More Global Expansion Ahead for Real Estate Investment Trusts
Monday, December 19, 2011
Source: REIT.com
REIT.com reports: In a video interview at REITWorld 2011 in Dallas, Peter Slatin, financial columnist with Forbes and editorial director for Real Capital Analytics said that as REITs grow and expand their presence in the commercial real estate landscape, more will begin to build global portfolios.
Mr. Slatin discussed his outlook for the future of the REIT approach to real estate investment. He said he expects to see diversification in a variety of ways: "We’ll see continued expansion, but we’ll also see increased variation as some companies experiment with financial structures, development ideas and locations."
Slatin also made the prediction that more institutional investors will gravitate to the REIT approach to property investment, increasing their allocations to commercial real estate securities over direct forms of commercial real estate investment.
Adding that transparency and liquidity are the enduring legacy of the REIT model, Slatin said "Without these two things, real estate would have remained—and some of it still does remain—a secretive, private, closed investment world."
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