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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

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

333 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606

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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Gifford R. Zimmerman – Chief Administrative Officer

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(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, 2008

 

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Item 1. Proxy Voting Record

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund - Proxy Voting

July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008

 

Company Name

Ticker

CUSIP

Meeting Date

Item Number

Description of Proposal

Proposed By

Management Recommendation

Vote Cast

Apartment Investment & Management Co.

AIV

03748R101

4/28/2008

1.1

Elect Director James N. Bailey

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Terry Considine

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Richard S. Ellwood

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Thomas L. Keltner

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director J. Landis Martin

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Robert A. Miller

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Thomas L. Rhodes

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director Michael A. Stein

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc.

AHT

44103109

6/10/2008

1.1

Elect Director Archie Bennett, Jr.

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Montgomery J. Bennett

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Martin L. Edelman

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director W.D. Minami

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director W. Michael Murphy

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Phillip S. Payne

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Charles P. Toppino

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Management

For

For

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

AVB

53484101

5/21/2008

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 Gilbert M. Meyer

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Timothy J. Naughton

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Lance R. Primis

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Peter S. Rummell <p>

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director H. Jay Sarles <p>

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Boston Properties Inc.

BXP

101121101

5/12/2008

1.1

Elect Director Lawrence S. Bacow

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Zoe Baird

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Alan J. Patricof

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Martin Turchin

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Declassify the Board of Directors

Shareholder

Against

Against

Brandywine Realty Trust

BDN

105368203

6/18/2008

1.1

Elect Director Walter D’Alessio

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director D. Pike Aloian

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Anthony A. Nichols, Sr.

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Donald E. Axinn

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Wyche Fowler

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Michael J. Joyce

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Charles P. Pizzi

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director Gerard H. Sweeney

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Cogdell Spencer Inc

CSA

19238U107

5/29/2008

1.1

Elect Director J.W. Cogdell, Chairman

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Frank C. Spencer

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director John R. Georgius

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Richard B. Jennings

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Christopher E. Lee

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director David J. Lubar

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Richard C. Neugent

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director Scott A. Ransom

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director Randolph D. Smoak, M.D.

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Approve Exchange of Units Shares for Common Stock

Management

For

For

DCT Industrial Trust Inc.

DCT

233153105

5/20/2008

1.1

Elect Director Thomas G. Wattles

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Philip L. Hawkins

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Phillip R. Altinger

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Thomas F. August

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director John S. Gates, Jr.

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Tripp H. Hardin

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director James R. Mulvihill

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director John C. O'Keeffe

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director Bruce L. Warwick

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Diamondrock Hospitality Company

DRH

252784301

4/24/2008

1.1

Elect Director William W. McCarten

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Daniel J. Altobello

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director W. Robert Grafton

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Maureen L. McAvey

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Gilbert T. Ray

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director John L. Williams

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Equity Residential

EQR

29476L107

6/10/2008

1.1

Elect Trustee John W. Alexander

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Trustee Charles L. Atwood

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Trustee Stephen O. Evans

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 Desiree G. Rogers

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Trustee Sheli Z. Rosenberg

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Trustee Gerald A. Spector

Management

For

For

1.1

Elect Trustee B. Joseph White

Management

For

For

1.11

Elect Trustee Samuel Zell

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Extra Space Storage Inc.

EXR

30225T102

5/21/2008

1.1

Elect Director Kenneth M. Woolley

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 Spencer F. Kirk

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Joseph D. Margolis

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Roger B. Porter

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director K. Fred Skousen

Management

For

For

2

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Management

For

For

3

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Federal Realty Investment Trust

FRT

313747206

5/7/2008

1

Elect Trustee Warren M. Thompson

Management

For

For

2

Elect Trustee Donald C. Wood

Management

For

For

3

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

4

Declassify the Board of Trustees

Shareholder

Against

Against

HCP Inc.

HCP

40414L109

4/24/2008

1.1

Elect Director Robert R. Fanning, Jr.

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director James F. Flaherty III

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Christine N. Garvey

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director David B. Henry

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Lauralee E. Martin

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Michael D. McKee

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Harold M. Messmer, Jr.

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director Peter L. Rhein

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director Kenneth B. Roath

Management

For

For

1.1

Elect Director Richard M. Rosenberg

Management

For

For

1.11

Elect Director Joseph P. Sullivan

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

CLI

554489104

5/21/2008

1.1

Elect Director Nathan Gantcher

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director David S. Mack

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director William L. Mack

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Alan G. Philibosian

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Republic Property

RPB

760737106

9/27/2007

1

Approve Merger Agreement

Management

For

For

2

Adjourn Meeting

Management

For

For

Trust

Senior Housing Properties Trust

SNH

81721M109

5/15/2008

1.1

Elect Director F.N. Zeytoonjian

Management

For

For

Simon Property Group, Inc.

SPG

828806109

5/8/2008

1.1

Elect Director Birch Bayh

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Melvyn E. Bergstein

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Karen N. Horn

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Reuben S. Leibowitz

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director J. Albert Smith, Jr.

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Pieter S. van den Berg

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Management

For

For

4

Pay For Superior Performance

Shareholder

Against

Against

SL Green Realty Corp.

SLG

78440X101

6/25/2008

1.1

Elect Director Marc Holliday

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director John S. Levy

Management

For

Withhold

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Approve Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Management

For

For

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

HOT

85590A401

4/30/2008

1.1

Elect Director Adam Aron

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Charlene Barshefsky

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Bruce Duncan

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Lizanne Galbreath

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Eric Hippeau

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Stephen R. Quazzo

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Thomas O. Ryder

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director Frits Van Paasschen

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director Kneeland C. Youngblood

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

The Macerich Co.

MAC

554382101

5/29/2008

1

Elect Director Dana K. Anderson

Management

For

For

2

Elect Director Diana M. Laing

Management

For

For

3

Elect Director Stanley A. Moore

Management

For

For

4

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

5

Declassify the Board of Directors

Management

For

For

Ventas, Inc.

VTR

92276F100

5/19/2008

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

Eliminate the Board's Ability to grant Waivers

Management

For

For

Weingarten Realty Investors

WRI

948741103

5/7/2008

1.1

Elect Director Stanford Alexander

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Andrew M. Alexander

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director James W. Crownover

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Robert J. Cruikshank

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Melvin A. Dow

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Stephen A. Lasher

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Douglas W. Schnitzer

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director C. Park Shaper

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director Marc J. Shapiro

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

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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.

 

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Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund

 

By		/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
		Gifford R. Zimmerman – Chief Administrative Officer
Date

 

August 28, 2008