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REITs, Investment Structures, and Investment Company Status

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Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, own more than $4 trillion of commercial real estate assets, according to information from the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, an industry group. Broadly, REITs...more

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[CLE Hybrid Event] Capital Raising in a Changing Market - How Real Estate Companies and REITs Are Raising Capital in Private and...

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Join partners in Vinson & Elkins’ Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions group, and external guest speakers from Wells Fargo and MCB Real Estate, as they discuss capital raising alternatives available to real...more

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The Capital Market Authority Issues Key Regulatory Enhancements Impacting Investment Funds in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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On 9 July 2025, the Capital Market Authority (the “CMA”) has announced a series of significant regulatory enhancements aimed at furthering the development of the Kingdom’s investment fund industry. These amendments, effective...more

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Joint Ventures for Public REITs: Opportunities and Challenges

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Joint venture structures continue to be an important tool for public real estate investment trusts (REITs), particularly in market environments where traditional capital-raising strategies may be challenging from a funds from...more

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Tax Provisions Under One Big Beautiful Bill Affecting Real Estate Investment

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The enacted One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1, O3B) amends current tax law provisions and adds other provisions that affect real estate investments. This alert is intended to provide a summary of tax items under O3B of interest...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Analysis of Key Provisions for the Real Estate Industry

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1 into law, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act). As discussed in our prior alert released following the passage by the House of...more

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REIT All About It: One Big Beautiful Bill — Tax Updates for REITs

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On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law, following the approval of Congress. OBBBA contains the following compelling updates from a real estate investment trust (REIT)...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Top Points for Real Estate and REITs

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President Donald J. Trump signed the legislation commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (Tax Act) into law on July 4, 2025. Below are five key takeaways for sponsors and investors in real estate and real estate...more

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Update: OBBBA Tax Provisions Impacting REITs and Foreign Investors

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On July 1, 2025, a little over two weeks after the Senate Finance Committee released its draft tax title (the “Initial Senate Draft”), the U.S. Senate secured sufficient votes to advance its version of the “One Big Beautiful...more

Sullivan & Worcester

Final REIT-Related Provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

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With the tie-breaking vote cast by Vice President Vance on July 1, 2025, the Senate approved an amended version of H.R. 1, originally titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which was previously approved by the House of...more

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FSB report identifies vulnerabilities in non-bank CRE investors

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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a report, alongside a press release and updated webpage, examining vulnerabilities in non-bank commercial real estate (CRE) investors. The report identifies entities such as...more

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Shareholder Activism in the REIT Sector: An Evolving Landscape

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Shareholder activism in the public REIT sector has evolved from a marginal tactic employed by a small number of high-profile hedge funds into a persistent, structural feature of corporate life. The public REIT model, long...more

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Sullivan & Worcester Submits Comments to IRS Urging Caution in Applying Cloud Transaction Framework to REIT Rules

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On June 9, 2025, Sullivan & Worcester submitted a comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in response to Notice 2025-6, which requests public input on the possible expansion of the cloud transaction framework...more

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Investing in Data Centers

It seems like such a simple question. Who owns data centers? Ownership structures in the digital economy are more varied than might appear on the surface. While the largest computing and cloud service providers, such as...more

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REIT Tax News - June 2025

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On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill (House Tax Bill) that proposes to make permanent – and increase – the section 199A deduction for ordinary REIT dividends to 23 percent. This change would reduce...more

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The One Big Beautiful Bill: Initial Analysis of Key Provisions for the Real Estate Industry

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On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Tax Bill). The Tax Bill proposes amendments to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) that...more

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Remediation of M&A REIT Targets (UPDATED)

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The past is prologue: Do REIT qualification issues close with tax years, do they persist for ten (10) years (being the sum of five (5) years on account of the Section 856(g)(3) “lock out” plus another five (5) years of...more

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House Passes Sweeping Tax Bill: Top Points for the Investment Funds Industry

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On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed a tax bill with some limited amendments (House Tax Bill). The House Tax Bill will now head to the Senate, where additional amendments could be made. Below, we outline five...more

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Diversification and Tax Savings with a 1031 UPREIT

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A 1031 UPREIT (Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust) transaction allows real estate investors to exchange property on a tax-deferred basis under IRS Section 1031 while gaining diversification and liquidity by...more

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Texas Supreme Court To Review Whether A Corporate Trust’s Shareholder Has Standing To Sue On Behalf Of The Trust

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The Supreme Court granted oral argument in In re UMTH Gen. Servs., L.P., 2023 WL 8291829 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2023), wherein a real estate investment trust entered into an advisory agreement with an entity and gave it authority...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Frequently Asked Questions about UPREITs and OP Unit Transactions

A common structure for equity REITs, the UPREIT model allows a REIT to hold and operate its assets through a single operating partnership. This structure provides tax advantages and liquidity opportunities for property...more

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Operational Real Estate: OpCo Ownership Considerations

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The growth of the operational real estate (OpRE) sector is one of the most significant recent trends in global real estate markets. OpRE is relevant to a wide range of real estate asset classes and subsectors, but all OpRE...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

Spurred on by the Steward Health Care Bankruptcy, Massachusetts Adopts Bill Regulating Private Equity and REITs in Health Care,...

On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law House Bill 5159 (the “Bill”). The Bill grants the state new regulatory powers to oversee and review health care transactions involving private equity...more

International Lawyers Network

Buying and Selling Real Estate in India (Updated)

KEY FACTS OF REAL ESTATE ACQUISITIONS UNDER INDIAN LAW - INVESTMENT AND CONVEYANCE OF REAL ESTATE IN INDIA - 1. INTRODUCTION TO REAL ESTATE IN INDIA - Since the liberalization of Indian economy, the real estate...more

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REIT Tax News - November 2024

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Welcome to the November 2024 issue of REIT Tax News. Below, we summarize five key developments impacting REITs this past year....more

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