Nexus Select Trust's Rs 3,200 crore REIT IPO to hit capital market on May 9

Global investment firm Blackstone-sponsored Nexus Select Trust will hit the capital market on May 9 to raise up to Rs 3,200 crore through its retail REIT initial public offering (IPO). This will be India's first REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) IPO backed by rent yielding retail real estate assets. At present, there are three listed REITs on stock exchanges but all backed by office assets. Nexus Selct Trust has filed its offer document with market regulator SEBI for its IPO. According to the offer document, the total size of the public issue is Rs 3,200 crore, which includes fresh issue of units worth up to Rs 1,400 crore and offer for sale (OFS) of up to Rs 1,800 crore. Earlier, the company had planned to raise up to Rs 4,000 crore from its proposed REIT public issue. In November last year, Nexus Select Trust filed the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with Sebi to launch its retail REIT public issue. Nexus Select Trust has a portfolio of 17 operational shopping malls acros

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