“REITs could continue to attract modest amounts of capital given low interest rates,” Michael Bilerman, head of the real estate and lodging team at Citi Investment Research & Analysis, commented.
Those who believe another deep U.S. recession is looming would naturally want to avoid this asset class as an economic pullback would diminish demand for commercial office space, increase vacancies and reduce cash flows from properties.
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Max Chen contributed to this article.