Along with more female representation on boards, “there is also a need for REITs to recruit directors outside of their industry,” says Annalisa Barrett of Board Governance Research LLC.

Here's a look at the trends, announcements and deals you may have missed at the mid-week point in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

According to research from CBRE, brick-and-mortar retailers with an omni-channel platform are outperforming ecommerce-only retailers.

The Bahrain-based alternative investment manager reports that its U.S. based real estate arm acquisitions raised Investcorp's investment in U.S. real estate over the past 18 months to more than $1.8 billion.