We ConnectIndustry & Policy Leaders
Our Mission
The Real Estate Roundtable brings together leaders of the nationโ€™s top publicly-held and privately-owned real estate ownership, development, lending, and management firms with leaders of major national real estate trade associations to address key national policy issues impacting real estate and the economy.
Who We Are

The Real Estate Roundtable is an invitation-only organization whose members are the Chairs, Presidents, and CEOs of top public and privately-owned real estate entities and trade associations, across every segment of the commercial real estate industry โ€“ as well as the Managing Directors of major national and international financial, pension, and lending entities. Roundtable members also include significant local and regional real estate leaders and advisors, along with the elected leaders of 18 national real estate associations.

Members of The Real Estate Roundtable work closely with Washington lawmakers and regulators to produce meaningful results on key national issues that affect the industry. The organization is committed to fact-based analysis of issues and sound, asset-related policies that have a positive impact on economic growth, job-creation, and local communities.

The Real Estate Roundtable is the Public Policy Advocate for the U.S. Commercial Real Estate Industry.

ORGANIZATION BREAKDOWN
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  • OWNERS — 67%
  • FINANCIAL SERVICES — 20%
  • ASSET MANAGERS — 3%
  • REAL ESTATE TRADE ORGANIZATIONS — 10%
Owners
  • 55% PRIVATE
  • 44% PUBLIC
  • 14% OFFICE
  • 46% MIXED
  • 12% RETAIL
  • 12% HOTEL
  • 11% HOUSING
  • 4% INDUSTRIAL
  • 2% OTHER
Asset Managers
Financial Services
  • 58% BANKS (COMMERCIALS & INVESTMENT)
  • 26% INSURERS
  • 16% MORTGAGE BANKERS
Real Estate Trade Organizations
  • AHLA, ARDA, AFIRE, BOMA, CREFC, CREW, ICSC, MBA, NAIOP, NAA, NAHB, NAREIM, NAREIT, NAR, NMHC, PREA, REEC, ULI

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Our Board and Staff

The Roundtable’s Board is elected from our membership and includes at least four elected leaders representing our national real estate trade organization partners. Our Board, with the advice and recommendations from our policy advisory committees, drive The Roundtable’s mission and help achieve positive policy outcomes.

Roundtable Chair John F. Fish (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SUFFOLK), left, and Jeffrey DeBoer, Roundtable President and CEO
Partner Organizations and Associations

Our 18 national real estate trade association partners represent more than one million people involved in virtually every aspect of the real estate business. By bringing together the representatives of these organizations with the nation’s top public and privately-held real estate ownership, development, lending, and management firms, The Real Estate Roundtable helps ensure that a more cohesive voice is presented to the government and the public about the real estate industry and its important role in the global economy.

What We Do
Our Mission
The Real Estate Roundtable brings deep experience and real-world, data-based analysis to national policy discussions. We identify, analyze, and coordinate policy positions on national issues impacting the commercial real estate industry. Roundtable members are eager to help our nation meet its current challenges and bring long-term sustainability to the industry, which generates tax revenue that fuels local governments; supports retirees, schools, and hospitals; and creates economic growth for businesses.
The Roundtable's Membership
12 Billion ftยฒ
of office, retail, and industrial space
+4 Million
Apartments
+3 Million
people working in real estate
+5 Million
Hotel Rooms
Membership Information

Roundtable members join an exclusive group of real estate leaders focused on coordinating a national policy agenda focused on the continued prosperity of our industry and our economy.ย 

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Education Research Foundation

The Roundtable’s Foundation advances the industry’s support of research and education in areas of public interest affecting real estate, including but not limited to: the environment, public safety, cultural diversity, and the economic sustainability of communities.

REALPAC: The Real Estate Roundtable's Political Action Committee

REALPAC serves The Roundtableโ€™s mission and work to educate policymakers and the public about real estate and its significance to the economy. REALPAC supports candidates for federal office who give thoughtful consideration to public polices advocated by the real estate community that are in the national public interest. REALPAC is funded by voluntary contributions from individual members of The Real Estate Roundtable.