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Recent Changes to Nontraded REIT Estimated NAVs per Share
Blue Vault Partners compares the most recent NAVs, estimated by nontraded REITs, to the previous NAVs reported by the REITs.
Starwood to Raise $500 Million for Opportunity Zone Investments
Starwood Capital Group is looking to raise $500 million for investments in low-income areas deemed “opportunity zones” under a new U.S. tax policy, according to the January 30 announcement…
Which Business Development Company (“BDC”) had investments in the common stock of at least 25 different nontraded REITs as of September 30, 2018, with a total cost basis of over $22 million?
Answer: MacKenzie Realty Capital, Inc., a nontraded BDC, owned common shares in at least 25 different nontraded REITs as of September 30, 2018. The cost basis of the 19 million shares was $22.6 million as of September 30, 2018, with an estimated fair value of $25.2 million. The BDC’s largest investment among the nontraded REITs was in KBS REIT II, Inc., in which it held 1.6 million shares with a fair value of $6.56 million at that date, and a cost basis of $3.65 per share. The BDC also owned 14.7 million shares of Highlands REIT, Inc. with a cost basis of $0.197 per share.
Hines Global Income Trust Outperforms Blackstone REIT in 2018
In Blue Vault’s report on the returns to shareholders in daily or monthly NAV continuously-offered nontraded REITs, we estimated the returns to…
Former Steadfast Executives Launch 3G Capital Advisors
Commercial real estate investment and financial services industry veterans Christopher Hilbert and R. Kyle Winning, announced on January 25 the launch of…
Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT Board Recommends Rejection of MacKenzie Tender Offer
On January 25, 2019, MacKenzie Capital Management, LP commenced an unsolicited offer to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock of Griffin…
CIM Group Expands Focus on Opportunity Zones
CIM Group announced today that it is expanding its focus on investing in Opportunity Zones, as defined under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. This Act…
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. Announces Continued Portfolio Growth in 2018
Broadstone Net Lease, Inc. (“BNL”), a privately offered real estate investment trust (“REIT”) managed by Broadstone Real Estate, LLC (“Broadstone”),…
Nontraded REIT Total Return Rankings; American Realty Capital Best, and Worst Performer
Blue Vault has been tracking nontraded REIT full-cycle performance since 2012 when our first edition, containing 17 REITs, of the Blue Vault Nontraded REIT Full-Cycle Performance Study was launched.
Daily and Monthly NAV Nontraded REIT Performance Review for 2018
This report summarizes the 2018 estimated returns to investors in those nontraded REITs that have daily or monthly NAVs announced, with pricing of their…
Strategic Storage Trust II Completes Merger with Strategic Storage Growth Trust
On January 24, 2019, Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. completed its merger with Strategic Growth Trust, Inc., with Strategic Storage Trust II, Inc. being the surviving entity. Each of the…
Non-Listed REITs Capitalize on Fundraising Momentum
Even as publicly-traded equity REITs struggled to shake off negative returns amid stock market volatility, their non-listed peers pulled off a year of both positive performance and strong fundraising….
KBS REITs II and III Authorize February Distributions
On January 22, 2019, KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II, Inc.’s (the “Company”) board of directors authorized a February 2019 distribution in the amount of $0.02062500 per share on the…
How many nontraded REIT programs have had full-liquidity events since December 2017, providing shareholders with the ability to convert their shares into cash?
Answer: There have been a total of seven previously nontraded REIT programs that have completed full-cycle events since December 2017: …
What Happened When American Finance Trust Listed?
The previously nontraded REIT American Finance Trust (originally American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.) listed its Class A…
The Year-End 2018: Will the End of Cheap Money Reel in CRE?
Domestic, private-label CMBS issuance last year totaled $76.1 billion in 2018, down roughly 12% from 2017’s volume. That could be viewed as a disappointment, but…
The Possibility of the Fed Pausing on Interest Rate Hikes Is Good News for CRE—As Long as it Doesn’t Lead to a Bubble
Federal Reserve Chariman [sic] Jerome Powell’s indications of a less aggressive stance on interest rate hikes in 2019 is mostly good news…
Strategic Storage Growth Trust Shareholders Approve Merger
At a special meeting of stockholders of Strategic Storage Growth Trust held on January 18, 2019, the proposed merger with Strategic Storage Growth…
Explaining Blackstone REIT’s Lower December 31 NAVs per Share
In a January 17, 2019, SEC filing, Blackstone REIT (BREIT”) announced lower transaction prices for its four classes of common stock that take effect on February 1, 2019, and are equal to each…
Multifamily Appears Most Popular For Opportunity Zone Investments
“The Opportunity Zone program appears to be attracting significant amounts of capital, and many investors we have spoken to have mentioned multifamily as perhaps the best property segment for investment under the program.”
