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Which nontraded REIT raised $284.5 million through its offering in Q1 2023, including reinvested distributions, for second place among all NTRs with open offerings in the quarter?
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Caliber Expands its Internal Wholesale Team as the Firm Accelerates its Capital Markets Initiatives
CaliberCos Inc. (NASDAQ: CWD), a leading vertically integrated alternative asset manager, today announced the expansion of its internal wholesale team, which will significantly extend its reach into the Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) and independent broker-dealer channels…
Legion Capital Selects Wealthforge as Managing Broker-Dealer
Legion Capital Selects WealthForge as Managing Broker-Dealer June 27, 2023 | Heather Acey |...
May 2023 Reported Nontraded REIT Sales Up 11.3% from April 2023
Blue Vault received April 2023 sales totals for ten nontraded REIT program offerings as of June 25, 2023. Sales reported by those ten NTRs totaled $198.4 million, up 11.3% from $178.2 million in April for the same ten NTRs, and down 68% Y-O-Y from the $627.9 million in sales in May 2022…
Overmoon Hires Jen Ricci as Head of Retail Capital Markets
“We are incredibly excited to have Jen on the team at Overmoon as we develop partnerships with the best broker-dealers and RIAs in the country…”
Ashford Securities $500 Million In Capital Raised Since 2021
To date, over 88 independent broker-dealers and RIAs have utilized the investment products distributed by Ashford Securities.
Ashford Securities Announces $500 Million In Capital Raised Since 2021
Ashford Securities LLC (“Ashford Securities”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ashford Inc. (NYSE American: AINC) (“Ashford”), is pleased to announce that it has reached a milestone of $500 million, including $42.1 million from institutions, in capital raised in less than two years of serving investors via the independent broker-dealer and RIA distribution channels.
Investor Relations and New Investment Processing
Investor Relations and New Investment Processing June 22, 2023 | David Fisher | Phoenix American...
The World’s Empty Office Buildings Have Become a Debt Time Bomb
In New York and London, owners of gleaming office towers are walking away from their debt rather than pouring good money after bad. The landlords of downtown San Francisco’s largest mall have abandoned it. A new Hong Kong skyscraper is only a quarter leased…
Silicon Valley, Calif., Office Vacancy Surging
Vacant office space is piling up in California’s Silicon Valley as technology companies reassess their workspace needs, The Wall Street Journal reported. Office vacancies in San Jose, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale rose to 17% in June…
Using Your CRM To Help Build Advisor Relationships
Using Your CRM To Help Build Advisor Relationships June 26, 2023 | Marketing Intent It’s time to...
What is Document Custody for Private Investments?
What is Document Custody for Private Investments? April 28, 2023 | Pete Bergman | UMB Document...
Understanding Fund Custody: Private Versus Publicly Offered Fund Vehicles
Understanding Fund Custody: Private Versus Publicly Offered Fund Vehicles May 12, 2023 | Amy Small...
Wave Of Distressed CRE Loans Reaches $64B, With Retail, Office Hardest Hit
The long-anticipated wave of distressed CRE assets is closer to realization, with total distressed assets coming in at $64B during Q1 2023, Bloomberg reports, citing a new report by MSCI Real Assets…
Owl Rock Capital Corporation Announces Upcoming Name and Ticker Change to Blue Owl Capital Corporation
Owl Rock Capital Corporation (NYSE: ORCC, or the “Company”) today announced that it will soon be changing its name, ticker, and website. The Company’s board of directors has already approved these changes and no shareholder vote is required…
California Self Storage Operator Vaults to Fifth Largest Player in Canada
California-based SmartStop Self Storage REIT is expanding in Canada’s largest city, adding eight facilities in the greater Toronto area for $CA300 million…
SmartStop Adds Eight Self-Storage Facilities in the Greater Toronto Area for Approximately CAD $300 Million
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop” or the “Company”), a self-managed and fully integrated self-storage company, announced today that its affiliates, Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. and Strategic Growth Trust III, Inc…
How Cash Ratios Are Trending for NTRs
A recent article on S&P Capital IQ stated that the cash ratios of non-investment grade-rated companies were “squeezed further” in the first quarter of 2023. The article used the median measure of cash and equivalents as a share of total liabilities of companies rated…
ExchangeRight Successfully Completes 32nd Full-Cycle Event, with Annualized Returns Ranging 8.25%–9.75%
ExchangeRight, one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified real estate DST and REIT investments, has announced the successful completion of its Net-Leased Preferred Equity Fund 3 (“NLPEF 3”), a fund that consistently generated 8.25%–9.75% annualized returns to investors throughout the offering’s six-year lifespan. The liquidation of NLPEF 3 marked the 32nd successful full-cycle event ExchangeRight has executed on behalf of investors out of a total 87 offerings created…
Real Estate Cap Rates and the Slow Wheels of Progress
Differences in cap rates capture the divergence that occurred between U.S. public and private real estate markets in 2022, with public real estate cap rates (REIT implied) higher than their private real estate counterparts (transaction and appraisal). As expected, the gaps between REIT implied…

