SITC - Shopping Center REITs - Dividend Outlook 2021
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A Quick History of Shopping Center REITs
Shopping center REITs represent an established category within the REIT space, dating back to Federal Realty's (FRT) IPO in 1962. Typically anchored by a grocery store, these local community centers are a suburban mainstay and historically churned out 3% NOI growth like clockwork. Yet there has been stress on the shopping center REITs over the last few years, resulting in elevated dividend payout ratios. These problems can be attributed to three general areas:
- The trend toward lower leverage is dilutive to cash-on-cash returns. For example, Retail