** Citi foresees a more positive investment landscape for Australian real estate stocks , driven by the interest rate cycle expected to begin easing in May
** Brokerage's outlook remains particularly strong for high-growth sub-sectors such as data centers, retail, self-storage and land leases
** We expect declining financing costs will provide additional tailwinds, supporting earnings growth across the broader sector - Citi
** Citi adds Goodman Group remains attractive as the property firm benefits from compounding development growth through global data center demand
** Brokerage positive on retail assets operator GPT Group
as co's new management starts to implement a renewed strategy
** Citi also upgrades property developer Scentre Group's
rating to "buy" from "neutral"
** AXRE subindex up 2.7% so far this year, outperforming a 1.7% gain on the benchmark ASX 200 index
(Reporting by Nikita Maria Jino in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
((Nikita.Jino@thomsonreuters.com;))
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