Cash-strapped Indian real estate are getting hopes due to REITs
REIT or the Real Estate Investment Trust was launched for the first time in India. There has been a positive response by the low in cash real estate sector of India as to the initial public offering that the REIT made. This first REIT, IPO of Embassy Parks has been subscribed fully as of Wednesday, which was also the last day of the initial share sale that lasted for three days, as reported from the stock exchange data. This REIT is a result of the joint effort between Blackstone Group, a private equity firm and the Embassy Group. There were 158 million units at the rate of Rs. 300 per unit which aggregated up to Rs. 4750 Crore for this REIT, as on Wednesday. This Embassy REIT also has stockholders where the trustee is Axis Bank, the manager is Embassy Office Parks and the sponsors are Blackstone and Embassy. Effects As for the REITs, they are the securities that one needs to trade during the stock exchanges. When someone is new in investing, one can think if the R...