Winner: JBG and New York REIT's merger

Why: REITs reversed course in Q1, dumping assets where they had previously been net buyers—making this merger to create a new $8.4B REIT, to be called JBG Realty Trust, all the more impressive.

The new company will control around 14.1M SF of existing space, plus the assets JBG has in the pipeline—which include eight projects under construction, 12 in pre-development and 40 parcels of land for future development.

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