject to market risk. U.S. Bonds are represented by the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index and is subject to credit risk. Listed Real Estate represented by the Nareit All Equity Index. 10-Tear Treasury Bonds are represented by the Barclays US Treasury 5-7 Yr Index and is subject to interest rate risk. Government bonds are guaranteed as to the timely payment of principal and interest. REIT Preferreds are represented by 75% ICE BofA US IG Institutional Capital Securities Index and 25% ICE BofA Core Fixed Rate Preferred TR Index.
1. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) as of December 31, 2021.
2. NAREIT as of June 30, 2021.
3. Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) as of September 30, 2022.
4. Real Estate Income is represented by net operating income (NOI) growth, which is the average NOI growth by year across the apartment, industrial, mall, office and strip retail sectors within Green Street’s universe. NOI may not be correlated and may not continue to keep pace with inflation.
5. Inflation is represented by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. NOI may not be correlated to or continue to keep pace with inflation.
6. Average yield calculated on a quarterly frequency for the trailing 10-year period ending December 31, 2022. After tax calculations assumes taxation at the highest marginal tax rate for each security income type. Assumes all real estate securities yield is eligible for the 20% Qualified Business Income deduction. Does not include the Medicare surcharge of 3.8% as well as state and local taxes.
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Risk Factors
Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT, Inc. (“CNSREIT”) is a newly organized corporation formed to invest primarily in high quality, income-focused, stabilized assets within the United States. This investment involves a high degree of risk. You should purchase these securities only if you can afford the complete loss of your investment. You should read the prospectus carefully for a description of the risks associated with an investment in CNSREIT. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
- We have a limited operating history, and there is no assurance that we will achieve our investment objectives.
- Because this is a “blind pool” offering, you will not have the opportunity to evaluate our future investments before we make them.
- Since there is no public trading market for shares of our common stock, repurchase of shares by us will likely be the only way to dispose of your shares. Our share repurchase plan will provide stockholders with the opportunity to request that we repurchase their shares on a monthly basis, but we are not obligated to repurchase any shares and may choose to repurchase only some, or even none, of the shares that have been requested to be repurchased in any particular month in our sole discretion. In addition, repurchases will be subject to available liquidity and other significant restrictions. Further, our board of directors may make exceptions to, modify or suspend our share repurchase plan if, in its reasonable judgment, it deems such action to be in our best interest and the best interest of our stockholders, such as when repurchase requests would place an undue burden on our liquidity, adversely affect our operations or risk having an adverse impact on us that would outweigh the benefit of repurchasing our shares. Our board of directors cannot terminate our share repurchase plan absent a liquidity event that results in our stockholders receiving cash or securities listed on a national securities exchange or where otherwise required by law. As a result, our shares should be considered as having only limited liquidity and at times may be illiquid.
- We are a perpetual-life REIT. While we may consider a liquidity event at any time in the future, we are not obligated by our charter or otherwise to effect a liquidity event at any time.
- We cannot guarantee that we will make distributions, and, if we do, we may fund such distributions from sources other than cash flow from operations, including, without limitation, the sale of or repayments under our assets, borrowings, return of capital or offering proceeds (including from sales of our common stock or Operating Partnership units to the Special Limited Partner (each term as defined in the prospectus), and distributions may also be funded at least in part, indirectly, due to expenses paid on our behalf by the Advisor pursuant to the Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement, which may be subject to reimbursement to the Advisor, and other temporary waivers or expense reimbursements to the Advisor or its affiliates, that may be subject to reimbursement to the Advisor or its affiliates. We have no limits on the amounts we may pay from such sources.
- The purchase and repurchase price for shares of our common stock are generally be based on our prior month’s net asset value (“NAV“) and are not based on any public trading market. While there will be independent valuations of our properties from time to time, the valuation of properties is inherently subjective and our NAV may not accurately reflect the actual price at which our properties could be liquidated on any given day.
- We have no employees and are dependent on the Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”) to conduct our operations. The Adviser will face conflicts of interest as a result of, among other things, the allocation of investment opportunities among us and other Cohen & Steers Accounts (as defined in CNSREIT’s prospectus), the allocation of time of its investment professionals and the fees that we will pay to the Adviser.
- Principal and interest payments on any borrowings will reduce the amount of funds available for distribution or investment in additional real estate assets.
- There are limits on the ownership and transferability of our shares.
- This is a “best efforts” offering. If we are not able to raise a substantial amount of capital in the near term, our ability to achieve our investment objectives could be adversely affected.
- If we fail to qualify as a REIT and no relief provisions apply, our NAV and cash available for distribution to our stockholders could materially decrease.
- While our investment strategy is to invest in income-focused stabilized private real estate with a focus on providing current income to investors, there is no guarantee that we will achieve this strategy and an investment in us is not an investment in a fixed income instrument.
- The acquisition of investment properties may be financed in substantial part by borrowing, which increases our exposure to loss. The use of leverage involves a high degree of financial risk and will increase the exposure of the investments to adverse economic factors.
- Investing in commercial and other private real estate assets involves certain risks, including but not limited to: tenants’ inability to pay rent; increases in interest rates and lack of availability of financing; tenant turnover and vacancies; and changes in supply of or demand for similar properties in a given market.
- Substantial risks are involved in investing in real estate and real estate-related securities more generally. An unstable geopolitical climate and central bank policies could have a material adverse effect on general economic conditions, market conditions and liquidity. Additionally, a serious pandemic or natural disaster could severely disrupt global, national and/or regional economies, as experienced most recently after the March 2020 outbreak of COVID-19. Renewed outbreaks or the outbreak of new epidemics could result in health or other government authorities requiring the closure of offices or other businesses, including office buildings, retail stores and other commercial venues and could also result in a general economic decline.
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