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Sluggish CRE Lending Persists: CBRE

In the face of market uncertainty, CRE lending slowed in the second quarter, according to CBRE. The company’s Lending Momentum Index fell from 204 in the first quarter to 193 in the second quarter, representing declines of 5.4 percent from the first quarter and 52.2 percent year-over-year….

95% Of Advisors Plan To Maintain Or Increase Alt Investments, iCapital Survey Says

Fully 95% of advisors surveyed said they plan to maintain or even increase their exposure to alternative investments, a largely unregulated and illiquid asset class, over the next 12 months, according to iCapital….

Optimism Is Returning To Battle-Tested Retail Sector — But More Importantly, So Are Investors NationalInvestment

After years of trepidation, institutional money is flowing back into retail. Crow Holdings and Lincoln Property Co. are among the prominent firms that have launched new endeavors aimed at spending billions of dollars to acquire more retail real estate…

NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. Announces Entrance into Contract to Sell Old Farm in Houston, TX, and Silverbrook in Dallas, TX

“NXRT is excited to execute our strategic objectives to sell out of our Houston market positions and pay off our most expensive debt capital…”

Wood Partners and GTIS Partners Opens 308-Unit Alta West Morehead Apartment Community in Uptown Charlotte Neighborhood

“Alta West Morehead is our second development in the FreeMoreWest submarket of Charlotte, and we are so excited to welcome a fresh crop of residents to their new home…”

Since 2012 in the nontraded BDC industry, how many quarters did total public industry capital raise exceed $2 billion?

As of March 31, 2023, there have been…

Converging Trends in Commercial Real Estate Markets Highlighted

A recent article by Peter Grant, who covers commercial real estate trends for the Wall Street Journal, covered a lot of territory and trends in the commercial real estate space. (See “Wall Street Is Ready to Scoop Up Commercial Real Estate on the Cheap” August 15, WSJ) Like pulling a thread from a sweater, digging into a selection of Grant’s points made in the article reveals trends in the commercial real estate market that investors and asset managers alike must pay attention to…

Return-To-Office Mandates Now Cover Nearly 2 Million Workers. Occupancy Has Barely Budged

2023 is officially the year of the return-to-office mandate, with nearly 3 million workers already under, or expected to be subject to, a new in-person work requirement in the coming months…

ExchangeRight Announces Collection of 100% of Rent Due Across Entire Net Lease AUM Inception-to-Date

All 88 of ExchangeRight’s offerings continue to meet or exceed investor distribution targets.

Hedging with Gold Has an Opportunity Cost

Judging by the number advertisements heard regularly promoting holding gold as a hedge against inflation and protection should the U.S. economy crash, one would conclude that Americans are turning to investments in gold bullion or equivalents in large numbers. The facts don’t support that conclusion. As the chart below illustrates, spot gold prices (green line) have not outperformed the stock market as represented by the S&P 500 Index (blue line) over the past six months. Plus, listed stocks pay dividends which can make up a significant portion of total returns to shareholders…

Blackstone Names Harper BREIT President While Agarwal Goes on Leave

Blackstone Inc.’s $68 billion real estate trust said its president A.J. Agarwal will go on a sabbatical for nine months and Rob Harper will fill that role…

Hiring Today Is Tough. Here’s How to Get It Right.

Hiring Today Is Tough. Here’s How to Get It Right. August 8, 2023 | Angie Herbers | ThinkAdvisor...

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2023 Results

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or “the Company”), a self-managed and fully-integrated self storage company, announced its overall results for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2023…

US REIT capital offering activity down more than 38% month over month in July

Capital markets activity by US equity real estate investment trusts slowed in July as the industry collected a total of $4.25 billion, a more than 38% drop from the $6.87 billion raised in June but a massive jump from the $426.4 million raised a year earlier…

Sweden’s SBB Weighs IPO of $3.4 Billion Residential Unit

SBB, the embattled developer at the center of Sweden’s property crisis, is considering carving out its entire residential business with a portfolio of 36.5 billion kronor ($3.4 billion) for an initial public offering, according to a person familiar with the matter…

Has the Self-Storage Real Estate Sector Peaked?

An August 6 Wall Street Journal article asked the question: “Is There a Limit to Americans’ Self-Storage Addiction?” And answered its questions with: “Billions of Dollars Say Nope.”
“There are self-storage facilities around the world, but nowhere have they been more popular to rent and profitable to own than in the U.S., thanks to Americans’ propensity to accumulate more stuff than they can squeeze into their homes.”