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February 16, 2017

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. Acquires $16.2 Million Data Center Property in Arizona

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. Acquires $16.2 Million Data Center Property in Arizona February 16, 2017 | BusinessWire TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II, Inc. (“CV Mission Critical REIT II”), a non-traded real estate investment trust (“REIT”) focused on acquiring data center and healthcare real estate investments, completed the acquisition of…

February 16, 2017

Steadfast Apartment REIT Raises NAV Per Share

Steadfast Apartment REIT Raises NAV Per Share February 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On February, 14 the board of directors of Steadfast Apartment REIT Inc. (STAR) declared an estimated value of $14.85 per share of the company’s common stock, as of December 31, 2016. The company engaged CBRE Capital Advisors, Inc.…

February 16, 2017

Fed harps again on growing risk in U.S. commercial real estate

Fed harps again on growing risk in U.S. commercial real estate February 14, 2017 | Reuters Federal Reserve officials do not see broad risks developing in U.S. asset markets save for one: commercial real estate. That concern was evident on Tuesday in the U.S. central bank's semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, in which commercial…

February 16, 2017

Outlook for Apartment Sector Looks Strong

Outlook for Apartment Sector Looks Strong February 14, 2017 | by Bendix Anderson | National Real Estate Investor Since the election, “uncertainty” has been a buzzword among economists. The direction of U.S. policy is not clear on major issues ranging from immigration to tax reform. But the fundamentals of the apartment sector are relatively strong despite it…

February 16, 2017

Federal Reserve Officials Express Concern About CRE Valuations

Federal Reserve Officials Express Concern About CRE Valuations February 16, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault In the central bank’s semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, commercial property prices were identified as a “growing concern” amidst a climate in which other asset markets were described as having only moderate risks of financial instability.…

February 14, 2017

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Acquires Two Office Buildings in Georgia

KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Acquires Two Office Buildings in Georgia February 14, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On February 14, 2017, KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT, Inc. acquired an office property (“Crown Pointe”) consisting of two office buildings containing an aggregate of 499,968 rentable square feet in Dunwoody, Georgia. The purchase price of…

February 14, 2017

FS Investments Sponsors a New Nontraded REIT

FS Investments Sponsors a New Nontraded REIT February 14, 2017 | by James Sprow | Blue Vault On February 13, FS Investments filed a prospectus with the SEC for FS Credit Real Estate Income Trust, Inc., a nontraded REIT program focused on floating-rate mortgage loans that are secured by first priority mortgages on transitional commercial…

February 14, 2017

Sen. Elizabeth Warren presses Andrew Puzder on DOL fiduciary rule

Sen. Elizabeth Warren presses Andrew Puzder on DOL fiduciary rule Asks Trump's nominee for secretary of Labor how he'll evaluate the retirement advice regulation Feb 13, 2017 @ 1:21 pm | by Mark Schoeff Jr. | InvestmentNews.com Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is pressing Andrew Puzder, President Donald J. Trump's nominee for labor secretary, on what he intends…

February 14, 2017

3 questions independent broker-dealers should ask private equity product sponsors

3 questions independent broker-dealers should ask private equity product sponsors While private equity could become a positive force in the retail alternatives space, not all sponsors are created equal Feb 13, 2017 @ 5:37 pm | by Clive Slovin | InvestmentNews.com Just two years ago, non-traded real estate investment trusts and business development companies were in favor…