Codes of Conduct for Real Estate Companies

Here is a collection of Codes of Ethics for real estate companies. All of the public REITs have codes to comply with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, so I only included a few that I liked or am familiar with. My purpose was to focus on private equity real estate.

[This is horribly out of date. I don’t think any of the links are working any more.]

Company Type Public Link Date of Code Date Added
Alexandria Real Estate Owner/Operator Public http://www1.snl.com/Cache/1001149891.PDF?D=&O=PDF&IID=111908&Y=&T=&FID=1001149891 12/14/2009 3/5/2010
AMB Property Owner/Operator Public http://www.snl.com/IRWebLinkX/GenPage.aspx?IID=113661&GKP=203826 3/5/2010
Behringer Harvard Investment Company Public http://www.behringerharvard.com/uploadedFiles/Footer_Nav/Governance/Amended%20and%20Restated%20Code%20of%20Conduct%20%286.18.08%29.pdf 6/18/2008 3/5/2010
BlackRock Kelso Investment Adivser Public http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/20/209952/corpgov/Code_of_Ethics_and_Business_Conduct_2009_FINAL_031309.pdf 3/4/2009 3/5/2010
Blackstone Group Investment Adviser Public http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/BX/0x0x115058/55AD65DD-4E40-4814-A41E-D328F981A648/CodeofEthicsforFinancialProfessionals6-26-07.pdf 3/5/2010
Boston Properties Owner/Operator Public http://ir.bostonproperties.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=120176&p=irol-govconduct 10/21/2008 3/5/2010
CB Richard Ellis
(Code of Conduct for Senior Officers)
Service Public http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/17/176560/corpgov/ethics1205.pdf 4/1/2004 3/5/2010
CB Richard Ellis
(standards of business conduct)
Services Public http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/17/176560/corpgov/conduct0806.pdf 9/20/2004 3/5/2010
Colonial Properties Owner/Operator Public http://www.snl.com/Cache/1500023098.PDF?D=&O=PDF&IID=103076&Y=&T=&FID=1500023098 1/3/2009 3/5/2010
DCT Industrial Owner/Operator Public http://www.snl.com/Cache/1001134429.PDF?D=&O=PDF&IID=4074543&Y=&T=&FID=1001134429 11/27/2006 3/5/2010
Digital Realty Owner/Operator Public http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MTkyMTN8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1 10/24/2004 3/5/2010
Duke Ralty Owner/Operator Public http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NTMyM3xDaGlsZElEPS0xfFR5cGU9Mw==&t=1 4/1/2009 3/5/2010
Essex Property Owner/Operator Public http://www.snl.com/Cache/1500016973.PDF?D=&O=PDF&IID=103163&Y=&T=&FID=1500016973 3/5/2010
Extra Space Storate Owner/Operator Public http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NTQ1OXxDaGlsZElEPS0xfFR5cGU9Mw==&t=1 5/23/2007 3/5/2010
Grubb & Ellis Services Public http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9NTQxNnxDaGlsZElEPS0xfFR5cGU9Mw==&t=1
Henderson Group Diversified Adviser UK Public http://www.henderson.com/content/hendersongroup/restricted/documents/corporategovernance/2007-12-14_codeofconduct.pdf 3/5/2010
Invesco Diversified Adviser Public http://www.invesco.com/about/code.of.conduct.pdf 9/1/2009 3/5/2010
Jones Lang Laselle Services Public http://www.joneslanglasalle.com/InvestorPDFs/JLL_EthicsBrochure_Final_8.1.2008.pdf 6/1/2008 3/5/2010
Kimco Realty Owner/Operator Public http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/87/87126/Kim_conduct_0508.pdf 3/5/2010
Prudential Diversified Adviser Public http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/12/129695/_MTRC%20IR%20VERSION%20052808.pdf 9/28/2007 3/5/2010
Toll Brothers Home Construction Public http://www.tollbrothers.com/pdfs/ethics_policy.pdf 6/1/2007 3/5/2010
SL Green Owner/Operator Public http://investor.shareholder.com/slg/documentdisplay.cfm?DocumentID=2681 3/5/2010
Vornado Owner Operator Public http://www.vno.com/corporate_governance/code_conduct_ethics.phtml 3/5/2010
Wells Real Estate Funds Investment Company Public http://www.wellsref.com/docs/MF-CodeofEthics.pdf 3/5/2010

 

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