Sale-Leaseback Activity Rises -- Market Talk

Dow Jones05-29

1030 ET - Sale leasebacks across the U.S. totalled $14.4 billion last year, up 19% from 2024, according to SLB Capital Advisors. The New York-based firm specializes in such deals, in which a business sells a property and immediately leases it back. "After the market digested tariff-related headlines earlier in the year and [mergers-and-acquisitions] activity regained momentum ...we saw a corresponding increase in sale-leaseback transactions," SLB Managing Partner Scott Merkle says in a note, referring to the common use of sale leasebacks to finance buyouts or shore up target companies' finances. A significant number of sale leasebacks last year also involved companies that sold real estate as an alternative to traditional sources of capital, Merkle adds. (luis.garcia@wsj.com; @lhvgarcia)

 

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