Why Education Realty Trust May Be The Next REIT To Go Private

Student housing REITs tend to do well no matter where the cycle is as students will always go to college, even -- especially -- during a downturn.

By Erika Morphy | June 15, 2018 at 07:50 AM

Wall Street Journal Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC Education Realty Trust Journal reports

Disrupting Deals

pending $4.8 billion acquisition recently submitting received a competing offer

Student Housing As a Defensive Play

good defensive plays

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Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.

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