The REIT M&A Boom Continues With Record-Breaking Year

JLL | October 7, 2021

CHICAGO, IL – October 6, 2021 – Outperforming strong expectations and driven both by strategic and private capital, 2021 has already been a record year for REIT M&A, which hit $108 billion in transaction volume as of September 30, 2021. JLL’s Capital Markets M&A and Corporate Advisory group’s new M&A and Strategic Transactions Monitor report details the positive themes in the public capital markets space contributing to this unprecedented M&A surge. REITs have shown strong earnings growth in 2021, with 63% of REITs beating consensus FFO estimates in the second quarter of 2021. This has contributed to REITs out...