City Office REIT, Inc. Stock News

REITs endured a brutal three-plus-year stretch since March 2022, underperforming the S&P 500 by an unprecedented 70 percentage points, far worse than the Global Financial Crisis. Extreme underperformance has left REITs historically cheap despite solid property-level fundamentals, but this valuation discount carries a cost: elevated capital costs, suppressed transaction activity, and limited ext...

The price-to-net asset value valuations for publicly listed US equity real estate investment trusts rose in November, after two consecutive months of decline. US equity REITs closed November at a median 18.2% discount to their consensus NAV per share estimates, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. Healthcare REITs posted the highest median premium to NAV.

REITs trade at large discounts to their net asset values. They are increasingly becoming targets for activists and private equity. I discuss 3 REITs that are likely buyout targets.

M&A activity is surging in infrastructure and real estate as regulatory and financial barriers ease, unlocking value in discounted public assets. Public REITs and infrastructure stocks trading below NAV are prime targets for private equity buyouts, often at significant premiums to market prices. Top buyout candidates include Global Medical REIT (GMRE) and Farmland Partners (FPI), both trading a...

U.S. equity markets posted mixed performance this week- while long-term yields jumped- after the Federal Reserve cut short-term rates for a second-straight meeting, but reigned in expectations for future cuts. Fed Chair Powell hawkishly pushed back on market expectations, saying that another cut in December was "far" from certain and highlighting "strongly differing views" within the committee....

City Office REIT is being acquired by MCME Carell Holdings. Shareholders have approved the merger. Preferred Series A dividend continues to accrue.

U.S. equity markets rebounded this past week as the White House resumed negotiations with China following a major tariff threat, while investors focused on bank earnings that raised some eyebrows. Consistent with the "risk-off" theme that has prevailed amid the ongoing federal government shutdown with no resolution in sight, short-term Treasury yields receded to the lowest levels in three years...

VANCOUVER , Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- City Office REIT, Inc. (NYSE: CIO) (the "Company" or "City Office") announced today that the stockholders of the Company voted to approve the merger pursuant to which all of the issued and outstanding shares of City Office will be acquired by MCME Carell Holdings, LP and MCME Carell Merger Sub, LLC (the "Merger"). The final voting results of the proposa...