Oct 30 (Reuters) - Realty Income (O.N) said on Monday it would buy Spirit Realty Capital (SRC.N) in an all-stock deal valued at $9.3 billion as it looks to expand its real estate portfolio.
Commercial real estate, especially offices, has been hit by interest rates hikes and workers choosing to stay at home.
The combined portfolio is expected to result in reduced rent concentration for Realty Income's clients, while increasing the combined portfolio's annualized contractual rent from $3.8 billion to $4.5 billion, Realty Income said.
Wells Fargo is the financial adviser to Realty Income, while J.P. Morgan Securities and Morgan Stanley & Co are serving as financial advisers to Spirit Realty.
Spirit Realty primarily invests in single-tenant real estate assets given on long-term leases.
Persons:
Sumit Roy, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Kannaki, Shilpi Majumdar
Organizations:
Spirit Realty, Realty, Spirit, Morgan Securities, Thomson
Locations:
U.S, Wells, Bengaluru