New York—Public versus private REITs. What is the difference for investors? Well, for starters, private REITs, of course, are not listed on a major exchange and aren't subject to most SEC regulatory requirements. Perhaps more meaningfully, private REITs tend to offer superior dividend yields compared to their publicly-traded counterparts plus their lower compliance costs may also produce higher returns, according to Jahn Brodwin, senior managing director of FTI Consulting.
There are variations and overlap between the two, Brodwin tells GlobeSt.com. "We see a lot of REITs privatize, where companies just take it completely private and then some REITS end up selling off interests in specific properties and that's known as semiprivatization."
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