Uniti Leasing owns, acquires, constructs and leases shared communications real estate assets including fiber, coax cable and copper networks to communication service providers
- Shared infrastructure is a win-win for everyone
- Uniti leases communication real estate to the initial seller and other service providers in exclusive or non-exclusive use arrangements
Benefits to selling communications real estate to Uniti
- Monetize infrastructure assets while retaining use through a lease
- Unlock value associated with real estate infrastructure excess capacity
- Focus more on servicing customers
- Numerous tax advantages for sellers:
- Reduce debt with the sales proceeds and maximize interest deductions due to limitations from 2017 Tax Reform Act
- Generally, lease expense are fully deductible
- Defer potential capital gains taxes by receiving OP units as consideration
Benefits to leasing communications real estate from Uniti
- Lower the cost of entering new markets or increase capacity in existing markets
- Expand to new markets faster by removing permitting and construction obstacles
- Reduce the need to raise new capital to fund network infrastructure construction
- Focus more on servicing customers
- Customizable leases for exclusive or non-exclusive use arrangements