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Gilbert Menna, partner and chair of Goodwin Procter’s real estate capital markets group and co-chair of its REITs practice, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2015: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Wynn Las Vegas.
Menna discussed the pace of REIT privatizations. He noted that while the current rate does not match that seen in the period from 2005 to 2007, it has been supported by a steady flow of private capital.
Scott Schaevitz, co-head of Americas real estate investment banking at Barclays, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWorld 2015: NAREIT’s Annual Convention for All Things REIT at the Wynn Las Vegas.
Schaevitz said the window for more REITs to go private remains open.
“Last year, a handful of companies were trading at discounts to net asset value (NAV). Now, you have huge portions of the REIT market that are trading at discounts,” he observed.
