How Safehold Reinvented the Group Lease to Add Value for Building Owners

June 22, 2022

Jay Sugarman had spent more than 20 years using sale-leasebacks to provide more efficient capital to corporations when he realized he could do the same for commercial real estate owners. Here, in a Q&A interview, Safehold’s Chairman & CEO discusses how the company’s modern ground lease model solves a major inefficiency inherent in real estate ownership.

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