TOKYO -- Trading house Mitsubishi Corp. plans to start a real estate investment trust in the U.S. targeting urban rental housing and suburban logistics centers, aiming for $1.5 billion in assets within five years, Nikkei has learned. The portfolio will include a 25-story condominium in central Chicago spanning 320 units, as well as a six-story, 340-unit condo in downtown Dallas. The REIT will be the first launched independently in the U.S. by a Japanese company. Japan's biggest trading company anticipates demand from investors seeking higher yields as historically low interest rates make bonds less attractive.