0001415889-23-016515.txt : 20231215 0001415889-23-016515.hdr.sgml : 20231215 20231215123802 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-23-016515 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231206 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231215 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231215 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Paul Taylor M. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0002003719 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-52596 FILM NUMBER: 231489508 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O ARES MANAGEMENT, ONE TABOR CENTER STREET 2: 1200 17TH STREET, SUITE 2900 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001327978 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 300309068 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TABOR CENTER STREET 2: 1200 SEVENTEENTH STREET, SUITE 2900 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 BUSINESS PHONE: (303)228-2200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE TABOR CENTER STREET 2: 1200 SEVENTEENTH STREET, SUITE 2900 CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Black Creek Diversified Property Fund Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20170901 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Dividend Capital Diversified Property Fund Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120712 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Dividend Capital Total Realty Trust Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050520 3 1 form3-12152023_051257.xml X0206 3 2023-12-06 1 0001327978 Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. NONE 0002003719 Paul Taylor M. ONE TABOR CENTER, 1200 17TH STREET SUITE 2900 DENVER CO 80202 false true false false CFO and Treasurer Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney. No securities are beneficially owned. /s/ Andrew Ko, Attorney-in-Fact 2023-12-15 EX-24 2 ex24-12152023_051210.htm ex24-12152023_051210.htm


POWER OF ATTORNEY

FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING PURPOSES


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey W. Taylor and Andrew Ko as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:


(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Ares Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned’s ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;


(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form or report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or similar authority (including any stock exchange if the securities of the Company are ever listed); and


(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing, which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.


The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this day of December 6, 2023.


/s/ TAYLOR M. PAUL


Taylor M. Paul


Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer