Partners David Levy and Nickolas Gianou and associate Christian Husby explore the ways in which the "lockout rule" — which prohibits a REIT and its successor from reelecting REIT status within five years of the termination or revocation of that status — creates unexpected and counterintuitive REIT qualification issues in otherwise routine REIT transactions.
The 5-Year REIT Lockout Rule: Kill It or Fix It?
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