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Offering Salvation

The effective shutdown of the capital markets has led to a wave of IPOs over the past 18 months as companies look to the public markets as a means to…

By Sule Aygoren Carranza - Editor of Real Estate Forum. | Updated on December 09, 2011

The effective shutdown of the capital markets has led to a wave of IPOs over the past 18 months as companies look to the public markets as a means to raise funds. Both private and public commercial real estate players are putting out offerings for a variety of reasons, ranging from paying down debt to going after investment opportunities.

Even those in a distressed scenario are looking at the public markets as a way to alleviate their debt burden. Take, for instance, beleaguered real estate developer Kent Swig, who owes some $50 million to several parties due to a number of failed projects. According to reports, the Swig Equities president is looking to pool some of his properties into a REIT, give some shares to his creditors and lenders and take it public. He has hired FBR Capital Markets and Inlet Capital Management to respectively underwrite and advise on the restructuring, which must still be approved by the creditors.

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