This is the central message of Ando Leo “Andoy” Beltran in his presentation on Real Estate Investment Trusts before the guests of theBeltran is vice president on “Business Development & Market Education Department” at the same time “Head of OFW Desk” of First Metro Securities Brokerage Corporation of the Metrobank Group.
There are only eight REITs that have been listed, so far, in the market since the REIT Act was legislated and approved during the 14th Congress in 2009. The parties involved in the swap is Ayala Land, Inc. and its subsidiaries Greenhaven Property Ventures, Inc. and Cebu Insular Hotel Co., Inc., as well as ACEN Corp. unit Buendia Christiana Holdings Corp. .
Next is MREIT with its principal investment strategy to invest in income-generating real estate, particularly on township and mixed-use properties. Ranked third is RCR with the principal investment strategy as leader in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate assets for business process outsourcing services located in major central business districts and key cities and urban areas across the country.
On the fourth spot is CREIT whose investment strategy is on renewable energy resources under Republic Act 9513 or the Renewable Energy Act of 2008, wherein CREIT doesn’t have a lot of maintenance cost because they only have land where solar panels are situated.