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The Benefits of Doing an UPREIT

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Kyle Miller: “I think you will start to see more of these transactions, but I don’t know if it will become commonplace.”
LOS ANGELES—In 2015, rising prices gave way to a huge increase in 1031 exchanges as a way for investors to defer capital gains taxes. In some cases, we even saw investors moving capital out of multifamily and into product where they could increase cash flow and get a better yield—but other product types don’t have that option. In an earlier story, GlobeSt.com reported that Plaza International sold its Warner Plaza shopping center for $76 million in an UPREIT transaction, which allowed the investor to avoid capital gains taxes, just like a 1031 exchange, in exchange for shares of a public company. With an ever-dwindling supply and compressing cap rates, we may see more of these transaction types this year…
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