UPREIT definition
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This structure is commonly referred to as an umbrella partnership REIT, or UPREIT.
We use the UPREIT structure because a contribution of property directly to us is generally a taxable transaction to the contributing property owner.
AMLI is structured as an UPREIT, or umbrella partnership real estate investment trust, and we own interests in properties and conduct our business through AMLI Residential Properties, L.P., (the Operating Partnership or OP).
To establish the UPREIT, the Trust formed Maxus Operating Limited Partnership (“MOLP") to which the Trust contributed all of its assets in exchange for a 99.999% partnership interest in MOLP and the assumption by MOLP of all of the Trust's liabilities.
We believe that using an UPREIT structure gives us an advantage in acquiring desired properties from persons who may not otherwise sell their properties because of unfavorable tax results.