Headline News: REITs

• Health Care REIT board boosts quarterly dividend
  Real estate investment trust Health Care REIT Inc. said Thursday that it has raised its quarterly dividend by a penny to 69 cents.
  
• Health Care REIT declares second-quarter cash dividend
  Health Care REIT, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 of $0.69 per share. The dividend will be the company's 157th consecutive quarterly payment, payable August 20, 2010, to stockholders of record on August 9, 2010. The dividend is a one cent increase from the dividend paid for the first quarter of 2010.
  
• Split REIT Opportunity Trust Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid for Preferred Securities and Capital Units
  TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Split REIT Opportunity Trust announced today acceptance by the Toronto Stock Exchange of the Trust's Notice of Intention to make a Normal Course Issuer Bid for its Preferred Securities and Capital Units .
  
• Webcast Alert: Washington REIT Q2 2010 Earnings Conference Call
  Washington REIT Â announces the following Webcast:
  
• REIT implementation pushed
  Stakeholders in the newly introduced real estate investment trust (REIT) business yesterday called on the government to speedily implement the REIT law despite its fears of revenue losses.
  
• Health Care REIT, Inc. Increases Quarterly Dividend
  TOLEDO, Ohio----Health Care REIT, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 of $0.69 per share. The dividend will be the company’s 157th consecutive quarterly payment, payable August 20, 2010, to stockholders of record on August 9, 2010.
  
• AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT delivers 26.1% rise in net property income in 1Q to $7.9m
  AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT has announced a distribution to unitholders of $7.9 million for the first quarter ended 30 June 2010 (1QFY2011), which represents a DPU of 0.5376 cents. Gross revenue increased 46.4% year-on-year to $16.0 million in 1QFY2011. The increase was largely driven by the acquisition of 1A International Business Park and four industrial properties in 2HFY2010. Read more...
  
• CommonWealth REIT Second Quarter Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday, August 4th
  NEWTON, Mass.----CommonWealth REIT today announced that it will host a conference call in conjunction with the announcement of its second quarter 2010 financial results.
  
• CAP REIT buys apartments in B.C., sells in Ontario and Quebec
  TORONTO - Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:CAR.UN) said Friday it has bought eight apartment properties in British
  
• CAP REIT buys apartments in B.C., sells in Ontario and Quebec
  TORONTO - Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:CAR.UN) said Friday it has bought eight apartment properties in British Columbia, while divesting seven in Ontario and Quebec as it realigns its portfolio of buildings.