this article is about the real estate association . for the village in estonia see epra . the european public real estate association type real estate association industry real estate founded 1999 headquarters brussels belgium key people luciano gabriel chairman philip charls chief executive website www.epra.com the european public real estate association epra is a non profit association representing europe s publicly listed property companies . it is run by an independent management board 1 chaired by luciano gabriel 2 ceo of swiss property firm psp swiss property . contents 1 history 2 activities 3 external links 4 references history edit from its formation in amsterdam in 1999 partnering initially with euronext and later with ftse 3 and nareit 4 the three bodies established the ftse epra nareit global index series 5 which is now used as the global indices platform from which to benchmark the performance of stock exchange quoted property companies and real estate investment trusts . the association has been located in brussels since 2009 . activities edit raising the understanding of real estate in relation to investments and its role in society in general is a core activity for epra . property company data and statistics derived from the indices form the basis of wide ranging academic research on the listed sector both commissioned by epra and independently conducted . on a financial reporting level epra s aim is to establish consistent reporting across the real estate sector . the association encourages the adoption of an industry wide set of financial reporting kpis and gold silver & bronze best practices reporting bpr 6 accreditations are issued to companies based on the analysis of accounts by auditor deloitte . external links edit official site 7 references edit dominic turnbull . assoc. structure . chairman pdf . ftse partnerships . nareit partnerships . ftse epra nareit global index series . turnbull dominic . epra best practices recommendations . epra . epra annual report 2014 pdf . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title european public real estate association & oldid 669188306 categories non profit organisations based in belgiumreal estate related professional associations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschnederlands edit links this page was last modified on 29 june 2015 at 14 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view