Private Equity Firms are DESTROYING American Businesses they same way they bankrupted Toys "R" Us and put them out of business Here’s how they did it - After signing for Toys "R" Us, they sold all of the land under every store they own in the United States - Private Equity sold it to their sister firms that they also own, their real estate investment trust - They sell the land to themselves for cheap and then lease the land back to Toys”R”Us for expensive rates - So now Toys”R”Us has a lease the