MutualFundWire.com: Morgan Stanley Snags REIT for $1.9 Billion
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Morgan Stanley Snags REIT for $1.9 Billion


Morgan Stanley Funds is taking a real-estate investment trust private. The Wall Street Journal reports that Glenborough Realty Trust Inc. has agreed to a $1.9 billion buyout by Morgan Stanley funds. Included in the price is $806 million in debt, all of which Morgan Stanley will either repay or assume.

Glenborough is based in San Mateo, California, and went public in 1996.

Separately, Canadian real-estate developer Revenue Properties Co. is buying the southeastern US REIT Sizeler Property Investors Inc. for $324 million.


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