Investors’ confidence recovered as inflation in the United States showed a favorable trend in the past couple of months, thus raising hopes that the Federal Reserve may ease its monetary policy outlook in the near future. On this note, let us look at companies like Alexandria Real Estate Equities ARE, Suzano SUZ, Graco GGG, ChoiceOne Financial Services COFS and LaZBoy LZB that have lately hiked their dividend payouts. This Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company is an urban office real estate investment trust (REIT) with a particular focus on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses.