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- KDX Realty Investment Corporation (8972.T), a Japan-based real estate investment trust sponsored by Kenedix, Inc. and managed by Kenedix Real Estate Fund Management, Inc., invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of income-producing properties across office buildings, residential properties, retail facilities, logistics facilities, hotels, and healthcare facilities; its portfolio comprises 343 properties with a total acquisition price of 1,191.7 billion yen as of October 1, 2025, including 88 office buildings valued at 417.6 billion yen, 134 residential properties at 312.2 billion yen, 60 retail facilities at 278.8 billion yen, 13 logistics facilities at 37.6 billion yen, 6 hotels at 56.0 billion yen, and 42 healthcare facilities at 89.2 billion yen, concentrated mainly in the Tokyo 23 wards, other Tokyo Metropolitan Area locations, and regional urban areas such as ordinance-designated cities. Founded in 2005 as Kenedix Realty Investment Corporation and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Real Estate Investment Trust Market (securities code 8972) in July 2005, the company is headquartered at 2-1-6 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and operates with fiscal periods ending April 30 and October 31 each year. Originally focused on mid-sized office buildings after converting from a diversified REIT in 2006 and renaming to Kenedix Office Investment Corporation in 2014, it underwent a major strategic shift on November 1, 2023, through an absorption-type merger with Kenedix Residential Next Investment Corporation and Kenedix Retail REIT Corporation, adopting its current name and expanding into a multi-asset class J-REIT with assets under management exceeding 1.1 trillion yen as of late 2024. Recent portfolio optimization includes the acquisition of a warehouse in Japan's Chubu region from sponsor Kenedix for 12.4 billion yen and divestitures of 13 properties, including offices, residences, and the Resora Obu Shopping Terrace mall for 6.5 billion yen, with transactions completing in early 2025; the company also secured 12.4 billion yen in green and social loans along with additional 4.8 billion yen in financing to support ongoing asset reshuffling and growth initiatives. KDX Realty targets stable earnings and sustainable asset expansion through sponsor-supported acquisitions, maintaining a portfolio occupancy rate of 99.2% and declaring distributions such as 4,105 yen per unit ex-dividend October 30, 2025, with financial results for the period ended October 31, 2025, scheduled for announcement on December 17, 2025.