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NBIM: Listed and Private Real Estate is All The Same in The Long Run
For the past three years Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the $1.43 trillion Government Pension Fund Global, has managed its listed and unlisted real estate teams under one umbrella. It was part of a re-organisation to bring the teams closer together following the 2019 shift to manage the real estate exposure in one combined strategy…
LODAS Markets Expands Offering
LODAS Markets, the third-largest alternatives market operator in the U.S., today announced four Walton Global funds are available for trading, marking the first listing of private limited partnerships available to accredited investors on the LODAS marketplace.
US Hotel Metrics Drop in Week Ended August 26
US hotel performance weakened during the week ended August 26, matching historical seasonal patterns, STR reported, citing the latest data from CoStar, which provides information and analytics in the property markets.
How Wall Street’s REIT giants are reshaping U.S. real estate
U.S real estate investment trusts today manage $4.5 trillion in real estate worldwide. Many groups on Wall Street offer these tax-friendly funds to retail investors.
Why Mutual Funds and Interval Funds Are More Different Than You Think (Liquidity Timelines are Just a Start)
With traditional stock and bond funds having performed poorly in 2022, many advisors are embracing alternative investments with uncorrelated and potentially higher returns. Most so-called “alts” are illiquid private funds that require investors to lock up their money for long periods of time before they can redeem shares, underscoring the investment principle that potential return rises with an increase in risk…
How Wall Street’s REIT giants are reshaping U.S. real estate
U.S real estate investment trusts today manage $4.5 trillion in real estate worldwide. Many groups on Wall Street offer these tax-friendly funds to retail investors. KKR’s real estate business is one of the big players in the REIT game. The private equity firm manages multiple REIT funds. The KKR Real Estate Select Trust, which currently manages $1.5 billion in assets, paid a dividend of 5.4% to its investors in July 2023…
Blue Vault Q2 2023 Performance Reports Update
Blue Vault Q2 2023 Performance Reports Update 8-31-2023 Blue Vault has published Q2 2023...
ExchangeRight Fully Subscribes a $109 Million Offering Designed for Economic Resilience
“Given where we are in the macroeconomic cycle, Net-Leased Portfolio 61 DST reflects our focus on protecting investor wealth and income with our historically recession-resilient investment strategy,”
Growth on US REIT’s same-store net operating income slows in Q2
US equity real estate investment trusts saw weaker gains on same-store net operating income during the second quarter. S&P Global Market Intelligence prefers to take cash-based same-store net operating income, if available. However, a noncash-based net operating income will be used if not…
Blackstone Sells Control of 11-Property Apartment Portfolio
Deal Reflects Investment Giant’s Strategy To Own Newer, Mainly Sun Belt Properties
The five continuously offered nontraded REIT programs with the highest total returns for the month of July 2023 were led by Blackstone REIT, followed by FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust. The median total return for all 16 continuously offered nontraded REITs in July was 0.21%.
The five were led by…
Capital Square Closes on Construction Loan for Seventh Opportunity Zone Fund Development
Capital Square, one of the nation’s leading sponsors of tax-advantaged real estate investments and an active developer of multifamily communities, announced today that the firm has secured financing from United Bank to fund construction of a 352-unit, Class A multifamily development in the Scott’s Addition qualified opportunity zone in Richmond, Virginia…
Capital Square Fully Subscribes DST Offering of Multifamily Community Near Huntsville, Alabama
Capital Square, one of the nation’s leading sponsors of tax-advantaged real estate investments and an active developer of multifamily communities, announced today that its offering, CS1031 FarmHaus Apartments, DST, has been fully subscribed…
Blackstone Group retail push returns after property fund redemption panic – reports
Blackstone Group has revived plans to enter the retail market and launch a private equity fund for wealthy investors, according to reports. The company’s ambition to launch the Blackstone Private Equity Strategies fund were scuppered in 2022 after it was forced to limit redemptions from its flagship $67bn property fund.
Arixa Capital Announces Strategic Joint Venture With Oaktree
Arixa Capital Advisors, LLC (“Arixa Capital” or “Arixa”) today announced the launch of a $100M strategic joint venture, with the ability to upsize in the future, with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. (“Oaktree”) to originate senior secured loans backed by residential and commercial real estate….
Realty Income to invest about $950 million in Bellagio Las Vegas
Realty Income (O.N) signed an agreement with Blackstone’s real estate investing firm to invest about $950 million in the Bellagio Las Vegas resort, valuing the assets at $5.1 billion, the companies said on Friday…
Do We Have The Capacity To Take On Your Next Project?
Clients often ask how we know we have the capacity to take on one of their projects? The answer lies in project management. We’re dedicated to maintaining a high level of project management in both our systems and our personnel to understand our capacity, accurately estimate when we can deliver projects and so that we can provide our clients with high-quality deliverables.
Transfer Agent Case Study: Switching to a New Provider
There is nothing more frustrating than an underperforming transfer agent. Errors, omissions, delays and miscommunications cause investor dissatisfaction, advisor frustration, missed deadlines – all the problems you hoped to avoid by outsourcing back-office processes. Switching transfer agents is sometimes necessary but many managers are daunted by the prospect of a conversion of investor and historical data to the system of a new transfer agent. They need not be.
A Curious Look at Commercial Real Estate Cap Rates
In this article we ask the question, “Which came first, the market value or the cap rate?” Does that question sound familiar? It should, since it really is like the classic “chicken or egg” conundrum. The fact is cap rates do not determine market values and market values do not determine cap rates. But, each determines the other. Confusing, isn’t it?
How Interest Rate Caps and Swaps Are Used by Non-Traded REITs
Non-traded REITs utilize different types of financial contracts to hedge their variable rate debts to protect themselves financially from changes in interest rates…

