Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, struggling with a cash crunch, has opted to further limit redemption requests instead of selling assets into a discounted market.
The new restrictions cap monthly withdrawals at 0.33% of net asset value. The REIT, which manages about $10 billion, also said it would buy back only 1% of the value of the fund's assets every quarter, down from 5% earlier.
"We cannot recommend being an aggressive seller of real estate assets today given what we believe to be a near-bottom market with limited transaction volumes, and our belief that the real estate markets will improve," Barry Sternlicht, who leads the Starwood Capital Group, and Sean Harris, CEO Starwood's REIT, said in a letter to shareholders.
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.
Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:
- Unlimited access to GlobeSt and other free ALM publications
- Access to 15 years of GlobeSt archives
- Your choice of GlobeSt digital newsletters and over 70 others from popular sister publications
- 1 free article* every 30 days across the ALM subscription network
- Exclusive discounts on ALM events and publications
*May exclude premium content
Already have an account? Sign In
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Erika Morphy
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.
