The world’s largest private equity manager Blackstone Group, which is also the most prolific investor in Indian commercial properties, is finalizing plans to raise Rs 4,000 crore (about $600 million), through a listing of Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) on the domestic stock exchanges, people directly familiar with the matter said. This will perhaps be India’s first REIT listing and a test case for global investors who have poured big bucks into the country’s rent-yielding commercial assets, especially tenanted office spaces.
REITs are listed trusts holding income generating properties, earnings from which are distributed to shareholders. Market regulator Sebi came out with REIT guidelines two years ago, helping real estate developers list their rent-yielding assets, and also providing large and small stock market investors with an inflation indexed product.
Read more: Economic Times
