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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-066024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZARE"
cik: "0001327978"
company_name: "Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc."
filed_at: "2026-10-15T21:25:07+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-15T21:26:09.221959+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares Real Estate Income Trust NAV rises to $8.2841/share; Q3 acquisitions total $1.1B

## Summary
- NAV per fund interest rose to $8.2841 at Sept 30, 2026 from $8.2769 at Aug 31; Aggregate Fund NAV $3.95B on total investments of $10.47B.
- Portfolio spans 170 properties, ~36M sq ft in 35 U.S. markets, 95% leased; leverage 35% and weighted-average borrowing rate 4.97%.
- Q3 buys: nine retail, four industrial, four residential and one self-storage property for $1.1B contractual price; part of one industrial asset sold for $5M.
- Trailing-12-month rent growth on comparable commercial leases averaged 26% cash / 41% GAAP; industrial 33%/46%; residential rents fell 1%.
- Declared $0.03583/share monthly distribution for Sept 2026; Q3 gross proceeds raised ~$183M and $27M of redemptions for July-September.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-066024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZARE
- cik: 0001327978
- company_name: Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-10-15T21:25:07+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000162828026066024/0001628280-26-066024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1327978/000162828026066024/are-20260930.htm

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