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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, 2009

 

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Item 1. Proxy Voting Record

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund

Proxy Voting Summary Report

July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009

 

Company

Ticker

Security ID

Meeting Date

Agenda Item #

Agenda Item

Proponent

Management Rec.

Vote Cast

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

AVB

53484101

5/21/2009

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

1.9

Elect Director W. Edward Walter

Management

For

For

2

Approve Omnibus Stock Plan

Management

For

For

3

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Boston Properties Inc.

BXP

101121101

5/19/2009

1.1

Elect Director Frederick J. Iseman

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Edward H. Linde

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director David A. Twardock

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Declassify the Board of Directors

Shareholder

Against

Against

4

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

Shareholder

Against

Against

5

Prepare Sustainability Report

Shareholder

Against

Against

6

Require Independent Board Chairman

Shareholder

Against

Against

Brandywine Realty Trust

BDN

105368203

6/2/2009

1.1

Elect Trustee Walter D’Alessio

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Trustee D. Pike Aloian

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Trustee Anthony A. Nichols, Sr.

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Trustee Donald E. Axinn

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Trustee Wyche Fowler

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Trustee Michael J. Joyce

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Trustee Charles P. Pizzi

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Trustee Gerard H. Sweeney

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Cogdell Spencer, Inc.

CSA

19238U107

5/5/2009

1.1

Elect Director James W. Cogdell

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 Richard C. Neugent

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Randolph D. Smoak

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director David J. Lubar

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director Scott A. Ransom

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

DEI

25960P109

6/11/2009

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 Victor J. Coleman

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Ghebre S. Mehreteab

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Thomas E. O’Hern

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director Dr. Andrea Rich

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director William Wilson III

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Management

For

For

Equity Residential

EQR

29476L107

6/11/2009

1.1

Elect Trustee John W. Alexander

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Trustee Charles L. Atwood

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Trustee Boone A. Knox

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Trustee John E. Neal

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Trustee David J. Neithercut

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Trustee Sheli Z. Rosenberg

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Trustee Gerald A. Spector

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Trustee B. Joseph White

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Trustee Samuel Zell

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

Shareholder

Against

Against

Extra Space Storage Inc.

EXR

30225T102

5/20/2009

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

Federal Realty Investment Trust

FRT

313747206

5/6/2009

1

Elect Trustee Gail P. Steinel <p>

Management

For

For

2

Elect Trustee Joseph S. Vassalluzzo <p>

Management

For

For

3

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

4

Declassify the Board of Trustees

Management

For

For

5

Amend Shareholder Rights Plan (Poison Pill)

Management

For

For

HCP Inc.

HCP

40414L109

4/23/2009

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

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Management

For

For

3

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Post Properties, Inc.

PPS

737464107

10/16/2008

1.1

Elect Director Robert C. Goddard, III

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director David P. Stockert

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Herschel M. Bloom

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Douglas Crocker Ii

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Walter M. Deriso, Jr.

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Russell R. French

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director David R. Schwartz

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director Stella F. Thayer

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director Ronald De Waal

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Management

For

Against

Post Properties, Inc.

PPS

737464107

6/9/2009

1.1

Elect Director Robert C. Goddard, III

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Douglas Crocker, II

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director David P. Stockert

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director Herschel M. Bloom

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director Walter M. Deriso, Jr.

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Russell R. French

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Dale Anne Reiss

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director David R. Schwartz

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director Stella F. Thayer

Management

For

For

1.1

Elect Director Ronald de Waal

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Regency Centers Corp.

REG

758849103

5/5/2009

1.1

Elect Director Martin E. Stein, Jr.

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Raymond L. Bank

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director C. Ronald Blankenship

Management

For

For

1.4

Elect Director A. R. Carpenter

Management

For

For

1.5

Elect Director J. Dix Druce

Management

For

For

1.6

Elect Director Mary Lou Fiala

Management

For

For

1.7

Elect Director Bruce M. Johnson

Management

For

For

1.8

Elect Director Douglas S. Luke

Management

For

For

1.9

Elect Director John C. Schweitzer

Management

For

For

1.1

Elect Director Brian M. Smith

Management

For

For

1.11

Elect Director Thomas G. Wattles

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

Simon Property Group, Inc.

SPG

828806109

5/8/2009

1

Approve Increase in Size of Board

Management

For

For

2

Reduce Supermajority Vote Requirement

Management

For

For

3

Increase Authorized Common Stock

Management

For

For

4

Amend Charter to Delete Obsolete or Unnecessary Provisions

Management

For

For

5.1

Elect Director Melvyn E. Bergstein

Management

For

For

5.2

Elect Director Linda Walker Bynoe

Management

For

For

5.3

Elect Director Karen N. Horn

Management

For

For

5.4

Elect Director Reuben S. Leibowitz

Management

For

For

5.5

Elect Director J. Albert Smith, Jr.

Management

For

For

5.6

Elect Director Pieter S. van den Berg

Management

For

For

5.7

Elect Director Allan Hubbard

Management

For

For

5.8

Elect Director Daniel C. Smith

Management

For

For

6

Adjourn Meeting

Management

For

For

7

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

SL Green Realty Corp.

SLG

78440X101

6/11/2009

1.1

Elect Director Stephen L. Green

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director John H. Alschuler, Jr.

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

The Macerich Co.

MAC

554382101

6/8/2009

1

Elect Director Arthur M. Coppola

Management

For

For

2

Elect Director James S. Cownie

Management

For

For

3

Elect Director Mason G. Ross

Management

For

For

4

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

5

Amend Omnibus Stock Plan

Management

For

For

6

Increase Authorized Common Stock

Management

For

For

Ventas, Inc.

VTR

92276F100

5/7/2009

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

Vornado Realty Trust

VNO

929042109

5/14/2009

1.1

Elect Director Steven Roth

Management

For

For

1.2

Elect Director Michael D. Fascitelli

Management

For

For

1.3

Elect Director Russell B. Wight, Jr.

Management

For

For

2

Ratify Auditors

Management

For

For

3

Require a Majority Vote for the Election of Directors

Shareholder

Against

Against

4

Require Independent Board Chairman

Shareholder

Against

Against

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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 26, 2009