Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund

 

FORM N-PX

 

ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-10491

 

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Gifford R. Zimmerman – Chief Administrative Officer

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 312-917-7700

 

Date of fiscal year-end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2010

 

Item 1. Proxy Voting Record

 

Proxy Voting Summary

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund

July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

 

Company Name    HCP, Inc.

 

Ticker      HCP    CUSIP    40414L109
Meeting Date      22-Apr-10    Meeting Type    Annual
Item Number      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director James F. Flaherty III    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Christine N. Garvey    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director David B. Henry    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director Lauralee E. Martin    Management    For    For
1.5      Elect Director Michael D. Mckee    Management    For    For
1.6      Elect Director Harold M. Messmer, Jr.    Management    For    For

1.7

     

Elect Director Peter L. Rhein

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.8

     

Elect Director Kenneth B. Roath

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.9

     

Elect Director Richard M. Rosenberg

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.10

     

Elect Director Joseph P. Sullivan

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

3

     

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

   

Share Holder

   

Against

   

Against

 

Company Name    Apartment Investment and Management Company

 

Ticker      AIV    CUSIP    03748R101
Meeting Date      26-Apr-10    Meeting Type    Annual
Item Number      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1      Elect Director James N. Bailey    Management    For    For
2      Elect Director Terry Considine    Management    For    For
3      Elect Director Richard S. Ellwood    Management    For    For
4      Elect Director Thomas L. Keltner    Management    For    For
5      Elect Director J. Landis Martin    Management    For    For
6      Elect Director Robert A. Miller    Management    For    For

7

     

Elect Director Kathleen M. Nelson

   

Management

   

For

   

For

8

     

Elect Director Michael A. Stein

   

Management

   

For

   

For

9

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    Ventas, Inc.

 

Ticker      VTR    CUSIP    92276F100
Meeting Date      30-Apr-10    Meeting Type    Annual
Item Number      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Debra A. Cafaro    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Douglas Crocker, II    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Ronald G. Geary    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director Jay M. Gellert    Management    For    For
1.5      Elect Director Robert D. Reed    Management    For    For
1.6      Elect Director Sheli Z. Rosenberg    Management    For    For

1.7

     

Elect Director James D. Shelton

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.8

     

Elect Director Thomas C. Theobald

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

3

     

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

   

Share Holder

   

Against

   

Against

 

Company Name    Federal Realty Investment Trust

 

Ticker      FRT    CUSIP    313747206
Meeting Date      04-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual
Item Number      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Jon E. Bortz    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director David W. Faeder    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Kristin Gamble    Management    For    For
2      Ratify Auditors    Management    For    For
3      Approve Omnibus Stock Plan    Management    For    For
4      Prepare Sustainability Report    Share Holder    Against    Against

 

Company Name    Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.

 

Ticker      SHO    CUSIP    867892101
Meeting Date      05-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual
Item Number      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Robert A. Alter    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Arthur L. Buser, Jr.    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Lewis N. Wolff    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director Z. Jamie Behar    Management    For    For
1.5      Elect Director Thomas A. Lewis, Jr.    Management    For    For
1.6      Elect Director Keith M. Locker    Management    For    For

1.7

     

Elect Director Keith P. Russell

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

3

     

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    AMB Property Corporation

 

Ticker      AMB    CUSIP    00163T109
Meeting Date      06-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual
Item Number      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1      Elect Director T. Robert Burke    Management    For    For
2      Elect Director David A. Cole    Management    For    For
3      Elect Director Lydia H. Kennard    Management    For    For
4      Elect Director J. Michael Losh    Management    For    For
5      Elect Director Hamid R. Moghadam    Management    For    For
6      Elect Director Frederick W. Reid    Management    For    For

7

     

Elect Director Jeffrey L. Skelton

   

Management

   

For

   

For

8

     

Elect Director Thomas W. Tusher

   

Management

   

For

   

For

9

     

Elect Director Carl B. Webb

   

Management

   

For

   

For

10

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    Health Care REIT, Inc.

 

Ticker      HCN    CUSIP    42217K106
Meeting Date      06-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual
Item Number      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Thomas J. DeRosa    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Jeffrey H. Donahue    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Fred S. Klipsch    Management    For    For
2      Ratify Auditors    Management    For    For

 

Company Name    Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

 

Ticker      HST    CUSIP    44107P104
Meeting Date      06-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual
Item Number      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1      Elect Director Roberts M. Baylis    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Willard W. Brittain, Jr.    Management    For    For
3      Elect Director Terence C. Golden    Management    For    For
4      Elect Director Ann McLaughlin Korologos    Management    For    Against
5      Elect Director Richard E. Marriott    Management    For    For
6      Elect Director John B. Morse, Jr.    Management    For    For

7

     

Elect Director Gordon H. Smith

   

Management

   

For

   

For

8

     

Elect Director W. Edward Walter

   

Management

   

For

   

For

9

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    Public Storage

 

Ticker      PSA    CUSIP    74460D109
Meeting Date      06-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director B. Wayne Hughes    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Ronald L. Havner, Jr.    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Dann V. Angeloff    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director William C. Baker    Management    For    For
1.5      Elect Director John T. Evans    Management    For    For
1.6      Elect Director Tamara Hughes Gustavson    Management    For    For

1.7

     

Elect Director Uri P. Harkham

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.8

     

Elect Director B. Wayne Hughes, Jr.

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.9

     

Elect Director Harvey Lenkin

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.10

     

Elect Director Avedick B. Poladian

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.11

     

Elect Director Gary E. Pruitt

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.12

     

Elect Director Ronald P. Spogli

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.13

     

Elect Director Daniel C. Staton

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    Simon Property Group, Inc.

 

Ticker      SPG    CUSIP    828806109
Meeting Date      06-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1      Elect Director Melvyn E. Bergstein    Management    For    For
2      Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe    Management    For    For
3      Elect Director Larry C. Glasscock    Management    For    For
4      Elect Director Karen N. Horn, PhD    Management    For    For
5      Elect Director Allan Hubbard    Management    For    For
6      Elect Director Reuben S. Leibowitz    Management    For    For

7

     

Elect Director Daniel C. Smith, PhD

   

Management

   

For

   

For

8

     

Elect Director J. Albert Smith, Jr.

   

Management

   

For

   

For

9

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    Saul Centers, Inc.

 

Ticker      BFS    CUSIP    804395101
Meeting Date      07-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director General P.X. Kelley    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Charles R. Longsworth    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Patrick F. Noonan    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director B. Francis Saul III    Management    For    For
2      Ratify Auditors    Management    For    For
3      Other Business    Management    For    Against

 

Company Name    Senior Housing Properties Trust

 

Ticker      SNH    CUSIP    81721M109
Meeting Date      12-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Trustee John L. Harrington    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Trustee Mr. Adam Portnoy    Management    For    For
2      Ratify Auditors    Management    For    For

 

Company Name    Corporate Office Properties Trust

 

Ticker      OFC    CUSIP    22002T108
Meeting Date      13-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction

1.1

      Elect Director Jay H. Shidler    Management    For    For

1.2

     

Elect Director Clay W. Hamlin, III

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.3

     

Elect Director Thomas F. Brady

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.4

     

Elect Director Robert L. Denton

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.5

     

Elect Director Douglas M. Firstenberg

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.6

     

Elect Director Randall M. Griffin

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.7

     

Elect Director David M. Jacobstein

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.8

     

Elect Director Steven D. Kesler

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.9

     

Elect Director Kenneth S. Sweet, Jr.

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.10

     

Elect Director Richard Szafranski

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.11

     

Elect Director Kenneth D. Wethe

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

   

Management

   

For

   

For

3

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    Vornado Realty Trust

 

Ticker      VNO    CUSIP    929042109
Meeting Date      13-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction

1.1

      Elect Director Candace K. Beinecke    Management    For    For

1.2

     

Elect Director Robert P. Kogod

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.3

     

Elect Director David Mandelbaum

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.4

     

Elect Director Richard R. West

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

3

     

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

   

Management

   

For

   

For

4

     

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

   

Share Holder

   

Against

   

Against

5

     

Require Independent Board Chairman

   

Share Holder

   

Against

   

Against

6

     

Declassify the Board of Directors

   

Share Holder

   

Against

   

For

 

Company Name    Boston Properties, Inc.

 

Ticker      BXP    CUSIP    101121101
Meeting Date      18-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction

1.1

      Elect Director Mortimer B. Zuckerman    Management    For    For

1.2

     

Elect Director Carol B. Einiger

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.3

     

Elect Director Jacob A. Frenkel

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Declassify the Board of Directors and Eliminate Plurality Voting Standard For Election of Directors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

3

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

4

     

Prepare a Sustainability Report

   

Share Holder

   

Against

   

Against

5

     

Require Independent Board Chairman

   

Share Holder

   

Against

   

Against

 

Company Name    Essex Property Trust, Inc.

 

Ticker      ESS    CUSIP    297178105
Meeting Date      18-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction

1.1

      Elect Director Keith R. Guericke    Management    For    For

1.2

     

Elect Director Issie N. Rabinovitch

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.3

     

Elect Director Thomas E. Randlett

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

3

     

Other Business

   

Management

   

For

   

Against

 

Company Name    AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

 

Ticker      AVB    CUSIP    053484101
Meeting Date      19-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Bryce Blair    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Bruce A. Choate    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director John J. Healy, Jr.    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director Timothy J. Naughton    Management    For    For
1.5      Elect Director Lance R. Primis    Management    For    For
1.6      Elect Director Peter S. Rummell    Management    For    For

1.7

     

Elect Director H. Jay Sarles

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.8

     

Elect Director W. Edward Walter

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    Extra Space Storage Inc.

 

Ticker      EXR    CUSIP    30225T102
Meeting Date      19-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Spencer F. Kirk    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Anthony Fanticola    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Hugh W. Horne    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director Joseph D. Margolis    Management    For    For
1.5      Elect Director Roger B. Porter    Management    For    For
1.6      Elect Director K. Fred Skousen    Management    For    For

1.7

     

Elect Director Kenneth M. Woolley

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    Taubman Centers, Inc.

 

Ticker      TCO    CUSIP    876664103
Meeting Date      21-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Jerome A. Chazen    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Craig M. Hatkoff    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Ronald W. Tysoe    Management    For    For
2      Ratify Auditors    Management    For    For
3      Amend Omnibus Stock Plan    Management    For    For

 

Company Name    Mack-Cali Realty Corporation

 

Ticker      CLI    CUSIP    554489104
Meeting Date      25-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Alan S. Bernikow    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Kenneth M. Duberstein    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Vincent Tese    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director Roy J. Zuckerberg    Management    For    For
2      Ratify Auditors    Management    For    For

 

Company Name    Douglas Emmett, Inc.

 

Ticker      DEI    CUSIP    25960P109
Meeting Date      27-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Director Dan A. Emmett    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Director Jordan L. Kaplan    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Director Kenneth M. Panzer    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Director Leslie E. Bider    Management    For    For
1.5      Elect Director Ghebre Selassie Mehreteab    Management    For    For
1.6      Elect Director Thomas E. O’Hern    Management    For    For

1.7

     

Elect Director Andrea Rich

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.8

     

Elect Director William Wilson III

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    The Macerich Company

 

Ticker      MAC    CUSIP    554382101
Meeting Date      27-May-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1      Elect Director Arthur M. Coppola    Management    For    For
2      Elect Director Edward C. Coppola    Management    For    For
3      Elect Director James S. Cownie    Management    For    For
4      Elect Director Fred S. Hubbell    Management    For    For
5      Elect Director Mason G. Ross    Management    For    For
6      Elect Director Dr. William P. Sexton    Management    For    For

7

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

 

Company Name    SL Green Realty Corp.

 

Ticker      SLG    CUSIP    78440X101
Meeting Date      15-Jun-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Director Edwin T. Burton, III    Management    For    For
2      Amend Omnibus Stock Plan    Management    For    For
3      Ratify Auditors    Management    For    For

 

Company Name    Equity Residential

 

Ticker      EQR    CUSIP    29476L107
Meeting Date      16-Jun-10    Meeting Type    Annual

Item

Number

      Proposal    Proponent    Management Recommendation    Vote Instruction
1.1      Elect Trustee John W. Alexander    Management    For    For
1.2      Elect Trustee Charles L. Atwood    Management    For    For
1.3      Elect Trustee Linda Walker Bynoe    Management    For    For
1.4      Elect Trustee Boone A. Knox    Management    For    For
1.5      Elect Trustee John E. Neal    Management    For    For
1.6      Elect Trustee David J. Neithercut    Management    For    For

1.7

     

Elect Trustee Mark S. Shapiro

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.8

     

Elect Trustee Gerald A. Spector

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.9

     

Elect Trustee B. Joseph White

   

Management

   

For

   

For

1.10

     

Elect Trustee Samuel Zell

   

Management

   

For

   

For

2

     

Ratify Auditors

   

Management

   

For

   

For

3

     

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Trustees

   

Share Holder

   

Against

   

Against

SIGNATURES:

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund

 

By

  

/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman

   

Gifford R. Zimmerman – Chief Administrative Officer

Date    

 

August 26, 2010