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US REIT Capital Offering Activity Soars in September
According to an article from S&P Global Market Intelligence, capital markets activity by U.S. equity REITs rocketed in September, with…
Griffin Capital Essential Asset® REIT Sells Industrial Building in Ohio for $30.3 Million
Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. (the “REIT”) announced the sale of a 160,410 square foot, Class “A”, truck terminal located at…
Black Creek CEO Raj Dhanda Talks About Why It Still Makes Sense to Buy Industrial Assets
Real estate investment management firm Black Creek Group recently reported that its fundraising had surged to $702 million through July 31, 2019, including…
KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Recommends Rejection of $7.23 Per Share Tender Offer
In a letter to shareholders dated October 16, 2019, Peter McMillan, President and Chairman of the Board of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. recommended to the REIT’s shareholders that they…
Which nontraded REIT acquired Bellagio real estate assets?
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A Deeper Look at Leitbox, Sixty West, and Triton Pacific
On October 8, Blue Vault presented a Webinar introducing three companies that sponsor alternative investment programs…
JLL Income Property Trust Expands Offering to Include 1031 Like-kind Exchange Solution
JLL Income Property Trust, an institutionally-managed daily NAV REIT (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX; ZIPTMX; ZIPIAX; ZIPIMX), announced today the launch of…
How many nontraded REITs have had full-cycle events since December 31, 2017, providing common shareholders with full liquidity for their shares?
Answer: There have been 10 nontraded REITs that have completed full-cycle events since December 31, 2017. Three NorthStar NTRs…
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust to Acquire the Bellagio Real Estate from MGM Resorts International for $4.25 Billion
Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (“BREIT”), and MGM Resorts International (“MGM Resorts”) (NYSE: MGM) announced today that BREIT and MGM Resorts will form…
Owl Rock Capital Corporation II Decreases Offering Price
On October 9, 2019, Owl Rock Capital Corporation II (“the Company”) decreased its public offering price from $9.56 per share to…
Record-Low Unemployment Propels Demand for Commercial Real Estate
Job growth continues at subdued but consistent pace. Organizations added about 136,000 positions in September, slightly down from the…
Strategic Storage Growth Trust II, Inc. Acquires Newly Constructed 735-Unit Self Storage Facility in Toronto, Canada
Strategic Storage Growth Trust II, Inc. (“SSGT II”), a private real estate investment trust sponsored by an indirect subsidiary of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., announced today its acquisition of…
Bluerock Capital Markets Continues Capital Raise Success
Bluerock Capital Markets, LLC (“BCM”) announced on September 11, 2019, another record capital raise of over $130 million across all products in the month of August.
10 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today
Meeting-Space Companies See Big Money in Manhattan “A British company that builds and rents out meeting space in office properties is expanding…
September Nontraded REIT Capital Raise
Blue Vault received September sales totals for 17 effective nontraded REIT program offerings as of October 10. Sales reported by those 17 NTRs totaled…
SmartStop Asset Management Announces $25,000 Scholarship Winner of YOUnion@Tallahassee Essay Contest
SmartStop Asset Management, LLC (“SAM”), sponsor of Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust, Inc., announced today that Florida State University junior…
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III Announces $9.40 NAV Per Share
On October 3, 2019, the board of directors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III, at the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Board…
KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II Terminates Advisory Agreement with KBS Capital Advisors
On October 1, 2019, the independent directors of the board of directors of KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT II, Inc. delivered a notice to KBS Capital Advisors LLC terminating…
Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT Acquires McKesson Corporation’s Scottsdale Office Property
Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. (the “REIT”) announced the acquisition of McKesson III in Scottsdale, Arizona, at a purchase price of…
Re-Visiting American Realty Capital Trust III Merger with ARCP
American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“ARCP”), was a Maryland corporation incorporated on December 2, 2010, that qualified as a real estate investment trust for…

