Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Lender wariness signals peak for REIT buyouts

(Reuters) - Acquisitions such as Blackstone Group's $23 billion purchase of Chicago-based Equity Office Properties in February sent property prices soaring on talk of more such deals to come, particularly for office REITs.




But valuation and credit concerns have undermined lender confidence in commercial real estate, threatening private equity firms' strategy of funding takeovers by flipping properties soon after completing a deal.


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