Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund (the Fund) is a closed-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to provide high current income and capital appreciation by investing at least 90% of its total assets in income producing common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks and debt securities issued by real estate companies, and at least 80% of its total assets in income producing equity securities issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Fund will not invest more than 25% of its total assets in non-investment-grade preferred stocks, convertible preferred stocks and debt securities. The Fund may invest in interest rate swap transactions. It invests in industries, such as specialized, office, residential, retail, diversified and industrial. The Fund�s investment advisor is Nuveen Asset Management. The Fund�s sub-advisor is Security Capital Research & Management, Incorporated.