Leo Wells, President, Wells Real Estate Funds, Elected to NAREIT(R) Board
NAREIT Is the Worldwide Representative Voice for REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) and Publicly Traded Real Estate Companies With an Interest in U.S. Real Estate and Capital Markets
2009-11-11 09:18:04 -
NORCROSS, GA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/11/09 -- Leo Wells, president and founder of Wells Real Estate Funds, has been elected to the Board of Governors of NAREIT®, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts®. Mr. Wells' election was announced at NAREIT's annual convention, in Phoenix, AZ. Mr.
Wells is one of only a few board members who manage nontraded REITs -- real estate companies whose shares do not trade on the major exchanges.
Quotes:
"Our company has been a member and supporter of NAREIT for years, and I'm honored and excited to join the Board of Governors," said Leo Wells. "I hope to help the organization continue to provide leadership to our industry."
"The REIT industry has grown tremendously in just a generation, both in publicly traded companies and in nontraded REITs," said Wells. "I'm looking forward to working with NAREIT members across the industry, as we look to the next era in commercial real estate investing."
About NAREIT
NAREIT is the worldwide representative voice for REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) and publicly traded real estate companies with an interest in U.S. real estate and capital markets. NAREIT's members are REITs and other businesses throughout the world that own, operate and finance income-producing real estate, as well as those firms and individuals who advise, study and service those businesses. For more information, visit www.REIT.com :
www.REIT.com .
About Leo Wells
Leo Wells is the founder and president of Wells Real Estate Funds, one of the nation's leading sponsors of public, nontraded real estate investments. Since 1984, Wells Real Estate Funds has served more than 200,000 investors; in one survey of more than 450 Wells REIT investors. Mr.
Wells was named Ernst & Young's 2003 Entrepreneur of the Year in financial services, a Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business, and a 2006 nominee for the Turknett Leadership Character Awards.
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