Garry Marr: Canada's REIT sector is shrinking fast. For investors, that might be a good thing

Investing in publicly traded real estate is going to get even harder now that one of Canada’s largest shopping mall operators is going private.

A $9.4 billion deal, including debt, will see Toronto-based First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust, a retail landlord with about 136 shopping centres in urban areas, be sold to privately held KingSett...