US REITs are preparing to grit their teeth and issue stock.
It'll be a rough ride. Investors are already shell-shocked from the 60% swoon suffered by many real-estate investment trust shares since September. Moves that could dilute their ownership might rattle them further.
But REITs need more equity: to replace debt coming due, and, for the lucky ones, to buy distressed commercial property.
Wall Street Journal
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