Real Estate Investment Trusts: Structure, Analysis and Strategy
Your complete sourcebook on REITs, the Modern Way to Invest in Real Estate. ``The rapid growth of the REIT market has made most books on the subject obsolete. This comprehensive work is a valuable source of up-to-date information for investors and issuers.''--Dr. Michael Giliberto, Head of Real Estate Research, J. P. Morgan Investment Management. ``Real Estate Investment Trusts is the first book in a new era of real estate. Richard Garrigan and John Parsons have assembled the most comprehensive account to date of how publicly traded REITs are revolutionizing our industry.''--Mark S. Whiting, President & CEO, TriNet Corporate Reality Trust, Inc. ``This is the best source of its kind I have seen for REIT investors and managers. It covers an extremely wide range of topics in tremendous depth.''--Ned Spieker, Chairman and CEO, Spieker Properties, Inc. ``I thoroughly recommend this comprehensive book as the best guidance available today from REIT industry experts. It should be required reading for those investing in or forming a REIT.''--Roger C. Franz, Principal Real Estate Investment Officer, CALPERS. As the real estate industry heads into the next millennium, Real Estate Investment Trusts have emerged as the modern vehicle of the ownership of real property. Real estate professionals as well as individual and institutional investors, can now turn to one dependable, comprehensive source of information on REITs. In Real Estate Investment Trusts, real estate experts Richard T. Garrigan and John F. C. Parsons have assembled leading practitioners to author chapters that discuss: the explosive growth of the REIT market; REIT business and financial strategies; REIT protfolio management strategies; the regulatory environment for REITs; how institutional investors can benefit from REIT investments. For complete and up-to-date REIT information, Real Estate Investment Trusts is an ideal reference book.