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Overview
- .reit is a community gTLD created for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
- The string targets companies that own and actively manage income-producing commercial real estate.
- The term "REIT" refers to entities established to own and operate income-producing property; REITs originated in the United States in 1960 and now exist globally.
- The TLD is pronounced "reets."
History
- Proposed as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program (revealed on 13 June 2012).
- Applicant: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc.
- Registry listed: CentralNic.
- Registry Agreement signed with ICANN on 4 September 2014 after passing Initial Evaluation.
- Delegated to the DNS Root Zone on 12 November 2014, completing the successful application.
- TLD type: Community gTLD.
Usage and Audience
- Intended audience: official REITs and organizations that meet national legal definitions of a Real Estate Investment Trust.
- Typical users: companies that own and actively manage income-producing commercial real estate, REIT industry groups, and market participants seeking sector-specific domain identity.
Registration Rules
- Registration is restricted to official REITs as defined and recognized by relevant national laws.
- Further technical details (allowed characters, registration periods, registrar list) are not specified in the provided source.
Operator
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc.
Whois
% IANA WHOIS server % for more information on IANA, visit http://www.iana.org % This query returned 1 object domain: REIT organisation: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. address: 1875 I ST NW address: Washington DC 20006 address: United States of America (the) contact: administrative name: VP, Operations organisation: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. address: 1875 I ST NW address: Washington DC 20006 address: United States of America (the) phone: +1.2027399400 fax-no: +1.2027399401 e-mail: rootzone@nareit.com contact: technical name: CTO organisation: CentralNic address: Saddlers House, 4th Floor address: 44 Gutter Lane address: London EC2V 6BR address: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) phone: +44 20 33 88 0600 fax-no: +44 20 33 88 0601 e-mail: tld.ops@centralnic.com nserver: A.NIC.REIT 194.169.218.38 2001:67c:13cc:0:0:0:1:38 nserver: B.NIC.REIT 185.24.64.38 2a04:2b00:13cc:0:0:0:1:38 nserver: C.NIC.REIT 212.18.248.38 2a04:2b00:13ee:0:0:0:0:38 nserver: D.NIC.REIT 212.18.249.38 2a04:2b00:13ff:0:0:0:0:38 ds-rdata: 44512 8 2 661fbde636973834f5d417d3897ddf8590461da6f020cfaa4274718dd926c523 ds-rdata: 51490 8 2 4dd84ee5eaf91cbbd8fddc5ab21382c030860e1fa9bf9d6412d8b4fe5dc9e353 whois: whois.nic.reit status: ACTIVE remarks: Registration information: http://www.reit.com created: 2014-10-23 changed: 2023-09-19 source: IANA