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Restaurant Boom Feeds 1031 Investment Pipeline June 26, 2017

Restaurant Boom Feeds 1031 Investment Pipeline

Restaurant Boom Feeds 1031 Investment Pipeline “People are shifting to e-commerce-resistant retail, and restaurants are at the top of the list of what people are looking for,” says Randy Blankstein, president of the Boulder Group, a net lease advisory firm. June 14, 2017 | by Beth Mattson-Teig | National Real Estate Investor Investors using 1031 exchanges continue to…
America is over-malled, but not enough warehouses to support Amazon June 26, 2017

America is over-malled, but not enough warehouses to support Amazon

America is over-malled, but not enough warehouses to support Amazon June 23, 2017 | by Lauren Thomas | CNBC America has too many malls. It's a problem that has vexed Wall Street and is an even darker cloud hanging over stocks known as real estate investment trusts, or REITs, which are the landlords for much of America's…
CRE Debt Cracks $3T Barrier June 22, 2017

CRE Debt Cracks $3T Barrier

CRE Debt Cracks $3T Barrier June 19, 2017 | by PAUL BUBNY  | GlobeSt.com WASHINGTON, DC—Anecdotally, the perception may be that lenders in the commercial mortgage arena are tightening the purse strings; however, the hard numbers suggest otherwise. Data issued last week by the Mortgage Bankers Association show that total commercial/multifamily debt outstanding rose to $3.01…
Corporate Capital Trust II Expands Investment Opportunities with Exemptive Relief Order June 22, 2017

Corporate Capital Trust II Expands Investment Opportunities with Exemptive Relief Order

Corporate Capital Trust II Expands Investment Opportunities with Exemptive Relief Order The SEC order will allow the company to co-invest in originated transactions alongside other KKR Credit accounts June 21, 2017 | by Corporate Capital Trust II Orlando, Fla., June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order granting exemptive relief…
Real estate investment trusts offer investing alternative June 22, 2017

Real estate investment trusts offer investing alternative

Real estate investment trusts offer investing alternative June 20, 2017 | by TIM GRANT | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  The average investor isn’t going to buy into a shopping mall or an apartment building. But investing in real estate can be a useful way to diversify a portfolio. That’s why, especially when interest rates are low, fixed-income investors…
Brian Block’s lawyer portrays prosecution witness as a liar June 22, 2017

Brian Block’s lawyer portrays prosecution witness as a liar

Brian Block's lawyer portrays prosecution witness as a liar Lisa McAlister acknowledges she has lied before, but asserts she's telling the truth now June 21, 2017 | by  Bruce Kelly | InvestmentNews.com The defense for Brian Block hit back Tuesday at a key witness in the government's securities fraud case against the former real estate executive, portraying…
Non-Traded REITs: Go Mainstream or Die June 22, 2017

Non-Traded REITs: Go Mainstream or Die

Non-Traded REITs: Go Mainstream or Die Fundraising for the sector fell in 2016 due to the combination of impending regulatory changes and lackluster performance, notes Yardi Matrix Associate Director of Research Paul Fiorilla. The sector must continue to lower fees and improve liquidity to attract new investors. June 21, 2017 | by Paul Fiorilla | Commercial…
Brian Block trial witness says Nicholas Schorsch had hand in cooking the books at ARCP June 20, 2017

Brian Block trial witness says Nicholas Schorsch had hand in cooking the books at ARCP

Brian Block trial witness says Nicholas Schorsch had hand in cooking the books at ARCP Lisa McAlister, former chief accounting officer at the REIT once controlled by Nicholas Schorsch, said Mr. Schorsch instructed Mr. Block to obfuscate accounting fraud in a particular financial line item June 20, 2017 | by Greg Iacurci | InvestmentNews.com A key…

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