REITs in retail would bail out locked investments in shopping malls

Real Estate Investment Trust Funds (REIT) in retail sector would be savior for all the investments locked in those high costs assets, according to a cross section of stakeholders at the India Shopping Centre Forum 2016. Shopping malls, which have not gone on stream and for those which are operational but not milking attractive rental yields are not able to get the desired valuation. Some of the shopping malls assets that have been caught in the cross-fire of policy and regulations, have taken as long as eight years to see it go operational.

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