The Big Four wirehouses control trillions of dollars of client assets and are not about to disappear anytime soon. But they have been losing individual and groups of advisers to competitors…

Healthcare Trust, Inc. (“HTI”), a nontraded REIT with a $2.6 billion healthcare real estate portfolio, adjourned its May 6, 2019, annual meeting of stockholders to…

Housing markets present a classic chicken-and-egg problem. Do price trends determine construction and the supply of new homes and apartments, or do the supply and demand conditions set …

We are frequently asked where the real estate investment opportunities will be during the next down cycle. Our advice is to watch for opportunities in public markets, rather than…

On May 1, 2019, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. entered into a purchase and sale agreement to purchase an office property, known as Georgia 400 Center, consisting of three buildings containing an aggregate…

Ten years ago, during the height of the Great Recession, I was speaking at a conference and made the argument that airport retail was the next frontier in the evolution of retail real estate. I was summarily laughed out of the room…

In a press release on May 1, Griffin Capital announced the completion of the merger of Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT II, Inc. (“GCEAR II”) with Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. (“GCEAR”)…

Investors are lining up to buy projects in qualified opportunity zones and take advantage of the subsequent tax benefits, but the capital gains tax forgiveness is…

Oaktree Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. was formed on July 27, 2017. The Company was organized to invest primarily in well-located, high quality commercial…

Do we need to worry that equity REITs are carrying too much debt? I analyzed REITs listed in the S&P 1500 as of February 25, 2019 for their debt issues…

Cap rates in the single-tenant net lease sector continued to go up slightly in the first three months of the year, according to the most recent report from…

In a February article, Blue Vault illustrated the economic arguments for why rent controls do not succeed in providing more affordable rental housing for…

Investor eagerness to put money into real estate tech companies reached new highs during the first quarter of 2019, according to a new report by CRETech…

When it comes to confusing jargon and empty buzzwords, few fields are as guilty as the financial services or tech industry. When the two come together, it’s a Venn diagram of awful terminology…

The Treasury Department has released another round of proposed regulations clarifying how Opportunity Zone investments and developments will work. Like earlier rounds, these new rules appear to be generally favorable to the…