Working Paper #372
Joint Ventures With Public Operators
Robert J. Plumb · Joseph F. Azrack
Equity Market Investing Real Estate Investment Trusts
The REIT market experienced a dramatic turnaround this year but despite this, REITs are wary of secondary equity issuance. Institutional private capital is becoming more important in real estate as public operating companies increase in size. One positive development has been that joint ventures have continued to offer longer-term capital relationships with institutional investors. The joint venture partners have allowed the REITs to pursue acquisition and development opportunities while attending to the needs of the shareholders portfolios. Joint ventures between REITs and institutional investors, if structured correctly, can critically benefit the sector and it’s many categories of investors.