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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…
Q1 2023 Published Reports as of June 23
Q1 2023 Nontraded REIT and BDC Published Performance Reports as of June 23 Nontraded REIT (newly...
Stacy Chitty: BV Interval Fund Performance Reports
In this Blue Vault Minute, Stacy Chitty (Managing Partner, Blue Vault) highlights some of the data included in Blue Vault’s semi-annual interval fund individual performance pages.
Stacy Chitty: NAV REIT Performance Reporting
NAV REITs monthly returns are a reflection of several factors. Find out what they are in this Blue Vault Minute with Stacy Chitty (Managing Partner, Blue Vault).
Peachtree Group Strengthens Its Capital Markets Team with Key Appointments
Peachtree Group has further strengthened its leadership team within its broker-dealer affiliate, Peachtree PC Investors (“PPCI”), with the appointment of industry veteran Brian Cho…
Q1 2023 Published Reports as of June 22
Q1 2023 Nontraded REIT and BDC Published Performance Reports as of June 22 Nontraded REIT (newly...
Dan Goodwin: Explaining Alternative Investments to Clients
In this Blue Vault Minute, Dan Goodwin (Chief Investment Strategist and Fiduciary, Provident Wealth Advisors) talks about introducing the idea and concept of alternative investments to clients.
Which active nontraded REIT lists 87 Medical Office properties in its property portfolio as of March 31, 2023?
Blue Vault’s comprehensive alternative investment database is a treasure trove of information.
Peakstone Realty Trust Shares Log Big Gains in Week Ended June 16
Share prices for US equity real estate investment trusts rose alongside the broader market during the week ended June 16. The Dow Jones Equity All REIT index finished the week up 1.25%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.25% and the S&P 500 climbed 2.58%. By property sector, the Dow Jones US Real Estate Industrial index recorded the largest increase, up 2.54%. The apartment and retail indexes followed, each up 0.99%…
Dan Goodwin: The Challenge Facing Alternative Investments in 2023
In this Blue Vault Minute, Dan Goodwin talks about events in 2022 that pose a challenge for alternative investments in 2023.
Seeing the Effects of Higher Interest Rates on Housing Supply
Fewer builders are starting new homes amid high prices for materials and loans, and the trends are threatening housing shortages. The Fed is fighting inflation today at the cost of boosting inflation in the future. High interest rates hurt construction because they make it more expensive for developers to build…
US Homebuilder Sentiment Increases to Almost One-Year High
US homebuilder sentiment advanced in June to an 11-month high as a limited supply of existing homes continued to spark interest in new construction…
Tax Advantages of Public Nonlisted REITS
The tax laws applicable to non-listed REITs may reduce, defer or eliminate taxes. We’ll explain each of the potential tax advantages and also provide some hypothetical examples of how they work together…

