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Malls of Tomorrow Will Be Less Big Box, More Lifestyle, and Play Well With E-Commerce Too
Fourteen miles outside of Boston, the ground floor of what was a Sears at Burlington Mall has been stripped down to the steel. Renovations scheduled to finished in summer 2020 will transform…
Recently Published IFCEF Individual Reports
To see the latest individual performance pages, log in, hover over “Subscriber-Only Research”, and then click “Individual Funds and Nontraded CEFs” from the menu located…
Princeton Economics Professor Discusses the Role of Real Estate in a Long-Term Investor’s Portfolio
Princeton University economics professor Burton Malkiel is the author of “A Random Walk Down Wall Street,” an investment classic first published in…
Blue Vault Publishes October NTR Sales Breakdown
Blue Vault Publishes October NTR Sales Breakdown
Based on Blue Vault’s definition of a full-cycle event, how many nontraded BDCs have gone full-cycle?
Answer: Two nontraded BDCs have gone full-cycle. FS Investment Corporation listed on the NYSE on April 16, 2014. Corporate Capital Trust listed…
Blue Vault’s Webinar Panelists Ask the Tough Questions in Appraising Your Business’ Assets and Culture
Wealth advisors have much to consider after participating in Blue Vault’s on-demand webinar: “Succession Planning 2.0: Would you Buy Your Business?” Presented to enrich advisors business planning capabilities…
Where Are the Moats?
As we hear about the failures of certain IPOs and the failures of those amazing start-ups to generate profits after a few years of fantastic growth in revenues and customer counts, we must wonder if…
5 Challenges Hindering Technology Adoption by Financial Advisors
While the financial industry as a whole is rather quick to adapt to the digital age, not all segments of the industry are equally modernized. Financial planning in particular is notoriously slow…
October Nontraded REIT Capital Raise
Blue Vault received October sales totals for 17 effective nontraded REIT program offerings as of November 10. Sales reported by those 17 NTRs totaled…
Advisor Group and Ladenburg Thalmann to Combine, Creating $3 Billion IBD
Advisor Group and Ladenburg Thalmann (NYSE American: LTS) reached a merger agreement to create one of the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer (IBD) networks with…
Are Electronic Signatures Valid for Alternative Investments?
New technology tools have enabled online processing of alternative investments. However, a fundamental question when using such tools is whether or not…
Which closed nontraded REITs are covering their distributions YTD Q2 2019 with MFFO?
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Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. Acquires Reven Housing REIT, Inc.
Pacific Oak Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. (formerly known as KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc.), a Maryland corporation (“SOR”), announced today the closing of…
Retire Rich With REITs: May The Force Be With You
Over the years, I’ve witnessed firsthand the vast wealth that can be created by owning real estate…
Blue Vault Bowman Alts Summit 2020
Don’t miss the Blue Vault Bowman Alts Summit 2020. We’ve designed it to be better than ever as the Summit brings together…
How many different LifeStages™ has Blue Vault established to categorize nontraded REITs?
Answer: Blue Vault has established five different LifeStages™ to help categorize nontraded REITs. Within a nontraded REITs life, they have…
SEC Proposes to Modernize the Advertising and Cash Solicitation Rules for Investment Advisers
The Securities and Exchange Commission on November 4 announced that it has voted to propose amendments to modernize the rules under the…
Which open nontraded REITs are covering their distributions YTD Q2 2019 with MFFO?
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Healthcare Trust Files to Issue $40 Million in Preferred Stock
Healthcare Trust, Inc. filed a prospectus to issue $40 million in Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock. The company plans to use the proceeds to…
Cottonwood Communities Enters Joint Venture to Develop Denver Apartment Community
On October 25, 2019, Cottonwood Communities, Inc., a nontraded REIT, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered a limited liability company agreement with…
