Blue Vault November “Sales Stack”
All Alternative Investment Sales

December 13, 2017 | Blue Vault

Nontraded REIT and BDC Sales for November 2017

Sales by nontraded REITs were up 8.8% in November compared to October. November sales of $317.7 million reported to Blue Vault by nontraded REIT sponsors were up from $291.9 million in October. November sales were 8% above the trailing six-month average for nontraded REIT sales of $294 million. When compared to November 2016, the November 2017 sales were down just 2% year-over-year.

BDC sales reported in November were $76.5 million, up over 73% from $44.1 million in October, and 39% above the $55 million trailing six-month average for BDCs. On a year-over-year basis, BDC sales were still down 12% in November 2017 compared to November 2016.

Blackstone REIT’s reported sales in November were $171.4 million, up 20% from the $142.9 million in October. The Blackstone REIT sales constituted 54% of reported nontraded REIT sales in November, up from the 49% share of nontraded REIT industry sales in October. Blackstone’s share of total nontraded REIT sales was 46% for the latest six month period.

Among leading sponsors in the nontraded REIT sector in November following Blackstone’s $171.4 million were:

Leading sponsors in the BDC sector for November sales were:

Sales by Nontraded Interval Funds, Nontraded Closed-End Funds and Private Placements for November 2017

November sales for IF and CEF funds that were reported to Blue Vault totaled $146.3 million, down 13.2% from the $168.6 million reported in October. The largest total sales reported by a sponsor of these products was $61.7 million by Griffin Capital Corporation in their Griffin Institutional Access Real Estate Fund. This fund’s sales were 42% of total sales reported for November in the Interval Fund and nontraded Closed-End Fund sector, down from 46% of total sales reported in October when the fund’s sales totaled $77.3 million. The fund has raised $803 million year-to-date in 2017, for an average of $73.0 million per month. Blue Rock Capital’s Total Income (plus) Real Estate Fund was next in the Interval Fund category with $36.5 million raised in November. That fund has raised $323 million so far in 2017, an average of $29.4 million per month.

Among leading sponsors in Interval Funds and nontraded Closed-End Fund sales reported to Blue Vault in November were:

Sponsors reported Private Placement and Reg A sales of $210.6 million in November, down from $300.6 million reported by the same sponsors in October. Owl Rock Capital Advisors again led the group of reporting sponsors with $60.2 million in November, down from $151.8 million in October. Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation reported sales of $40.6 million in November, down from $49.9 million in October. Large increases in Private Placement and Reg A activity were reported by Passco Companies, LLC, and Hamilton Point Investments, LLC.

Among leading sponsors in Private Placement and Reg A sales reported to Blue Vault in November were:

Blue Vault is currently producing the Industry Reviews for Q3 2017. At this time forty-eight of sixty-three Nontraded REIT and nine of twelve Nontraded BDC Individual Performance pages have been released and are available to view online.