I should have qualified. Large corporations don't tend to manage investments in REIT's directly. The funds in which they invest have in turn invested in REIT's.

I should have qualified. Large corporations don't tend to manage investments in REIT's directly. The funds in which they invest have in turn invested in REIT's. So if the finance guys at Company X are used to sweet overall returns, they don't want their fund managers pulling out of REIT's unless there's a damn good reason to do so.